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.
Directed by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
walking
hat
garden
historical
short film
Rank
#1 in 1888·#5602 overall
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Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
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Popular Reviews
396 reviews
angzsa
5.0★ · 07/31/25
people back then would consider this as witch
people back then would consider this as witch
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Robbie
it's so crazy to me that the oldest surviving film was filmed less than an hour from where i live, such an important piece of history and i've probably walked past it hundreds of times without knowing
it's so crazy to me that the oldest surviving film was filmed less than an hour from where i live, such an important piece of history and i've probably walked past it hundreds of times without knowing
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Robbie
it's so crazy to me that the oldest surviving film was filmed less than an hour from where i live, such an important piece of history and i've probably walked past it hundreds of times without knowing
it's so crazy to me that the oldest surviving film was filmed less than an hour from where i live, such an important piece of history and i've probably walked past it hundreds of times without knowing
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pill for a brain
6.0★ · 06/27/26
i’m only logging this to be absolutely pretentious
i’m only logging this to be absolutely pretentious
