Headline
The China Mail News 1897-04-27
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1897-04-27
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Publication Year
1897
Page
2
Column
Local and General
Summary

Last night, Professor Charver gave a luminary exhibition of the latest invention in phantasmagoria in St. Andrew's Hall to a select party of press representatives and other gentlemen. There is a description of the screening of Cinematograph: a long strip of photographic film is wound from one cylinder to the other, the photographs passing the lenses, at a rate of fifty per second. The photographs are projected on a screen by a very powerful electric lamp. The pictures included a march of French cavalry over a bridge and the Czar's entrance into Paris. The exhibition opened today, and more details will be in the newspaper's advertisement columns.

Type
Venue(s)
St. Andrew's Hall (City Hall) (View more)
Address
1-2A Des Voeux Road Central, Central