A British museum has found the world's first-ever color movie - a whopping 110 years after it was made.
The stunning clips, unveiled Wednesday by the National Media Museum, were shot in 1901-1902 by Edward Turner, a British photographer who invented a complex three-color process well before Technicolor caught everyone's eye. Turner, who died suddenly at the age of 29 in 1903, colored his films by recording frames through red, green and blue filters. He then projected the images and superimposed them on top of each other to create the strikingly hued clips.
Turner’s invention was largely thought to be a flop when it was patented in 1899. His films feature a variety of bright subjects: from a multi-colored macaw to his children playing with a goldfish — to his daughter, Agnes May Turner, swinging in the family's garden.
Turner's invention, backed by wealthy horsebreeder Frederick Lee, was largely thought to be a flop when it was patented in 1899 because the clips often came out blurry. In 1906, it was eclipsed by George Albert Smith's commercially viable Kinemacolor system — a two-color process believed to be based on Turner's invention.
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