The world’s first commercial film screening takes place at the Salon Indieu du Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and August Lumiere, two French brothers who invented a camera/projector called the Cinematographe. The original flick showed workers leaving the Lumiere factory. The Lumiere brothers first demonstrated their machine to the public in March 1895 and began charging admission in December the same year. The first public showing, on December 28th, featured 10 short films, including their first film and a humorous segment involving a gardener and a hose. The brothers made 2,000 short films during the next five years.

The list of movie shorts shown on that legendary day were as follows (in order of presentation):

1. La sortie des usines Lumiere (1895)

2. Laboltige (1895)

3. La peche aux poisons rouges (1895)

4. Debarquement du congres de photographie a Lyon Le (1895)

5. Les forgerons (1895)

6. L’arroseur arose (1895)

7. Repas de bebe (1895)

8. Le saut a la couverture (1895)

9. Place des Cordeliers a Lyon (1895)

10.           La Mer (1895)