Film cell plaque № 30467

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# Film Cell Plaque № 30467 - University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street Standing before this elegant Victorian building on Regent Street, you're witnessing the birthplace of British cinema itself. On February 20th, 1896, the Lumière brothers' revolutionary Cinématographe projector premiered withi...

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University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street

Inscription

In this hall the Lumière Cinématographe premiered to the press on 20th February 1896 and the next day gave the first cinema show to a paying audience in Britain.