The fascinating journey of film began with Nicéphore Niépce taking the oldest known photograph in 1826, followed by early "animated effects" using devices like zoetropes from 1833. A pivotal moment arrived in 1874 with "Passage de Vénus," considered the first film precedent, though it was Eadweard Muybridge's 1878 "The Horse in Motion" that truly revolutionized the capture of real-time movement. The invention of flexible celluloid roll film by George Eastman and Hannibal Goodwin in 1885 was a crucial breakthrough. This innovation enabled inventors like Louis Le Prince to create the earliest surviving film, "Roundhay Garden Scene," in 1888, famously shot at 20 frames per second, setting the stage for the entire motion picture industry.