World's First Color Moving Pictures Discovered 105
BoxRec writes "The BBC is reporting newly-discovered films made by pioneer Edward Raymond Turner from London, who patented his colour process on 22 March 1899." When Turner invented his process, though, existing projection systems weren't up to it; to see the discovered footage, British archivists digitized the film for computer playback. When you're used to old films being both black and white and jerky, it's amazing to see it in color and (relatively) smooth.
Incredible (Score:3, Insightful)
Why are you surprised? (Score:5, Insightful)
copyright? (Score:5, Insightful)
Wait its only been 113 years? Can I view that content without worrying about being sued by MPAA?
The process was patented... (Score:4, Insightful)
if this had been in 2012, he wouldn't have patented a film process but instead followed Apple (and others) by patenting "The idea of colour moving pictures displayed to an audience" and his descendents would now be suing Hollywood for 15 gazillion dollars.