100 years ago today, shortly before 4:00 PM on Thursday, July 6, 1916, nitrate film exploded in the operating booth of the Grand Theater at 72 Main Street, in Batavia, NY on July 6, 1916 which was owned by T. G. Thompson, Jr., of Rochester, and managed by George F. Flaherty of Batavia and was the only theater in the city licensed to show Metro pictures.
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