ULouis Le Prince, umsunguli ohlakaniphile, wayenamandla okuba omunye wabantu abanethonya elikhulu eFrance ekhulwini le-19. Naphezu kokuba ngaphambi kwesikhathi sakhe futhi waze wanconywa ngokwakha isithombe esinyakazayo sokuqala emhlabeni, igama lakhe alikaziwa.
Lokhu kungacaci kubangelwa isigameko esingaqondakali esenzeka phakathi nohambo luka-Le Prince oluya eMelika ngo-1890. Ngemva kokuhlola izinto zakhe nokugibela isitimela esisuka eDijon siya eParis, wabonakala enyamalala emoyeni lapho sifika.
Okuphawulekayo ukuthi amafasitela endlu ka-Le Prince ayekhiywe kahle, akukho siphazamiso esibikwe abanye abagibeli, futhi okumangazayo - nomthwalo wakhe washabalala ngendlela engaqondakali. Ukusesha okukhulu okwenziwa kuso sonke isitimela akuzange kuveze izimpawu zakhe noma izinto zakhe.
Kuye kwavela imibono eyahlukene mayelana nalokhu kunyamalala okudidayo. Abanye basikisela ukuthi izinkinga zezezimali emndenini kaLe Prince kungenzeka zibe neqhaza kanti abanye bahlongoza itulo elinzima lokuzibulala yize ehlela ukukhombisa impumelelo enkulu emkhakheni wakhe phesheya. Kukhona ngisho nokuqagela mayelana nokubandakanyeka okungenzeka okuvela kuThomas Edison; oqhudelana naye waseMelika owavimbezela amalungelo obunikazi ka-Le Prince e-United States ngenkathi enza okufanayo ngokuvuza imiklamo yekhamera ka-Edison e-France ngaphambi kokuthi avikele amalungelo obunikazi aseYurophu.
Yize u-Edison kanye nendoda elahlekile bebenobudlelwano obungebuhle, abukho ubufakazi obuhlanganisa u-Edison nokunyamalala kwale ndoda. Ngaphezu kwalokho, namanje asazi nhlobo ukuthi le ndoda yanyamalala kanjani. Okuxakayo okuxakayo kodwa okufezwe ngokungenakuphikwa, uLouis Le Prince usalokhu efihlekile - walahlekelwa phakade kulolo hambo lwesitimela oluyinhlekelele.
