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Where did Louis Le Prince's motion-picture experiments culminate?

  • Leeds, England

  • Paris, France

  • New York, USA

  • Sydney, Australia

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Louis Le Prince's motion-picture experiments culminated in Leeds, England, when he filmed the first motion picture in history, the Roundhay Garden Scene. The film was filmed on October 14, 1888, and it was a short clip of two men and two women walking in a garden. The film is only seconds long, but it is a significant historical document because it is the earliest known example of a motion picture.
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