U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for April 28: First Movie Theater
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
FIRST MOVIE THEATER
Profile America — Friday, April 28th. For over a century, going to the movies has been one of the most popular ways people all across the country enjoy themselves. The first time a paying American audience assembled to watch a motion picture was this month in 1896, at the Koster and Bial's Music Hall on West 34th Street in New York City. It was certainly no feature film. The movie was plotless novelty at the end of a live vaudeville show, showcasing a new projector of Thomas Edison's. Previously, people viewed short films individually by peering into a hand-cranked peepshow unit. Now, there are about 4,400 movie theaters in the U.S. — most of them with multiple screens. Some 133,000 people work in this part of the movie business, one that generates annual revenues of about $13.5 billion. You can find more facts about America's people, places and economy, from the American Community Survey, at www.census.gov.
Sources:
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Koster and Bials/accessed 1/26/2017: cinematreasures.org/theaters/14770
Theaters and employees/County Business Patterns/NAICS 512131: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2014/00A1//naics~512131
Revenue/Economic Census/NAICS 512131: https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ECN/2012_US/00A1//naics~512131
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. Statistics and accounts drawn from cited non-Census sources are employed for illustrative or narrative purposes, and are not attested to by the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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