Lumière Brothers Patent the Cinematograph: Cinema Is Invented
Auguste and Louis Lumière patented the Cinématographe in 1894, merging a lightweight camera with a portable projector to finally free film from the studio. This invention instantly transformed moving pictures from a laboratory curiosity into a commercial spectacle that could travel to any town, birthing the global movie industry.
February 13, 1894
132 years ago
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