Museum restores first color motion picture film
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Frame from the first color motion picture (Image: National Media Museum/SSPL)
Edward Raymond Turner (Image: National Media Museum/SSPL)
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A piece of history has been rescued from oblivion with the National Media Museum in Bradford, United Kingdom, revealing a restoration of the first known color motion picture. Shot as a test reel by British inventor Edward Raymond Turner (1873 - 1903) in 1901/2, it was long thought to have been a practical failure until restored by the museum, which is showing the film to the public for the first time 110 years after its making.
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