Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, and director of Roundhay Garden Scene.
Le Prince in the 1880s
Plaque on Leeds Bridge
Image: Sketch of single lens Le Prince projector by James Longley
Image: Sketch of three lens Le Prince camera by James Longley
Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in Northern England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film.
The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888.
Oakwood Hall, the filming site of Roundhay Garden Scene