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Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
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The earliest celluloid film was shot by Louise Le Prince using the Le Prince single-lens camera made in 1888...
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(Credited cast) | Harriet Hartley | ... | Herself |
| Adolphe Le Prince | ... | Himself |
| Joseph Whitley | ... | Himself |
| Sarah Whitley | ... | Herself |
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This is the earliest surviving film, a 2 1/8 inch wide paper roll, filmed at 10-12 frames per second. Adolphe Le Prince's mother-in-law appears in the film, and she died in October of 1888, which is why there is some certainty as to its chronology. Only photographic copies of parts of the paper filmstrip exist today.
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When you watch this 2 second short you are watching the first film ever (i think). Congratulations to Director Louis Le Prince for creating this. He created an entirely new form of entertainment, though he probably did not know it at the time. Alas he did not live to see his invention turn into one of the biggest industries in the world. Le Prince started the movies, though it was helped along with other early directors.
The short shows a few people (Le Prince's friends and relatives) walking around in a garden. Realizing that this was made over 110 years ago is enough to give it 10/10.