London's Trafalgar Square
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London's Trafalgar Square is a 1890
British silent
black-and-white
short film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe
and William Carr Crofts
at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London. The surviving ten frames of film are the earliest known motion picture of the city.
1890 in film
-Events:* William Dickson completes his work for Thomas Edison on the Kinetograph cylinder either in this year or 1889. Monkeyshines No. 1 becomes the first film shot on the system.-Films:...
British silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
black-and-white
Black-and-white
Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...
short film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Wordsworth Donisthorpe was an English individualist anarchist and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. His father was George E...
and William Carr Crofts
William Carr Crofts
William Carr Crofts was an English architect and entrepreneur who was a photographic pioneer.Crofts was born at Bradford, Yorkshire and became an architect. With his cousin, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, he was one of the founders of the Liberty and Property Defence League in 1882. In 1890 he and...
at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London. The surviving ten frames of film are the earliest known motion picture of the city.