Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Griff Lees
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
des-47
Seven years before the Lumières' historic first cinématographe show in Paris, the earliest known moving images were shot by another Frenchman in, of all places, West Yorkshire. Leeds Bridge is the most substantial and arguably the most appealing of the surviving fragments of Louis Le Prince's work as the location is still recognisable. It's also the first ever high angle shot, from an upper window of a shop on the south side of the bridge, which crosses the river Aire on the southern edge of the city centre — a plaque now marks the spot.This glimpse of Leodians of 125 years ago making their everyday journeys on a route that's still notably as busy and bustling today is surely worth two seconds of anyone's time. Its maker disappeared mysteriously without trace on a train from Bourges to Dijon two years later.
Michael_Elliott
Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) If you've ever wondered what the first movies ever made were then here you go. Director Louise Le Prince shot these two films with a single lense camera he made in 1888. From what I've read, both were shot in October of 1888 because the director's mother died this month and she's featured in the first film (which I just had to watch twice). The first film has some sort of creepy feel along with it but if you're interested then you can see them at IMDb or Youtube. Both just last for two seconds but at least I can now say I saw the first film ever made.
Shawn Watson
Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince filmed this epic the very same year he gave us Roundhay Garden Scene. Instead of his family walking in circles he filmed, as the title would suggest, traffic crossing Leeds bridge. And when I say traffic I don't mean cars, trucks and buses. I mean people walking a couple of guys who were lucky enough to have horses and carriages.Since Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince was the ONLY director to release any films in 1888 it proves he was the best director of his era. He didn't need big actors or loads of effects or a computerized ape. Just a camera and a bridge. And he was the man who gave birth to cinema. Not literally, that would be hideous.
pcchap
On the main page the link to the video clip at the Leeds University website, I believe is a clip of the Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge film, although, sadly, the website does not make this clear.To be able to see people from nearly 120 years ago, walking and moving is quite incredible, like a window into a different age. The movement of the carriages, horses and people makes history come alive. I feel privileged to have seen it.Take a look, this is one of the oldest moving images you are ever likely to see.I am surprised there are no more significant links to this entry and the Roundhay film on IMDb. I think it is something to be celebrated.
