Roundhay Garden Scene
1888. Short Silient Film/
The “Roundhay Garden Scene” is a short film from 1888 showing people walking and laughing in a garden, making it one of the earliest surviving movies.
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Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince
1841-1890
“Roundhay Garden Scene” was actually filmed at the garden of the Whitley family estate in Roundhay, Leeds, England. Oakwood Grange, while in the vicinity of Roundhay, was not the specific location where the film was shot. The garden of the Whitley family estate is where Louis Le Prince captured the famous footage in 1888.
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“Roundhay Garden Scene” is like watching a short home video from way back in 1888. Picture a quiet garden with a family walking around. There’s no sound, just the sight of people enjoying a leisurely stroll and chatting. It’s a glimpse into everyday life over a century ago, a simple but fascinating window into the past that shows us how far movies have come since then.
Clip is famously short, lasting just a few seconds. Specifically, it’s approximately 2.11 seconds long. In that brief span, it manages to encapsulate a snapshot of 19th-century life, making it one of the earliest surviving motion pictures and a fascinating glimpse into the history of cinema.
Louis Le Prince, a curious inventor, got intrigued by the idea of capturing moving images. He experimented a lot with cameras, trying to find a way to make them record motion. After many trials and errors, he finally succeeded in creating a camera that could do just that. To test his invention, he filmed a short clip of his family walking around in their garden. It was a simple idea, but it turned out to be a huge milestone in the history of filmmaking, marking the birth of motion pictures as we know them today.
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Louis Le Prince was the one who filmed and shot the “Roundhay Garden Scene.” He’s the person behind the camera, capturing the moment with his family in the garden.
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