we need to thank the french for all they have done:

Louis (1862-1954) and Auguste (1864-1948), French photographic manufacturers, inventors, and pioneer filmmakers, who in 1895 invented an early picture camera that also functioned as a projector. In contrast to the cumbersome machine of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison, their device was lightweight and reasonably portable—well suited for outdoor use. Moreover, it used less film, operated more quietly, and projected more smoothly than the Edison camera. They called their device the Cinématographe, from which the word cinema is derived.

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