Roundhay Garden Scene

A short silent film shot by Louis Le Prince in Leeds in 1888, widely regarded as the oldest surviving motion-picture film.

Louis Le Prince: A French inventor who made pioneering motion-picture recordings in Leeds during the 1880s. He filmed Roundhay Garden Scene using a camera of his own design.
Motion-picture camera: A device that records a rapid sequence of images to create the appearance of movement. Le Prince's camera recorded the successive frames that form the scene.
Adolphe Le Prince: A son of Louis Le Prince who appeared in his father's early motion-picture experiments. He is among the people shown walking through the garden.
First motion picture: A historical designation for the earliest surviving or documented moving-image recording, depending on the criterion used. Roundhay Garden Scene is often called the oldest surviving motion-picture film.
Oakwood Grange: A house in Roundhay, Leeds, associated with the Le Prince family. The film was recorded in its garden on the Le Prince family estate.
Paper film: A photographic support made from paper and used in some early motion-picture cameras. Le Prince's original recording medium was paper film rather than a transparent strip.
Sarah Whitley: Louis Le Prince's mother-in-law, who appeared in Roundhay Garden Scene. Her brief walk is one of the film's recorded movements.
Leeds Bridge: A short film made by Louis Le Prince in Leeds in 1888, depicting traffic crossing a bridge. This nearby Le Prince recording shows that his work extended beyond the garden scene.
Leeds: A city in West Yorkshire, England, that became an early center of motion-picture experimentation. The film was made there, linking its origins to local workshops and family life.
Frame rate: The number of individual images recorded or displayed per second in a moving image. The camera's exposure rhythm determines how the scene's movement appears when replayed.

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