Original: Kinetoscope On 14 January, 1896, the first public film show was presented at the Queen's Hall to members and wives of the Royal Photographic Society, by the maker of the KineopticonBirt Acres was born 23 July 1854 in Richmond, Virginia to British parents.
Simplified: On January 14, 1896, the first public movie show was given at the Queen's Hall to members and wives of the Royal Photographic Society.