
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Louis Le Prince The pioneer of cinematography had a workshop on this site where he invented a one-lens camera and a projecting machine. Le Prince produced what are believed to be the world's first moving pictures taken on Leeds Bridge in 1888. Recorded plaque organisation: Leeds Civic Trust.
Louis Le Prince was an inventor who created early motion picture cameras and projectors, producing some of the world's first motion pictures in 1888; his work is foundational to the development of cinematography.
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