Roundhay Garden Scene

Directed by louis aimé augustin le prince.

Roundhay garden scene. With annie hartley adolphe le prince joseph whitley sarah whitley. In the garden a man asks his friends to do something silly for him to record on film. It was taken in the garden of the whitley family house in oakwood grange road roundhay a suburb of leeds yorkshire great britain possibly on october 14 1888. Roundhay garden scene is the oldest surviving film in existence and is considered by most to be the first movie ever made using a single lens camera.

Aimé and prince had something in mind. The camera used was patented in the united kingdom on 16 november 1888. Roundhay garden scene is an 1888 short silent actuality film recorded by french inventor louis le prince filmed at oakwood grange in roundhay leeds in the north of england on 14 october 1888 it is believed to be the oldest surviving film in existence. The earliest celluloid film was shot by louise le prince using the le prince single lens camera made in 1888.

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