The Shadow Traps
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
The Shadow Traps
Episode 28. Sheep-Jumping as seen through Several Lenses.
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Irfan Shah
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Season 1
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Episode 28
While Le Prince works on his cameras, Lizzie is offered an opportunity that might change both their lives. What will now become of Le Prince's experiments? Should he show them to Thomas Edison? We reach 1886 and see that Le Prince is finally ready to tell the world about his work thus far.....