Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent
actuality film recorded by French inventor
Louis Le Prince on 14 October 1888, filmed in
Roundhay,
Leeds, in the north of England. The footage is believed to be the
oldest surviving film in existence. The footage features Louis's son Adolphe Le Prince, mother-in law Sarah Whitley, father-in-law Joseph Whitley, and Annie Hartley, believed to be a family friend, in the garden of Oakwood Grange, the Whitleys' home, leisurely walking around the garden of the premises. This digital remastered version of the film contains 52 frames and is played back at a modern cinematographic
frame rate, yielding a running time of 2.11 seconds. Adolphe Le Prince stated, however, that the film was originally shot at 12 frames per second, which would result in a duration of 4.33 seconds.
Film credit: Louis Le Prince