The World"s First Film Was 2 Seconds Long

Cinema history began in 1888, in a garden in Leeds. Louis Le Prince recorded a 2-second image at his mother-in-law"s house. This clip called "Roundhay Garden Scene" shows 4 people walking in a garden. Technically very simple, but history"s first moving film footage. Le Prince"s story is tragic. In 1890, he boarded a Paris train and was never seen again. His luggage and cameras also disappeared. Some claim Edison"s men killed him - Edison had claimed the cinema patent for himself. The Lumière Brothers held the first public film screening in 1895 and went down in history as cinema"s inventors. Source: British Film Institute