He displayed the results at photographic societies in 1890 and developed further cameras but did not publicly project the results. Ottomar Anschütz's Electrotachyscope projected very short loops of high photographic quality. Thomas Edison believed projection of films wasn't as viable a business model as offering the films in the "peepshow" kinetoscope device. Watching the images on the screen turned out to be much preferred by audiences. Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope (developed by William Kennedy Dickson), premiered publicly in 1894. Kazimierz Prószyński allegedly built his camera and projecting device, called Pleograph, in 1894. Lauste and Latham's Eidoloscope was demonstrated for members of the press on 21 April 1895, and opened to the paying public on Broadway on 20 May. They shot films up to twenty minutes long at speeds over thirty frames per second and showed them in many US cities. The Eidoloscope Company was dissolved in 1896 after various internal disputes. Max and Emil Skladanowsky, inventors of the Bioscop, had offered projected moving images to a paying public in Berlin from 1 November 1895 until the end of the month. Their machinery was relatively cumbersome and their films much shorter. Their booking in Paris was cancelled after the news of the Lumière screening. Nonetheless, they toured their films to other countries. See also Auguste Lumière Louis Lumière 1895 in film 1896 in film 19th century in film History of film L'Idéal Cinéma Jacques Tati in Aniche the oldest still-active cinéma in the world, though not continuously, since 23 November 1905. List of works by Louis Botinelly Place Ambroise-Courtois References Notes Works cited General references Chardère, B. Les images des Lumière (in French). Paris: Gallimard, 1995. . Cook, David. A History of Narrative Film (4th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton, 2004. . Mast, Gerald and Bruce F. Kawin. A Short History of the Movies (9th ed.). New York: Pearson Longman, 2006. . Rittaud-Hutinet, Jacques. Le cinéma des origines (in French). Seyssel, France: Champ Vallon, 1985. . External links The Lumiere Brothers, Pioneers of Cinema Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale Major Exhibition Casts New Light on the Lumières by David Robinson The films shown at the first public screening (QuickTime format) — 26 December 1895. Also includes a program for the event. Le musée Lumière — Lumière Museum Autochrome colour still of the Lumiere Brothers, 1907 1896 Palestine 1896 short film (La Palestina En 1896) – Lumieres Brothers 1862 births 1864 births