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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 demo... more
FAQs about The Shadow Traps:How many episodes does The Shadow Traps have?The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.
November 13, 2023Episode 40. A Panic of PossibilitiesIn early 1888, Louis Le Prince built a one lens motion picture camera in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Is it possible to say what influenced his decision to change from the sixteen lens machine he had already built, to this new (and soon to be historic) camera? This episode attempts to do that...Support the show...more22minPlay
September 03, 2022Interim Episode. Please Dislocate Your MindA short warm up for Episode Forty.Support the show...more6minPlay
November 14, 2021Episode 39. 'Grandpa Consoles Me (At Least He Thinks So)'Le Prince sees the publication of his US Patent for a multi-lens camera. His excitement must have been mixed with apprehension as his designs were put into the public domain and suddenly available to potential rivals. And in Leeds, things were complicated: not only was he struggling to get a working projector for his multi-lens sequences, he had had some kind of eureka moment at the very end of 1887. What was it? This episode explores Le Prince's work from the end of 1887 to the beginning of 1888.Support the show...more50minPlay
July 11, 2021Episode 38. The 'To Be or Not To Be', a Revelation Before the Second Sleep.Louis Le Prince has returned to Leeds. This is where history will be made - but not immediately. What did Le Prince do with his machines in the lead up to creating his one lens camera. This episode will begin to find out.Support the show...more28minPlay
March 15, 2021Episode 37. Two White Gashes for Eyes.We have already seen Le Prince using his 16 lens camera in Paris in 1887 - but we know so little about what happened. This episode asks 'what can be discovered about those lost months and the images that came out of them?'Support the show...more26minPlay
January 31, 2021A Few Words in the IntervalNot quite an episode; not quite an interval; a few words to see us on to the next stage of the story of Louis Le Prince.Support the show...more5minPlay
December 19, 2020Episode Thirty Six. History at ten to thirty-two a second.Le Prince travels from England to Paris. There, he nurses his mother, who is ill, struggles with his US Patent specifications, and builds a sixteen lens camera. Sometime around the summer of 1887, he films scenes in Paris.Support the show...more28minPlay
November 11, 2020Episode Thirty Five. Cowboys and Yorkshireman.We begin by looking at Le Prince as he leaves New York for Europe in April 1887, and follow him rushing between Leeds, London and on to Paris.While in London, he visits his brother-in-law who is responsible for a huge exhibition in the heart of London - the great American Exhibition, the star of which is undoubtedly Buffalo Bill and his famous Wild West show. This episode looks at the story of Whitley and Buffalo Bill and how their incredible journeys intersected with that of Louis Le Prince.Support the show...more50minPlay
October 01, 2020Episode 34. There is something I should add....Drawing to the end of the US Patent analysis, we discover a mistake in our research. Instead of becoming disheartened, we instead use this mistake to help us answer questions about the theories concerning possible corruption on the part of the US Patent Office. Support the show...more27minPlay
August 25, 2020Episode 33. Amidst the Dense Thickets of Patent Correspondence1887. Le Prince was so close to getting his patent application allowed. But nothing seemed to run smoothly for the inventor. We examine the Patent Claims he tried to add, which almost ruined things for him - and we get to the bottom of one of the enduring conspiracy theories regarding Le Prince and his US Patent.Support the show...more31minPlay
FAQs about The Shadow Traps:How many episodes does The Shadow Traps have?The podcast currently has 45 episodes available.