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apr 23, 1896 - First Edisons Vitascope screening

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Screened at Koster and Bial's music hall in New York. Six films were shown, five of them originally shot for the Kinetoscope.

This marked the beginning of projected movies as a viable industry in the USA.

(Armat)

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apr 23, 1896
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~ 130 years ago