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Louis Le Prince

France, c. 1870
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In 1888, French inventor Louis Le Prince used a single-lens camera to record the first motion pictures outside his home in Leeds. Though it lasted just two se..

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Le Premier Age du Cinema Francais (1895-1914) Pt. 12

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