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27-Oct-2017

Trivia Reports, Accordion in 1888 Early Motion Picture Footage - UK

The earliest celluloid film was shot by French inventor Louise Le Prince using the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888. The oldest surviving — and perhaps the first ever — live-action motion picture footage is a snippet of film known as "Roundhay Garden Scene" made by Louis Le Prince in 1888.

The clip, which runs for less than 3 seconds, shows Le Prince's family and a friend walking in a garden in Leeds, England. Le Prince made two other motion pictures around the same time, one of traffic on Leeds Bridge and one of his son playing the accordion. Then he strangely disappeared without trace. The film survives.
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