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Overview of the events of 1895 in film
The following is an overview of the events of 1895 in film , including a list of films released and notable births.
Events
February–March –
Robert W. Paul and
Birt Acres build and run the first working
35 mm movie
camera in
Britain , the Kineopticon. Their first films include
Incident at Clovelly Cottage (March),
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race (March 30) and
Rough Sea at Dover .
[1]
February 13 – In France, the brothers
Auguste and Louis Lumière patent the Cinematographe , a combination lightweight, hand-held
movie camera and
projector . The several short films they create at this time are considered to be pivotal in the
history of film .
[1]
March 22 – Auguste and Louis Lumière make what is probably the first presentation of a projected celluloid
film moving picture, the 46-second
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory , to members of the
Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale in Paris.
[2]
May 27 – Birt Acres
patents the Kineopticon under his own name.
Late September –
C. Francis Jenkins and
Thomas Armat demonstrate their
Phantoscope , a motion picture projector, in
Atlanta, Georgia , at the
Cotton States and International Exposition .
November 1 – In Germany,
Max Skladanowsky and his brother Emil present a short film at the
Berlin Wintergarten theatre using the
movie projector they have developed.
December 28 –
Auguste and Louis Lumière make what is probably the first commercial
public screening of projected moving picture films to a paying audience, at the
Salon Indien du Grand Café in the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris.
[3] This date is sometimes considered the debut of the motion picture as an entertainment medium.
December 30 – The
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company motion pictures is founded in New Jersey by the KMCD Syndicate of
William Kennedy Dickson , Henry Marvin,
Herman Casler and
Elias Koopman .
[4] Casler has manufactured the Biograph 68 mm camera, which becomes the first successful large format 68mm (70mm) film.
Annabelle the Dancer is a sensation in shorts such as
Annabelle Serpentine Dance .
William Kennedy Dickson and his sister Antonia publish
History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph in the United States with a preface by
Thomas Edison , the first history of the subject.
Gaumont Pictures founded by the engineer-turned-inventor,
Léon Gaumont .
Woodville Latham and his sons develop the
Latham Loop – the concept of loose loops of film on either side of the
intermittent movement to prevent stress from the jerky movement. This is debuted in the
Eidoloscope , which is also the first widescreen format (1.85:1).
Henri Joly debuts his Joly-Normandin 60 mm format.
Films released in 1895
L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) the earliest known instance of film
comedy , as well as the first use of film to portray a
fictional story.
Akrobatisches Potpourri
Annabelle Serpentine Dance , directed by
William Heise , starring
Annabelle Moore
The Baby's Meal , directed by
Louis Lumiere , starring
Auguste Lumiere , (his wife) Marguerite, and (their daughter) Andrée
Bauerntanz zweier Kinder
Billy Edwards and the Unknown a.k.a. Billy Edwards Boxing
The Blacksmiths , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Boat Leaving The Port , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Boxing Kangaroo
Card Party , directed by
Louis Lumiere
La Charcuterie mécanique
Demolition Of A Wall , directed by
Louis Lumiere and starring
Auguste Lumiere , the man in charge...pointing
The Derby , directed by
Birt Acres
The Dickson Experimental Sound Film , directed by and starring
William K. L. Dickson on violin. First sound film.
The Execution of Mary Stuart , directed by
Alfred Clark . First special effect (stop camera edit effect) in cinema.
Incident at Clovelly Cottage , shot by
Birt Acres
Fishing For Goldfish , directed by
Louis Lumiere , starring
Auguste Lumiere and (his daughter) Andrée
Opening of the Kiel Canal
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race
Cordeliers' Square in Lyons , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Photograph , directed by
Louis Lumiere
The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Princess Ali a.k.a. Egyptian Dance , directed by
William Heise
Rough Sea at Dover , directed by
Birt Acres
Le Saut à la couverture
Serpentinen Tanz
L'Arroseur Arrosé , directed by
Louis Lumiere . May be the first outdoor comedy film ever made.
Swimming In The Sea , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Transformation By Hats, Comic View , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Trilby Hypnotic Scene , directed by William Heise, produced by Thomas Edison
Trilby Death Scene , directed by William Heise, produced by Thomas Edison
La Voltige
Das Wintergartenprogramm , directed by
Max Skladanowsky
Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory , directed by
Louis Lumiere
Births
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