September 16, 1890: Louis Augustin Le Prince Vanishes

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🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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He was days away from premiering the first-ever moving images captured on celluloid. The family of Louis Augustin Le Prince said he boarded a train in Dijon, France headed for Paris, but never arrived. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, September 16th, 2021.
0:07.0	On this day in 1890, pioneering inventor Louis Augustin Le Prince was supposed to board a train in Dijon France headed for Paris.
0:18.0	He was days away from premiering the first moving images
0:21.5	ever captured on celluloid,
0:23.8	but he never stepped off his train.
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1:04.0	Welcome to Today in True Crime, a Spotify original from Parcast.
1:09.0	Today we're covering the mysterious disappearance of inventor
1:13.1	and photographer Louis Augustine Le Prince. Let's go back to September 16, 1890 in Dijon, France.
1:24.7	Louis Augustine Le Prince had spent the weekend at his brother Albert's house.
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