Boleslaw Matuszewski (October 21, 1856 Pinczow, Congress Poland, Russian Empire died c. Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Congress Poland Kongresówka, officially and formally Kingdom of Poland (Królestwo Polskie {{IPA-pl|'|p|o|l|s|kʲ|e}} Царство Польское Tsarstvo Polskoye The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya 1943) was a Polish cameraman and employee of the Lumière company. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland In 1897, after assuming the position of photographer to Tsar Nicholas II, he used the Lumières' Cinématographe to record the official visit to St. Petersburg, of the French President Félix Faure. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Saint Petersburg ( tr: Sankt-Peterburg,) is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Félix François Faure (30 January 1841&ndash16 February 1899 was President of France from 1895 until his death After the visit, Otto von Bismarck accused Faure of not baring his head before the Russian flag on his disembarkation. Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen Duke of Lauenburg Prince of Bismarck ( April 1, 1815 July 30, 1898) However, this accusation was shown to be false based on Matuszewski's documentary. He wrote two of the earliest books on cinema: Une nouvelle source de l'histoire (Paris, 1898) and La photographie animée (1898). Une nouvelle source de l'histoire is recognised as the first written work to consider the historical value of film and to suggest the importance of Film Archives.