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Britain's First Cinema Re-opens

Six O'Clock News

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The first cinema in the UK to introduce audiences to moving pictures is to re-open its doors following a six million pound restoration project. The Regent Street Cinema, part of what was then the London Polytechnic Institution, showcased the Lumière brothers' Cinématographe in 1896. Correspondent Graham Satchell reports.

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