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The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

1h 5m

Overview

Details the early attempts, what worked, or why it didn't, in the history of adding partial or full colour to films. Includes early film clips to illustrate how most tries appeared to audiences.

Directed by

Eric Lange

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