The First Film Ever Made


The first film ever made was recorded at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay in Leeds West Yorkshire on October 14, 1888 the film has become known as The Roundhay Garden Scene and is all of 2 seconds long. It was made by, Frenchmen, Louis Le Prince. The film however, was quickly followed by tragedy. Within 10 days one of the actresses and L*ouis Le Prince's mother in law was 10. Another of the protagnosists and Louis Le Prince's eldest son Adolphe was shot dead in a New York in 1902.
As for Louis Le Prince himself he planned demonstration of his work in New York but this never happened. Before ever reaching the States Le Prince boarded a train in Dijon on 18th September 1890 bound for Paris. He never arrived in Paris. He disappeared and was not heard of again. What happened to him still remains a mystery.

Le Prince has become known as the forgotten inventor of film. His work preceeded the Lumiere brothers and Edison by some least 7 years.

One other of his films survives Traffic crossing Leeds Bridge. Which is a film as the title might suggest, of traffic crossing Leeds Bridge

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