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The Rest Is History

278: France: The Mystery of Le Prince

The Rest Is History

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History

4.618.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, Tom and Dominic explore the origins of the motion-picture camera, a device invented by "gentle giant" Louis Le Prince, who's œuvre spanned from working with pots and pans to photographing Queen Victoria or Gladstone. This history features mysterious disappearances, a jealous American competitor, Lancashire accents, and much more... Join The Rest Is History Club (www.restishistorypod.com) for ad-free listening to the full archive, weekly bonus episodes, live streamed shows and access to an exclusive chatroom community. *The Rest Is History Live Tour 2023*: Tom and Dominic are back on tour this autumn! See them live in London, New Zealand, and Australia! Buy your tickets here: restishistorypod.com Twitter: @TheRestHistory @holland_tom @dcsandbrook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Music

0:10.0

Bonjour mes amis et bienvenue au Reste des histories avec moi Dominique Sandrouk

0:16.0

et mon ami Tom Hollande. Tom, that was some beautiful French with wonderful.

0:24.0

We are, well we say it every time don't we were in the middle of our work at Marathon.

0:28.0

And I'm actually sick of saying it. We are in the middle of our work at Marathon.

0:31.0

So say something else. We don't know when that one order they'll be put out in the city.

0:34.0

It could be at the beginning.

0:35.0

Yeah, it could be at the end.

0:36.0

But who knows, that's the jeopardy.

0:38.0

It's the World Cup. We're doing a series of podcasts about the history of the competing countries

0:43.0

choosing sort of slightly off beat subjects sometimes.

0:46.0

And we come to France now Tom a few weeks ago we did an absolutely,

0:50.0

even if I say so myself, an absolutely magnificent podcast about French history through film

0:56.0

with the French critic Murat Zagat. And it was brilliant, not because of anything.

0:59.0

It was magnificent. It was magnificent. It was super, it was extra.

1:03.0

And that wasn't because of anything you and I contributed at all.

1:07.0

It was because she was brilliant. And so if you have listened to that, go back and listen to that.

1:10.0

If you have listened to that, keep listening because Tom is going to,

1:15.0

Tom, are you going to do the whole podcast in a French accent or not?

1:18.0

No, no. No, I'm not. I'm going to keep it very British.

1:23.0

Because actually, the subject today does have a British angle and indeed an American angle.

1:28.0

And indeed, it has a link to the theme of the podcast that you were talking about,

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