
InOctober1888LouisLePrinceproducedtheworld'sfirstfilmsinLeeds,England.ThesewereshotoncameraspatentedinbothAmericaandtheUK.OncehehadperfectedhisprojectionmachineLePrincearrangedtodemonstratehisdiscoverytotheAmericanpublicandthustheworld.On16thSeptember1890,justweeksbeforehewasduetosailtoNewYorkLouisAimeAugustineLePrincesteppedontotheDijontoParistrainandwasneverseenagain.NobodywaseverfoundsolegallynoonecouldfighttheLePrinceclaimthatheinventedacamerathatrecordedtheveryfirstmovingimage.Asaresult,severalyearslater,ThomasEdisonandtheLumiereBrothersweretoclaimthegloryandtheprizeofbeingacknowledgedasthefirstpeopletopioneerfilm.LouisLePrincewasneveraddedtohistorybooks.Butforonelonevoice,whoworkedwithhim,LePrince'snameandhispioneeringworkwasforgotten.THEFIRSTFILMisafeaturelengthdocumentaryprovingonceandforallLePrince...WrittenbyDavidNicholasWilkinson


