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Kinemacolor

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Kinemacolor was the most successful process for colouring early cinema. Invented in 1906 by film pioneer George Albert Smith, it achieved the illusion of colo..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

A Visit to the Seaside

1908
Similarity: 82%

Tinted film

Similarity: 76%

Early film equipment

Similarity: 75%

Kinemacolor advertisement

United Kingdom, c. 1911
Similarity: 75%

Natalie Kalmus

Similarity: 74%

Hand-coloured film

Similarity: 74%

Two-colour separation studies

Australia, 1979
Similarity: 74%

Technicolor

Similarity: 73%

Arrival of film

Similarity: 72%

The First motion picture show

United States, 1976
Similarity: 71%

The Power of Love

United States, 1922
Similarity: 71%

Auguste and Louis Lumière

France, c. 1895
Similarity: 70%

Kinemacolor programme for the Théâtre Edouard VIII

France, 1913
Similarity: 70%

Nature of colour

United States, 1946
Similarity: 70%

A Colour Box

United Kingdom, 1935
Similarity: 69%

Printer light play

Australia, 1978
Similarity: 69%

Stencil colouring

Similarity: 69%

Color

United States, 1984
Similarity: 69%
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