First 3D screening to a paying audience

According to Official Guinness Records,

Research by historian Daniel L Symmes suggests that the documentary short Movies of the Future (USA, 1922), directed by William Van Doren Kelley (USA), was the first stereoscopic print shown to a paying audience. The 14-minute movie explored this nascent film technology and was shown at the Rivoli Theater in New York City, USA, in 1922.

For a complete list of 1922 records, please visit 1922 Guinness Records in United States.

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