Curators Rewrite Cinema History with Discovery of First Color Movies
By Rob Scott
September 17, 2012
September 17, 2012
- Curators at the National Media Museum in Bradford, England believe they have discovered the world’s first color moving pictures.
- Dating from 1902, the discovery may be a breakthrough in cinema history.
- “The newly-discovered films were made by pioneer Edward Raymond Turner from London who patented his color process on 22 March 1899,” reports BBC News. The previous earliest color film was thought to date from 1909.
- “Turner shot the test films in 1902 but his pioneering work ended abruptly when he died suddenly of a heart attack,” explains the post, which includes a video sample of the color footage.
- “Race for Colour,” a half-hour special will air on BBC One today and will be available on BBC iPlayer during the next week. The special includes comments from filmmaker Martin Scorsese who describes the discovery as “something very unique and very, very special.”
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