Borrowing a name from Léon Bouly
Chapter 1

The magical wooden box

Chapter 2

The very first shift change

Chapter 3

The train that never crashed

Chapter 4

The world's first movie ticket

YOUR GOAL

Master of How a wooden box and a train created the movies

Ch 1 · The magical wooden box
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camille Louis Lumière adapted sewing machine parts for early cinema

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camille The Lumière Cinématographe

Three in one, three in one! We shoot, print, and project!

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The Cinématographe moved film using a sewing machine's claw.

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camille The invention of Louis Lumière's portable Cinématographe

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The secret of the sewing machine

camille The Lumière Cinématographe projects historic footage of a train and factory workers.

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Borrowing a name from Léon Bouly

camille A technical diagram shows the Cinématographe camera and workers leaving the factory

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The Wonder Crank Cinema
BETA

camille Crank the projector at the right speed to discover how the Lumière brothers invented movies.

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Fun Fact

Cinématographe weight: The entire device weighed only 16 pounds, making it as light as a modern vacuum cleaner and easy to carry anywhere.

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Glossary
cinematograph (noun)
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.

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Gossip

If you invented a time machine, where would you go first?

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Quiz

In what year did the Lumière brothers patent their revolutionary Cinématographe device?

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camille The design of sprocket holes on early Lumière film

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Quiz

How much did the portable wooden Cinématographe camera weigh?

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camille The origin of the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe camera name

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Quiz

How was the Cinématographe powered during filming and projection?

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Quiz

Which household appliance inspired Louis Lumière's mechanism for moving film through the camera?

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Quiz

What three functions did the Lumières' Cinématographe combine into a single machine?

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What does the Greek-derived word 'Cinématographe' translate to in English?

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Which inventor originally patented the name 'Cinématographe' in 1892 before losing the rights?

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Quiz

Why did the Lumière brothers use round perforations instead of rectangular ones on their film?

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