"Did you know the very first assembly of photographs to create a motion picture was a 2-second clip of a black man on a horse?" - *NOPE* (2022 Jordan Peele movie clip) youtu.be/In8fuzj3gck

Eadweard Muybridge developed a system of fast-motion photography in the 1870s. *Sallie Gardner at a Gallop* was his most popular 12-photo sequence, published in a series of cabinet cards in 1878. The quote above is in reference to a sequence of completely different photographs 9 years later, from volume IX of Muybridge's massive 1887 book publication, *Animal Locomotion* (in this sequence titled "Annie G."). Quite simply, this "very first assembly" claim is a work of fiction, but it does shine a light on Muybridge's pre-cinematic invention and the culture of horse racing at the time.

The *Animal Locomotion* photos are the perfect size for animated GIFs. There's a whole bunch of them here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Eadweard_Muybridge_animations

Check out the 2021 documentary, *Exposing Muybridge,* for more about his life & work. I also highly-recommend this article for a more in-depth study of his horses in motion: fdiv.net/2015/01/02/who-were-jockeys-muybridges-photographs