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Louis Le Prince
A few of us know of the film Roundhay Garden Scene and that it is one of the old recorded films in history (1888 - the same year those little known Whitechapel Murders took place). But, did you know he was also had a Suspicious disappearance. Yes and it seems almost everyone in the film came to an unfortunate end (also very odd). The films inventor Louis Le Prince disappearance before he could show off his new invention (recordable film) and then a few years later Thomas Edison would make his own version of the medium and popularize it (some time in 1896 and in New York).
Some facts about his disappearance:
September 1890, Le Prince boarded a train on a Friday, promising friends he would rejoin them in Paris on the following Monday for the return journey to England, to be followed by a trip to the US to promote his new camera. However, Le Prince did not arrive at the appointed time and he was never seen again by his family or friends. All that could be established about his last whereabouts was that he was seen on on 16 September 1890 boarding the 2:42 train at Dijon for his return to Paris. The French police, Scotland Yard and the family undertook exhaustive searches but never found his body or luggage. This mysterious disappearance case was never solved (information from BBC and Wiki).
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Louis Le Prince
and some of his films
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
A few of us know of the film Roundhay Garden Scene and that it is one of the old recorded films in history (1888 - the same year those little known Whitechapel Murders took place). But, did you know he was also had a Suspicious disappearance. Yes and it seems almost everyone in the film came to an unfortunate end (also very odd). The films inventor Louis Le Prince disappearance before he could show off his new invention (recordable film) and then a few years later Thomas Edison would make his own version of the medium and popularize it (some time in 1896 and in New York).
Some facts about his disappearance:
September 1890, Le Prince boarded a train on a Friday, promising friends he would rejoin them in Paris on the following Monday for the return journey to England, to be followed by a trip to the US to promote his new camera. However, Le Prince did not arrive at the appointed time and he was never seen again by his family or friends. All that could be established about his last whereabouts was that he was seen on on 16 September 1890 boarding the 2:42 train at Dijon for his return to Paris. The French police, Scotland Yard and the family undertook exhaustive searches but never found his body or luggage. This mysterious disappearance case was never solved (information from BBC and Wiki).
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Louis Le Prince
and some of his films
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888)
Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888)
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