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.
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 [ edit ] 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