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The First Film (2015)

Name: The First Film
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In October 1888 Louis Le Prince produced the world's first films in Leeds, England. These were shot on cameras patented in both America and the UK. Once he had perfected his projection machine Le Prince arranged to demonstrate his discovery to the American public and thus the world. On 16th September 1890, just days before he was due to sail to New York Louis Augustine Aime Le Prince stepped onto the Dijon to Paris train and was never seen again. No body was ever found so legally no one could fight the Le Prince claim that he invented a camera that recorded the very first moving image.
As a result, several years later, Thomas Edison and the Lumiere Brothers were to claim to the glory and the prize of being acknowledged as the first people to pioneer film. Louis Le Prince was never added to history books. But for one lone voice, who worked with him, Le Prince's name and his pioneering work was forgotten. 'The First Film' is David Nicholas Wilkinson s thirty three year quest to prove to the world that a Frenchman Louis Le Prince made the first films in 1888 and that the birthplace of motion pictures was not America nor France but in fact the city of Leeds in the county of Yorkshire, England.
Actors:: Bernard Atha, Stephane Cornicard, Tom Courtenay, Nigel Cross, Quentin Dowse, Tony Earnshaw, Joe Eszterhas, Aurelie Freoua, Paul Goodman, Louise A. Handley, Annie Hartley, Michael Harvey, Ronald Harwood, Stephen Herbert, Adolphe Le Prince, Daniel Martin, Mick McCann, Beatrice Neumann, Tony North, Andreea Paduraru
Directors:: David Wilkinson
Producers:: David Wilkinson
Voiced By:: Ben Eagle, Sarah Lancashire
Writers:: Irfan Shah, David Wilkinson
Studio:: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91U1+8kzggL._AC_SL1500_.jpg
Genres:: Documentary, Special Interest
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