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The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures

Published: April 4, 2022, 11:30 p.m.

In 1888 Louis Le Prince shot the world\u2019s first motion picture in Leeds, England. In 1890, weeks before the public unveiling of his camera and projector \u2013 a year before Thomas Edison announced that he had invented a motion picture camera \u2013 Le Prince stepped on a train in France \u2013 and disappeared without a trace. He was never seen or heard from again. No body was ever found.


Paul Fischer, film producer and author, has unearthed one of the Victorian age\u2019s great unsolved mysteries. Paul joins Dan on the podcast to discuss Le Prince\u2019s career, the story behind the first motion picture, and the lawsuit to determine who, in the eyes of the law, was the inventor.


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