Auguste and Louis Lumière organized the first public film screening on December 28^th 1895 at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. Eleven short films were on the bill that night. Only ten films were listed.

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory
The Sprinkler Sprinkled
The Disembarkment of the Congress of Photographers in Lyon
Horse Trick Riders
Fishing for Goldfish
Blacksmiths
Baby’s Breakfast
Jumping onto the Blanket
Cordeliers Square in Lyon
The Sea

The eleventh film was called Pazuzu returning to the World – a desert scene, with a half-buried broken statue and the wind blowing. It ran for only one second and was not noticed by the audience.

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The Eleventh Film

Auguste and Louis Lumière organized the first public film screening on December 28^th 1895 at the Salon Indien du Grand Café in Paris. Eleven short films were on the bill that night. Only ten films were listed.

Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory

The Sprinkler Sprinkled

The Disembarkment of the Congress of Photographers in Lyon

Horse Trick Riders

Fishing for Goldfish

Blacksmiths

Baby’s Breakfast

Jumping onto the Blanket

Cordeliers Square in Lyon

The Sea