La Première Lumière — March 19, 1895

On a crisp March morning in Lyon, two brothers point a wooden box at a factory gate — and without knowing it, steal time itself. Today marks the day the Lumière brothers cranked their cinematograph for the very first time, turning a stream of ordinary workers into the unwitting stars of humanity's first film. Click through to experience the 17 seconds that changed how the world sees everything.

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