Lumière Brothers' First Performance

Date: December 28, 1895 • Location: Paris, France

The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.

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 short films they produced between 1895 and 1905, which places them among the earliest filmmakers.