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English: Roundhay Garden Scene is a film that was shot in October 1888 by Louis Le Prince in the suburb of Roundhay, near Leeds, Yorkshire. It is the earliest surviving motion picture.
  • This sequence was recorded on an 1888 Eastman Kodak paper base w:photographic film through Louis Le Prince's single-lens combi camera-projector.
  • Adolphe Le Prince stated that the Roundhay Garden movie was shot at 12 frames/s. In 1930, the National Science Museum (NSM) in London produced photographic copies of surviving parts from the filmstrip. The NSM copy has 20 frames; at 12 frames/s, this produces a run time of 1.67 seconds. This file is 40 frames (20 distinct frames), runs at 24 frames/s, and plays in 1.67 seconds.
Italiano: Roundhay Garden Scene è un filmato di due secondi girato nell'ottobre 1888 da Louis Le Prince nel sobborgo di Roundhay, vicino Leeds, nello Yorkshire. È il filmato più antico della storia.
Español: Roundhay Garden Scene es una película de dos segundos de duración, rodada en octubre de 1888 por Louis Le Prince en las afueras de Roundhay, cerca de Leeds, Yorkshire. Se trata de la película más antigua que se conserva en la actualidad.
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Source The First Film
Author
Louis Le Prince  (1841–)  wikidata:Q421675 q:en:Louis Le Prince
 
Louis Le Prince
Alternative names
Le Prince, Louis Aimé Augustin
Description French film director, photographer and painter
Date of birth/death 28 August 1841 Edit this at Wikidata after 16 September 1890
date QS:P,+1890-09-16T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1890-09-16T00:00:00Z/11
 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Metz Edit this at Wikidata Dijon Edit this at Wikidata
Work period between 1881 and 1890
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1881-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location
England, France, United States
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q421675

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Roundhay Garden Scene

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