▁Indust ry ▁and ▁Com merce ▁issued ▁Al ber ini ' s ▁pat ent ▁( No . ▁ 2 4 5 0 3 2 ) ▁one ▁year ▁after ▁Al ber ini ' s ▁request , ▁specifically ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁when ▁the ▁L umi ères ▁project ed ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁Work ers ▁Le aving ▁the ▁L um ière ▁Factory . ▁In ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Times ▁ob itu ary , ▁Fil ote o ▁Al ber ini ▁is ▁recogn ised ▁as ▁the ▁invent or ▁of ▁motion ▁pictures ▁devices ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 , ▁Al ber ini ▁opens ▁the ▁first ▁Italian ▁movie ▁theatre ▁in ▁Florence . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁he ▁opens ▁' C in ema ▁Modern o ', ▁the ▁first ▁movie ▁theatre ▁in ▁Rome . ▁ ▁F asc in ated ▁by ▁his ▁new ▁in vention ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁new ▁art ▁form , ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 4 ▁Al ber ini ▁and ▁his ▁friend ▁D ante ▁Sant oni ▁founded ▁the ▁Al ber ini ▁and ▁Sant oni ▁First ▁Italian ▁Man ufact uring ▁Company , ▁renamed ▁C ines ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 6 . ▁C ines ▁was ▁based ▁in ▁Rome , ▁in ▁the ▁San ▁Giovanni ▁district . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 5 ▁he ▁direct s ▁La ▁pres a ▁di ▁Roma , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Italian ▁films ▁with ▁a ▁big ▁production . ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁ 2 5 0 ▁meters ▁long ▁( ag ain st ▁the ▁average ▁length ▁of ▁that ▁time