A Drive Around London in 1926

[cwill1794.livejournal.com]

Thought you all might appreciate this: Mental Floss recently featured a color film of London in 1926. "In 1926, British-born filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene filmed the streets of London in breathtaking color...Film history heralds the arrival of color film in the 1930s, but this footage moves that back to the '20s." You can watch the video (it's about 6 min. long) and read the article here: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50636/drive-around-london-1926

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[squeeful.livejournal.com]

That's gorgeous, but I had to beat my head against a desk at this: "Film history heralds the arrival of color film in the 1930s, but this footage moves that back to the '20s."

Color motion picture film is well known to be far older than the 1930s. Most early film were color tinted. The first commercial color process was from 1908. The first Technicolor film was from 1917. The most famous early color feature is from 1922. You have to really try hard to fuck up film history that badly.

[with-rainfall.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn't know that! Thanks for the info.

[cwill1794.livejournal.com]

My only excuse is: it's Mental Floss, not me. But hey, now we've learned something new about film history! (And Mental Floss's dubious fact-checking!) :)

[purplefluffycat.livejournal.com]

That's fascinating - thank you!

PurpleFluffyCat x

[ryntha-doghare.livejournal.com]

Ahh my god, this is sooo coool. <3

[haikitteh.livejournal.com]

Wow, just glorious! What a find! Thanks so much for posting this.

[krisreinke.livejournal.com]

1929 (more or less) is the date of the commercial application of the three-color movie film process. (It existed earlier - but was not in commercial use due to various problems in process.) This - and the majority of other early color films - show the results of a two-color process. (Note the strong blues and reds, the almost absent greens, and the totally lacking strong yellows?) earlier 'color' films used a one-color process (changing sometimes by scene) with hand tinting on the film print itself to expand the color range.

Now - as to our corner of the fix-dom?
Bertie would love color films.
Jeeves would prob. consider them vulgar.

[applea.livejournal.com]

How fascinating! It's amazing to see how little traffic there was and how many buses. All the cars were going so slowly, and the pedestrians were so nonchalant about walking in the road. It really drives home how unusual Bertie is for having a car.

And there were so many policemen! Their uniforms are a heck of a lot more stylish than today's neon versions. But seein those helmets I understand how pinching them became a game.

There were quite a crowd of pedestrians out on the streets, but phwoar, Petticoat Lane was packed! Anyone know what exactly that lane is known for...?