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Radio Leeds,29 Sep 2025,5 mins

The Leeds film pioneer who disappeared forever

Hidden West Yorkshire

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Louis Le Prince captured moving images in Leeds in 1888, possibly creating the first ‘film’ ever. Yet his mysterious disappearance left his legacy buried for over a century. Gayle Lofthouse speaks to Aleks Fagelman, Assistant Community Curator at the Leeds Industrial Museum.

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