The Lumière Brothers' First Public Screening
Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 7:00PM 
Sebastian here, stealing sharing a great find by Slate's Dana Stevens, who tweeted out a video of the ten short films by the Lumière Brothers that were first shown to the paying public of Paris on December 28, 1895.
On their website, the Institut Llumière offers a look at the screening's program, handed out to the patrons of Le Salon Indien, a room in the basement of the Grand Café on Boulevard des Capucines.
Unfortunately the Institut's image is tiny and barely legible. So presented here, brought to you with the help of all the latest text-formatting technology, a reproduction, updated to include links to watch the films on YouTube:
LE CINÉMATOGRAPHE
SALON INDIEN
GRAND CAFÉ
14, Boulevard des Capucines, 14
PARIS
Cel appareil, inventé par MM. Auguste et Louis Lumière, permet de recueillir, par des séries d'épreuves instantantées, tous les mouvements qui, pendant un temps donné, se sont succédé devant l'objectif, et de reproduire ensuite ces mouvements en projetant, grandeur naturelle, devant une salle entière, leurs images sur un écran.
SUJETS ACTUELS
Reader Comments (2)
Not sure when I will actually watch these, but I am glad to know about them and have them bookmarked for later. I have been thinking a lot about the "intro to film" class I took my first semester as an undergrad way too many years ago -- first with Nathaniel's announcement that TFE will be doing stuff in tribute of Orson Welles and now your post about the Lumieres. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing. This is an important piece on cinema history.