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CBGLuthier

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23. for an allegedly inferior process it looks pretty good

Fri May 10, 2013, 04:29 PM

May 2013

http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/585816/

The Open Road, shot between 1924 and 1926 by Friese-Greene and assistant-cum-chauffeur Robin Haworth-Booth, was planned as a series of ten-minute travelogues of Britain, to be shown before the main feature in cinema programmes, though it was designed primarily as a means of licensing the technology to other countries. He even crossed the Atlantic with the aim of capturing the US market, only to find his work outclassed by the technically superior two-strip Technicolor process. Following that disappointment, after a few trade screenings in 1925 The Open Road was abandoned, and after its creator's death the footage was donated to the National Film and Television Archive.

He and his father invented a colour process years before technicolor but the great war got in the way of exploiting it.

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Amazing color film footage of London in 1927! [View all] snagglepuss May 2013 OP

Wowzow! ananda May 2013 #1

Wow that was really nice. Sheldon Cooper May 2013 #2

That's beautiful!!! get the red out May 2013 #3

Wow! That is so incredible to step back in time. It looks like a storybook. Arugula Latte May 2013 #4

One thing that really struck me was the complete lack of litter. Even the row boats looked like snagglepuss May 2013 #5

That's true. Arugula Latte May 2013 #8

Yes !..and the cars and buses were not driven like race cars. BlueJazz May 2013 #45

There wasn't as much disposable packaging. Spitfire of ATJ May 2013 #15

Hypnotic. A reminder that the day we carelessly live today will be soon looked upon with... Poll_Blind May 2013 #6

When I was watching I kept thinking: "Oh, you poor people don't know WWII is heading your way." Arugula Latte May 2013 #9

Hell, even the Depression. Posteritatis May 2013 #20

pretty sure our future looks more like "book of eli" galileoreloaded May 2013 #12

I doubt that, TBH.(speaking from a rationalist perspective, BTW). n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #35

i hope like hell facts lie. nt galileoreloaded May 2013 #37

What 'facts'? n/t AverageJoe90 May 2013 #38

Great footage, thanks for sharing! former9thward May 2013 #7

k&r nt steve2470 May 2013 #10

If I'm ever in charge of the world, I'll demand all men start wearing hats again... Blue_Tires May 2013 #11

Fascinating.... bvar22 May 2013 #13

London "fog" was actually smog! It's much cleaner today. nt MADem May 2013 #18

clean hibbing May 2013 #14

Grumpy Cat says the footage is not available. Brigid May 2013 #16

See post seventeen--I found a link of the same footage at YT. nt MADem May 2013 #19

Some might find this link smoother--it's really worth a look. MADem May 2013 #17

That one was a little better krispos42 May 2013 #21

Happy to help...I just love stuff like this. nt MADem May 2013 #25

That is wonderful footage. Brigid May 2013 #41

What a TREASURE! emmadoggy May 2013 #22

I though so too, bvar22 May 2013 #24

for an allegedly inferior process it looks pretty good CBGLuthier May 2013 #23

It's inferior because it's technically only two colors. Xithras May 2013 #40

true but wrong war CBGLuthier May 2013 #46

Is this the clip? darkangel218 May 2013 #26

Thanks, snaggle. Impressive. I saw an early Technicolor (1925?) and... Eleanors38 May 2013 #27

Thanks so much! Jane Austin May 2013 #28

Nice.... I was able to say been there and whistler162 May 2013 #29

Beautiful! Thank you so much for posting! smirkymonkey May 2013 #30

I love London too. Boomerproud May 2013 #36

K&R, way cool...n/t ms liberty May 2013 #31

Nice! kentuck May 2013 #32

any other videos like this of other parts of the world ? JI7 May 2013 #33

K & R for tomorrow . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #34

wow! n/t dogknob May 2013 #39

I love stuff like that. Thanks for posting it. (nt) Captain Stern May 2013 #42

Some really cool video of San Francisco right before the quake in 1906 Captain Stern May 2013 #43

That was beautiful and interesting! London was crowded even back then! And polluted? Honeycombe8 May 2013 #44