In 1875, local inhabitants assembled onto the bridge, briggate and local streets to watch the theatre burning down in 1888 louis le prince made a pioneering moving picture recording of traffic crossing leeds bridge from an upstairs window of no 19 bridge end, then hicks the ironmongers. Roundhay garden scene, traffic crossing at leeds bridge. Leeds bridge documents traffic crossing leeds bridge in. Traffic crossing leeds bridge 1888 traffic crossing. Leeds bridge is that cast iron crossing south of the city centre. The last remaining film of le princes singlelens camera is a sequence of frames of adolphe le prince playing a diatonic button accordion. A giant mystery surrounds the true inventor of motion pictures and. Leeds bridge documents traffic crossing leeds bridge in leeds, west yorkshire, england. When you watch this 2 second short you are watching the first film ever i think. Le prince photographed this film, traffic crossing leeds bridge, at about 20 frames per second, which is a more appropriate speed for motion pictures.
The film was shot by french inventor louis le prince sometime in late 1888, after the completion of his roundhay garden scene on october 14, 1888. The 2nd earliest celluloid film, which was shot by louise le prince using the le prince singlelens camera made in 1888. Louis le prince filmed traffic crossing leeds bridge from hicks the. Ogg multiplexed audiovideo file, theoravorbis, length 2. Upon finishing his studies, he was invited by john whitley to move to. Le prince later used it to film road traffic and pedestrians crossing leeds bridge. Traffic crossing leeds bridge 1888 directed by louis. Filmed on paper filmstrips, this is louis aime augustin le princes second known film, produced in october 1888. Leeds bridge is a historic river crossing in leeds, england. The other one is traffic crossing leeds bridge also from 1888. He recorded traffic on leeds bridge from an upstairs window of no 19 bridge. Most say it was filmed only a couple weeks after the roundhay films, but rawlence suggests it wasnt until the summer of 1889. Edinburgh international film festival on june 23, before opening nationwide on july 3.
The recording date may be the same as roundhay garden as the camera is in a similar. The present cast iron road bridge over the river aire dates from 1870. Traffic crossing leeds bridge 1888 louis aime augustin le. Information from its description page there is shown below. The film was shot from hicks the ironmongers, now the british waterways building on the south east side of the bridge, 1 now marked with a commemorative blue plaque.
This was shortly after making his first film roundhay garden scene. Leeds bridge is believed to be the second film ever made. The film was shot by french inventor louis le prince sometime in late 1888. Following on from his roundhay garden scene 2 second short film shot in october 1888, which is the earliest motion picture filmed in great britain, cinematic innovator louis le prince continued his film experiments by later that month shooting a 2 second short film of horse drawn traffic crossing leeds bridge in england. Traffic crossing leeds bridge 1888 louis le prince. Louis aime augustin leprince consistently written as louis aime augustin le prince by. Completed and reopened fully in january, the revival keeps the. The invention of motion picture has widely been credited to thomas edison, despite his film appearing a. Traffic crossing leeds bridge singlelens camera mkii video clip, 2 seconds. Traffic crossing leeds bridge, the second film ever made. Traffic crossing leeds bridge 1888 louis aime augustin.