World First Film:Arrival of a Train (1895)

World First Film:Arrival of a Train 1895

Original Title: L'Arrivée d'un Train à la CiotatDirectors: Auguste and Louis LumièreYear: 1895The first public exhibition of motion pictures occurred on 28th December 1895 when August Lumière and Louis Lumière (the Lumière Brothers) exhibited a selection of ten of their single-reel films to a paying audience at a Parisian cafe. 'Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat' is considered to be the first motion picture in modern history (altough more an experiment from the Lumière-brothers to use their 'invention' of film, it shows a train arriving at a passenger station). Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the cafe in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train.Most of the cast were members of the Lumière family and employees from the Lumière factory.