''London's Trafalgar Square'' is an

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

British short silent actuality film, shot by inventors and film pioneers Wordsworth Donisthorpe and

William Carr Crofts William Carr Crofts (1846–1894) was an English architect and entrepreneur who was a photographic pioneer. History Crofts was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and became an architect. With his cousin, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, he was one of ...

at approximately 10 frames per second with an oval or circular frame on celuloid film using their 'kinesigraph' camera, showing traffic at Trafalgar Square in London. The surviving ten frames of film are the earliest known motion picture of the city.

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* * 1890 films 1890s British films British black-and-white films British silent short films Films set in London Films shot in London 1890 short films {{1890s-UK-film-stub