books.google.com - It can be argued that cinema was created in France by Louis Lumi_re in 1895 with the invention of the cinZmatographe, the first true motion-picture camera and projector. While there were other cameras and devices invented earlier that were capable of projecting intermittent motion of images, the cinZmatographe...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_A_to_Z_of_French_Cinema.html?id=Q_qv8YzlcTIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe A to Z of French Cinema