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| Images by: Thomas Hauerslev | Date: 8 October 2006 |
 Happy birthday to the "Cinematographe":111 years the 28 december 2006. The first public performance in the Indian Salon of the Grand Café in Paris was 28 December 1895. The original Grand Café was a little further down the road in number 14, and there is a plaque on the wall. From Wikipedia: Le Salon Indien du Grand Café was a room in the basement of the Grand Café, near the Place de l'Opéra in the center of Paris. It is notable for being the place that hosted the very first public moviescreening, on December 28, 1895. Among the ten short clips presented bythe Lumière brothers were La Sortie des usines Lumière and l'Arroseur Arrosé. Currently, the building standing at No. 14 Boulevard des Capucines is the Hotel Scribe, which opened a restaurant called 'Café Lumière', in memory of its history. |
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