Two seconds in Roundhay, 1888

On 14 October 1888 Louis Le Prince made what is believed to be the first moving picture in the garden of his in-laws at Oakwood Grange Road, Roundhay, Leeds

Out in the garden
by the dining room window
the women turn circles
as the men run around them.
In the time of two heartbeats
the movement is captured
and can be repeated
so the men and the women are able
to see how they looked
for less than two seconds
when the women turned circles
as the men ran around them
by the dining room window
out there in the garden.