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jan 2, 1888 - Roundhay Garden Scene - Louis Le Prince

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The world’s earliest surviving motion-picture film, showing actual consecutive action is called Roundhay Garden Scene. It’s a short film directed by French inventor Louis Le Prince. While it’s just 2.11 seconds long, it is technically a movie. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the oldest surviving film in existence.

1888 - Roundhay Garden Scene - (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=F1i40rnpOsA)

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jan 2, 1888
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~ 138 years ago

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