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Roundhay Garden Scene

1888 film by Louis Le Prince
Movie silent_short_film Q267176
Roundhay Garden Scene
Louis Le Prince · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Roundhay Garden Scene is a silent short film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of silent short film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,496 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Louis Le Prince[3]
  • Genre: documentary film[4], silent film[5], actuality film[6], short film[7]
  • Cast member: Harriet Hartley[8], Adolphe Le Prince[9], Joseph Whitley[10], Sarah Whitley[11]
  • Producer: Louis Le Prince[12]
  • Director of photography: Louis Le Prince[13]
  • Commons category: Roundhay Garden Scene[14]
  • Color: black-and-white[15]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[16], England[17], United Kingdom[18]
  • Publication date: October 14, 1888[19]
  • Filming location: Roundhay Park[20]
  • Film editor: Louis Le Prince[21]
  • Executive producer: Louis Le Prince[22]
  • Title: Roundhay Garden Scene[23]
  • Duration: 1.66 seconds[24]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 4:3[25]
  • Assessment: Bechdel test[26]
  • Copyright status: public domain[27]

Why It Matters

Roundhay Garden Scene has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

England public domain United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 154469
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 154469, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  2. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Executive producer → Louis Le Prince
    Aliases → —
    P14449 → 176849
    Producer → Louis Le Prince
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38315|batch #38315]]: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
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