Roundhay Garden Scene is a short silent motion picture filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince at Oakwood Grange in Roundhay, Leeds, in Northern England on 14 October 1888. It is believed to be the oldest surviving film. The camera used was patented in the United Kingdom on 16 November 1888. | Weird History Facts & Vintage Photography

The oldest surviving film is the two-second, 52-frame silent movie Roundhay Garden Scene, filmed by French inventor Louis Le Prince in Leeds, England, on October 14, 1888. This brief clip of people walking in a garden predates the work of other film pioneers and holds the Guinness World Record as the earliest surviving motion picture. | History In Pictures

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