Roundhay Garden Scene is the Oldest Surviving Motion Picture

Yes, that's it. All two seconds of it. It was shot at the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, on October 14, 1888 by inventor Louis Le Prince.
Not a lot to look at maybe, but it's kind of fascinating nonetheless. What did the people taking part think of it? There's a look of innocence about the whole thing; but then, there always is in cine films, isn't there?
Interestingly, Le Prince disappeared shortly after, on September 16, 1890. He was on his way to patent his invention in London and to perform his first official public exhibition in New York. He mysteriously vanished in a train between Dijon and Paris. Then, twelve years later, his son (who features in this film) was found dead of a gunshot wound in New York.
All very mysterious. If only Sherlock Holmes had been real.