Wooden tripod used by Louis Le Prince

Made:
c 1888 in unknown place

Wooden tripod used by Le Prince in Leeds during his experiments for the production of moving pictures

This tripod was used by Louis Le Prince to support his single-lens camera in 1888, with which he filmed arguably the earliest moving film footage in the world - Roundhay Garden Scence, Leeds Bridge and Accordion Player in Leeds.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1939-179
Materials:
wood (unidentified), copper (alloy) and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
each leg: 830 mm x 90 mm x 55 mm,
type:
tripod
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford