thisistheverge: World’s first color film footage discovered in England Researchers at the UK’s National Media Museum have unearthed the world’s first color moving pictures, dating back to 1902. As the BBC reports, the footage was shot by Edward Raymond Turner as part of a test reel that includes images of marching soldiers, birds, and Turner’s own children. The film had been gathering dust in a tin for more than a century before being discovered by Michael Harvey, Curator of Cinematography at the National Media Museum.
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World’s first color film footage discovered in England

Researchers at the UK’s National Media Museum have unearthed the world’s first color moving pictures, dating back to 1902. As the BBC reports, the footage was shot by Edward Raymond Turner as part of a test reel that includes images of marching soldiers, birds, and Turner’s own children. The film had been gathering dust in a tin for more than a century before being discovered by Michael Harvey, Curator of Cinematography at the National Media Museum.

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    Amazing footage to watch with a sad story mixed in.
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    think about how recent,...how long ago, this really was.
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    I feel the start of a major film boner starting right about…now.
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    That’s so cool!
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    Eeeheeeheeheee. THAT’S MY MUSEUM. We got told the news two days ago before the story was officially released to the...
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