Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Early movie history is surrounded in the mists of time, as different competitors develop movie technology simultaneously. However, the Roundhay Garden Scene is thought to be the oldest surviving film on record.
The Roundhay Garden Scene was directed by the French inventor, Louis Le Prince and features some members of Le Prince's family playfully walking around a garden. The film lasts about two seconds.
ROUNDHAY GARDEN SCENE (1888)
Roundhay Garden Scene is an 1888 short film directed by inventor Louis Le Prince, considered to be the world's first film ever made using a motion picture camera. According to Le Prince's son, Adolphe, it was filmed at Oakwood Grange, the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom on October 14, 1888. It features Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley and Harriet Hartley in the garden, walking around and laughing. It was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for inly 2.11 seconds. Le Prince later used his camera to shoot trams and the horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic in Leeds Bridge. These pictures were soon projected on a screen in Leeds, making it the first motion picture exhibition. After returning tpo France, in September 1890, Le Prince was preparing to go back to UK to patent his new camera, followed by a trip to the US to promote it. Before his journey, he decided to return home and visit friends and family. Having done so, he left Bourges on 13 September to visit his brother in Dijon. He would then take the 16 September train to Paris, but when the train arrived, his friends discovered that Le Prince was not on board. He was never seen again by his family and friends. No luggage nor corpse was found in the Dijon-Paris express nor along the railway. No one saw Le Prince at the Dijon station, except his brother. No one saw Le Prince in the Dijon-Paris express after he was seen board it. No one noticed strange behavior or aggression in the Dijon-Paris express. The French police, Scotland Yard and the family undertook exhaustive searches but never found his body or luggage.
The Mysterious disappearance case was never solved.
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By: Sheila Marie Ancheta
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