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[Pathe colour: hand stencil example]

France, 1905
film

A segment from an early silent film, illustrating the technique of hand colouration. The film’s captions read “At the castle of Oursel. The dungeo..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Hand-coloured film

Similarity: 72%

Gruesome gray monster (Finding colours)

United States, 1974
Similarity: 71%

Stencil colouring

Similarity: 71%

Ink, paint, scratch

United States, 1979
Similarity: 70%

Black and white: a creative leisure film

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 69%

Living colors = Vivre en couleurs

Canada, 1982
Similarity: 67%

Masque of the red death

Yugoslavia, 1975
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Doodle film

Canada, 1970
Similarity: 66%

Polychrome phantasy

Canada, 1935
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The Incised image

Australia, 1966
Similarity: 66%

Night on Bald Mountain = Nuit sur le Mont Chauve

France, 1934
Similarity: 66%

Demon and marvels

Canada, 1977
Similarity: 66%

The History of the cinema

United Kingdom, 1958
Similarity: 66%

Early cinema. Vol. 01

United Kingdom
Similarity: 66%

Frescoes in Danish churches

Denmark, 1954
Similarity: 66%

Finger painting

Canada, 1949
Similarity: 66%

Living Pictures Cinematogaph: Clown

Germany, c. 1920
Similarity: 66%

Stained glass

United Kingdom, 1949
Similarity: 66%
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