Today in Canadian History

August 31 – (First French Episode!) Opening of the Ouimetoscope Cinema.

Today in Canadian History

Show Notes

In 1907, Leo-Ernest Ouimet opens the largest theater in North America exclusively dedicated to showing movies.

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