World's first color film discovered
09-12-12, 01:31 PM
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World's first color film discovered
Well, actually revived, because it's been known about since it was first shot, but technical hurdles (like being shot on oddball 38mm gauge film) kept it from being displayed properly until now.
This BBC link has the footage.
This Huffington Post link has a better and (seemingly) more accurate write-up of the history of the footage.
It sounds like three strip Technicolor, except that it required three syncronized projectors to show the three tinted films onto the same screen. No wonder it took until now to display it properly.
Edit: Fixed the Huffington Post link, thanks Mr. Salty.
This BBC link has the footage.
The world's first colour moving pictures dating from 1902 have been found by the National Media Museum in Bradford after lying forgotten in an old tin for 110 years.
The earliest movies known to be shot in color have been revived by film archivists, who on Wednesday gave an audience at London's Science Museum a glimpse at cinema's first attempts to show us the world as we see it.
Edit: Fixed the Huffington Post link, thanks Mr. Salty.
Last edited by obscurelabel; 09-13-12 at 07:01 AM.
09-12-12, 02:02 PM
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Re: World's first color film discovered
I was shocked to find out it's not some form of pornography.
09-12-12, 03:41 PM
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09-12-12, 08:06 PM
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09-12-12, 10:40 PM
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Re: World's first color film discovered
Awesome.
09-13-12, 12:27 AM
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09-13-12, 04:53 PM
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Re: World's first color film discovered
Except they didn't. They used the computer to simulate the projectors. Lame.
09-14-12, 12:21 AM
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09-14-12, 01:36 AM
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Re: World's first color film discovered
Amazing, very cool. Looking at this poignancy one can only wonder at the crazyness the rest of the 20th century would occur. This is kind of like discovering that 1860 chemical recording of the french lady singing.
