Roundhay Garden Scene

Name: Roundhay Garden Scene
Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1888-10-14
Rating: 6.486

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Director: Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
Language: English
Released: 1888-10-14
Runtime: 1m

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The story

The earliest surviving motion-picture film, and believed to be one of the very first moving images ever created, was shot by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince using the LPCCP Type-1 MkII single-lens camera. It was taken on paper-based photographic film in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitley family house in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire (UK), 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. Roundhay Garden Scene is often associated with a recording speed of around 12 frames per second and runs for about 2 to 3 seconds.