Roundhay Garden Scene

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Roundhay Garden Scene

garden hat historical short film

Roundhay Garden Scene

Release Date: October 14, 1888

Year    :   1888
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Genres    :   Documentary
Production Companies    :   Whitley Partners
Director    :   Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
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RunTime    :   1 mins.

The earliest surviving celluloid film, and believed 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. It 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 keeping within the area framed by the camera. The Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded at 12 frames per second and runs for 2.11 seconds.


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