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Roundhay Garden Scene
Roundhay Garden Scene
Directed by	Louis Le Prince (French)
Produced by	Louis Le Prince
Starring	Adolphe Le Prince (son) Sarah Whitley (mother-in-law) Joseph Whitley (father-in-law) Harriet Hartley
Music by	None
Cinematography	Louis Le Prince
Editing by	Louis Le Prince
Distributed by	Louis Le Prince
Release date(s)	Oct. 14, 1888
Running time	+2.11 secs (NMPFT) (24.64fps) +1.66 secs (NSM) (12fps)
Country	England
Language	Silent
Preceded by	Unknown
Followed by	Leeds Bridge
IMDb profile

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Overview

According to Le Prince's son, Adolphe, it was filmed at Oakwood Grange, the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on October 14, 1888. Roundhay is one of the better known of Leedss suburbs. ... Leeds is a major city in West Yorkshire, England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

It features Adolphe Le Prince, Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley and Harriet Hartley in the garden, walking around and laughing. Note that Sarah is walking backwards and that Joseph's coat tails are flying.

Remastered footage

1930 NSM copy of 20 frames from the Roundhay Garden Scene

In 1930 the National Science Museum (NSM), London, produced photographic copies of remaining parts from the 1888 filmstrip. This sequence was recorded on an 1885 Eastman Kodak paper base photographic film through Le Prince's single-lens combi camera-projector. Le Prince's son, Adolphe, stated that the Roundhay Garden was shot at 12 fps (and the second movie, Leeds Bridge, at 20 fps), however the later digital remastered version of Roundhay Garden produced by the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television (NMPFT), Bradford, uses 52 frames and is only 2.11 seconds long, as the film runs at 24.64fps, the modern cinematographic frame-rate. The National Science Museum copy has 20 frames, giving a run time of 1.66 seconds at 12fps.


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Aftermath

This historical film is surrounded with tragedy and mystery. On October 24, 1888, only ten days after being filmed in Roundhay Garden Scene, Sarah Robinson Whitley, featured actress, and Le Prince's mother-in-law, died aged 72 and was buried nearby on October 27 at St. John's Church, Roundhay, Leeds. On September 16, 1890, while about to patent his invention in London and to perform his first official public exhibition in New York, Louis Le Prince, director, mysteriously vanished in a train between Dijon and Paris. In 1902, two years after testifying in the Equity 6928 brief, Alphonse Le Prince, featured actor and elder son of the inventor, was found shot dead in New York. October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841, vanished 16 September 1890) was an inventor who is generally recognized as the first person to record motion images on film. ...

References

1. ^ Guinness Book of Records, all editions.

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Media links

• Roundhay Garden Scene - QuickTime format.

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External links

• Roundhay Garden Scene at the Internet Movie Database
• Louis Le Prince Centre for Cinema, Photography, and Television
• YouTube video of Roundhay Garden Scene
• St. John's Church, Roundhay, Leeds (Burial Records and Memorial Inscriptions, etc).