Musée Lumière

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Hangar du Premier Film ("Hangar of the First Movie") at the Lumière Institute is the former factory of Auguste and Louis Lumière where they shot the first film in history. Lyon, France.

Cinema's glorious beginnings are showcased at the art nouveau home of Antoine Lumière, who moved to Lyon with sons Auguste and Louis in 1870. The brothers shot the first reels of one of the world's first motion pictures, La Sortie des Usines Lumières (Exit of the Lumières Factories) here on 19 March 1895.

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