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!) :)