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Tartans of Scottish Clans

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Tartans of Scottish Clans
Screencap from the film
Directed byGeorge Albert Smith
Release date
  • 1906 (1906)
Running time
1 minute 36 seconds
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageSilent
Tartans of the Scottish Clans

Tartans of Scottish Clans is a 1906 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a test for his newly patented Kinemacolor system, which features a sequence of appropriately labelled Scottish tartan cloths, with an abundance of reds and greens, the two colours used by the system. The film, which was one of Smith's first Kinemacolor experiments, was according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "a very simple idea which nonetheless demanded colour in order to convey the necessary information."[1][2][3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tartans of Scottish Clans". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  2. ^ Brooke, Michael. "Tartans of Scottish Clans". BFI Film & TV Database. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Kinemacolor test films". Brightonfilm.com. Retrieved 24 April 2011.