Lumière brothers
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The Lumière brothers, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière and Louis Jean Lumière, were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the
Auguste (left) and Louis Lumière, c. 1895
Early advertising poster for Cinématographe screenings, by Henri Brispot, 1896
Autochrome colour picture by Jean-Baptiste Tournassoud of North-African soldiers, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1915
Their father's house in Lyon houses the Institut Lumière museum.
Cinematograph
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A cinematograph or kinematograph was an early motion picture film mechanism of various kinds. The name was originally used for machines that combined the functions of a movie camera and of a film proj
Lumière brothers
…1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers. Their screening of a…
Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière, France
The Institut Lumière in Lyon, France
The Cinématographe Lumière at Institut Lumière