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Director :

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

Cast :

Adolphe Le PrinceJoseph WhitleySarah WhitleyAnnie Hartley

Genre :

Documentary

Release :

1888-10-14

IMDb Rating :

6.3

Description :

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed to be the second moving picture ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK),possibly on 14 October 1888. The film shows Adolphe Le Prince (Le Prince's son),Mrs. Sarah Whitley (Le Prince's mother-in-law),Joseph Whitley, and Miss Harriet Hartley walking around in circles, laughing to themselves, and staying within the area framed by the camera. The Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for 2.11 seconds.

Roundhay Garden Scene
 
 

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