The magical wooden box
The very first shift change
The train that never crashed
The world's first movie ticket
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Master of How a wooden box and a train created the movies
camille The Lumière Cinématographe
Three in one, three in one! We shoot, print, and project!
camille The Lumière Cinématographe projects historic footage of a train and factory workers.
camille A technical diagram shows the Cinématographe camera and workers leaving the factory
camille Crank the projector at the right speed to discover how the Lumière brothers invented movies.
Cinématographe weight: The entire device weighed only 16 pounds, making it as light as a modern vacuum cleaner and easy to carry anywhere.
An early film apparatus that functioned as a camera, printer, and projector. In 1895, the Lumière brothers patented this portable device, housing its mechanical parts in a wooden casing.
In what year did the Lumière brothers patent their revolutionary Cinématographe device?
Which household appliance inspired Louis Lumière's mechanism for moving film through the camera?
What three functions did the Lumières' Cinématographe combine into a single machine?
Which inventor originally patented the name 'Cinématographe' in 1892 before losing the rights?