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The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors | Slate

The Invention of Cinema: Cinema's First Colors

Le cinéma inventé: les premières couleurs du cinéma

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.

Runtime: 1h 5m

Direction and writing

Eric LangeDirector

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Leonard MaltinNarrator
Serge BrombergNarrator

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