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The turning points of theatrical film history, from its first public exhibition through the rules that shaped what could be shown. Belongs here: the first paid public film screening and the adoption of the Hays Code. Does not belong here: television, radio or print milestones, each grouped under their own kind.

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the commercial, public screening of ten Lumiere brothers' short films in Paris on 28 December 1895, which has generally been regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures.
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