Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)

Cinematography: Louis Le Prince
Location: Roundhay, Leeds, UK
Date of Filming: 14 October 1888
Filming Speed: 7fps
Remastered: 1930

Cast

Annie Hartley
Adolphe Le Prince
Joseph Whitley
Sarah Whitley

The Roundhay Garden Scene footage is believed to be the oldest surviving film in the world. The snippet only lasts for just over two seconds, but was very likely to have been more like 10 or 20 seconds long.

Adolphe Le Prince was Louis Le Prince's son. Joseph and Sarah Whitley were Louis' mother-in-law and father-in-law. Annie Hartley is believed to be a friend of the family.

10 days after this was fimed, Sarah Whitley died at the age of 72.

Louis Le Prince also made two other films around this time, of which fragments still exist, called Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1988) and Accordian Player (1888).