Accordion Player by Louis Le Prince - test17frames

Accordion Player by Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

made with a LPCCP Type-1 MkII probably in 1888.

For more details see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le...

For the separate frames see
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10912969...

I used the first 17 frames from a thumbnail of a 1930 copy of original frames by National Science Museum (London),
and registered each frame by hand (badly).
I then changed frame rate to 17 frames in 4.5 seconds.
Le Prince's original frame rate may have been 20 per second.

Courtesy of
National Museum of Photography,
Film and Television (Bradford).

Note Le Prince's 1888 film "Roundhay Garden Scene" is thought to be the earliest surviving motion picture film made.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le...

License: I release into the public domain all modifications for frames 1 to 17 for my amateur restoration of Louis le Prince's "Accordion Player". Louis le Prince disappeared 1890, and these frames came from a poor scan of a 1930 photograph of the original 1888 film.

Restorations of other Le prince films, all from 1888 I believe:

Man Walking Around A Corner at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWK-Im...

1888 - Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7saH5...

1888 - Roundhay Garden Scene - Louis Le Prince at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUKC7...

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  Film & Animation

[MattTheSaiyan]

The is the worst film Louis Le Prince ever made. His other movies are way better than this overrated film. Thanks for uploading.

[youtubesneak]

There's worse than this by Le Prince: Man Walking Around A Corner - scroll the description above for the YouTube link.

[fishhead06]

Is this earlier than the Roundhay Garden Scene?

[youtubesneak]

That is a very good question and I wish I knew the answer. All wikipedia says is that it is uncertain whether it was in Leeds or Paris, and that the 'recording date is probably 1888.' The Garden Scene film can be located and dated precisely at October 14 1888, while Le Prince's son, Alphonse, said that he helped film the Leeds Bridge film in late October.

I did see comments that the Accordion film is of Alphonse and that one sees the front door of their Leeds house here, but no expert opinion.

[firesoftheempyrean]

Spielberg is remaking this.

[Gabriel Pacheco]

yeah, actually, roundhay was first, then the bridge one, and then this one

[Heaven Inocencio]

Louis le prince vanished ._. He was seen getting on a train to go see his friends and family but he wasn't seen getting off :o

[Memphis Castaneda]

did all the people in the movie died?

[MechanicalInternet]

To think that the man shown on this film was the creator of the motion picture and Thomas Edison planned his assasination because of a patent struggle they were both having.

[elderlyjr]

Adolphe the young man in this video was found dead in NY in 1900. Unsure of the cause, however he was out duck hunting before his body was discovered.

[HeiHolaHello]

Believe it or not; this is on IMBD. Go check it out, lol

[Bruce Triggs]

That's quite interesting. It does look like there's a strap on the "stage right" side there, which would be reversed from the norm, unless it's some kind of concertina style accordion with hand straps on both sides. By 1888 either would have been possible I think. Maybe accordionists can add their bit to film history here? Are the other films mirrored?

[ClassicHorrorDB]

Exiting the factory was the first film ever shown in theaters. This film is one of the first films ever, Roundhay garden scene being the first.