The Wildest Myths Viewers Have Been Led to Believe by Movies & Media

Myth #56 – People Who Saw The First Moving Picture of a Train Ran From the Theater Screaming

Remember the first time you saw a 3D movie? You probably said, “this is cool!” Right? The same thing happened in Paris in 1895 when audiences watched the first grainy, shaky footage of “L’Arrivee d’un Train en Gare de la Ciotat,” but bad history and good PR have turned normal reactions into shouting, screaming, and running.

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