1886. Louis Le Prince is ready to go public with his designs for a motion picture camera and applies for a US Patent. We look at how the inventor made the jump from a rough and rudimentary Ferris-Wheel viewer to a sophisticated multi-lens receiver and deliver in around a couple of years.<a rel="payment" href="https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps">Support the show</a>

1886. Louis Le Prince is ready to go public with his designs for a motion picture camera and applies for a US Patent. We look at how the inventor made the jump from a rough and rudimentary Ferris-Wheel viewer to a sophisticated multi-lens receiver and deliver in around a couple of years. Support the show

1886. Louis Le Prince is ready to go public with his designs for a motion picture camera and applies for a US Patent. We look at how the inventor made the jump from a rough and rudimentary Ferris-Wheel viewer to a sophisticated multi-lens receiver and deliver in around a couple of years.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Episode 29. 'Be It Known'

In October 1888, the French inventor Louis Le Prince shot what many people now believe to be the world’s first films. On the 16th September 1890, and just before he was due to sail to New York to demonstrate his films in public for the first time, Le Prince boarded the Dijon to Paris train and was never seen again.The Shadow Traps podcasts will tell the story of Le Prince, his life, his films and his mysterious disappearance. It is a mystery story, an exploration of invention and obsession and a love letter to film. To find out more and support this podcast, go to www.patreon.com/theshadowtraps

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Episode 29. 'Be It Known'

Episode 29. 'Be It Known'