It is exactly 120 years since the filming of what is widely considered the first motion picture in history.<br /><br /> “Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory” was shot by France’s famous Lumiere brothers on March 19 1895.<br /><br /> That film and other offerings earned the brothers from Lyon the title ‘Fathers of Modern Cinema’ – their primitive cameras for the first time allowing films to be projected for large audiences.<br /><br /> Nearly as old as the silver screen itself, Portugal’s Manoel de Oliveira is still making movies at 106.<br /><br /> For him, it is much more than entertainment.<br /><br /> “Cinema is the mirror of life…The only mirror of life is the cinema,” he says.<br /><br /> “And being the mirror of life, it is also the memory of life.”<br /><br /> Wise words. <br /><br /> And as you weigh them up, why not take a look at where it all began, with these Lumiere classics.<br /><br /> L’Arroseur Arrosé (The Sprinkler Sprinkled)<br /><br /> La Voltige (Vaulting a horse)<br /><br /> La Pêche aux poissons rouges (Goldfish fishing)
