In 1870, the Academy of Music hosted the first public audience to watch a motion picture
The Philadelphia Film Society is celebrating the 1870 debut of the first public motion picture screening at the Academy of Music. The event is part of the city's '52 Weeks of Firsts' program.
The first motion picture to be displayed in front of a public audience will be celebrated by the Philadelphia Film Society this month as part of the Philadelphia Historic District 250th Committee's '52 Weeks of Firsts' program.
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