Oldest color film footage dates back to 1899.

[David G. Smith]

Wow this is pretty cool. The oldest known color film footage has been restored. It dates to 1899 and uses a really funky color additive process.

The article.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/oldest-color-film-footage-dates-back-1899-203019554.html

 

[groveChuck]

Very cool!
"Spending a whole day at copying 25 frames/hr and when it comes back it might not be any good".
Great dedication! And what a bizarre process!

 

[hscully]

wow what a great story! That's amazing. Thanks for sharing it

 

[bgundu]

Great story. This article is a great compliment:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

 

[David G. Smith]

Great story. This article is a great compliment:

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/08/russia_in_color_a_century_ago.html

OH SNAP!!! That is great! I love early color photography. I have a huge file of "Autochromes", which are a very early photographic developed by the Lumière brothers in France. They are great and I really want to use them as a visual reference for the right project. You should check them out. Start at the Wiki page, there are a lot of the photos on line.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autochrome_Lumi%C3%A8re