Found the first color film dated 1901

First color film

So far the oldest color film has been found in a British museum. It is the first film that is conserved shot in color, which is not colored like those that already exist from previous dates.

111 years after its filming, you can once again contemplate this tape, which has been found in the National Media Museum from Bradford (UK).

The authors of this tape are the photographer Edward turner and his collaborator Fredrick Marshall Lee.

Thanks to digital technology, the film can be projected without having to use the cinematograph patented by the brothers Turner and Lee.

The film is exhibited in the Kodak Gallery from the British museum.

It is a sequence where you can see a parrot, a fish in an aquarium, a boy shaking a multi-colored cloth, a girl moving a sunflower and another watching the action.

It is speculated that the three children who appear in the film may be the children of

It was very difficult to make this film in color since it had to be shot in black and white and later green, red and blue filters were added.

This find is considered one of the most important in cinema.

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Source | 20minutos.es

Photos | elperiodico.com


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