THE CINEMATOGRAPH: CINEMA IS BORN

In 1895 the Lumière Brothers invented the cinematograph. this machine can film or record images in motion.

What did the Lumière Brothers film? Quotidian activities in Paris, in 1895. For instance:
- A little boy eating.
- Workers getting out of the factory.
- Builders destroying a wall.
- Men playing cards.

But the Lumière Brothers also filmed humorous gags. Like this:

Lumière Brothers' films are very short and limited (whithout colour and sound).

But they are very important because they were the permit us to know the past.

Cinema also works as a historic document.