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Eugene Lauste recording the first combined moving image and sound, c1905, (1935). 'Eugene Lauste may be seen already experimenting with "Talkies". In his back garden at Brixton he is taking the first combined movie and sound picture'. French inventor and cinematographer Lauste (1857-1935), centre, filming with his sound on film camera in his garden in Brixton, south London. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935] (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/The Print Collector)