<P> Although the start of the history of film is not clearly defined , the commercial , public screening of ten of Lumière brothers ' short films in Paris on 28 December 1895 can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures . There had been earlier cinematographic results and screenings but these lacked either the quality or the momentum that propelled the cinématographe Lumière into a worldwide success . </P>
<P> Although the start of the history of film is not clearly defined , the commercial , public screening of ten of Lumière brothers ' short films in Paris on 28 December 1895 can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures . There had been earlier cinematographic results and screenings but these lacked either the quality or the momentum that propelled the cinématographe Lumière into a worldwide success . </P>
when was the first film shown in a cinema
when was the first film shown in a cinema
28 December 1895
28 December 1895