Lee and Turner Three-Colour Projector
- inventor:
- Edward Raymond Turner
- maker:
- Alfred Darling
- designer:
- Charles Urban
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Lee & Turner Three-Colour Projector
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Lee and Turner three colour projector, 1901.
In 1899 Edward R Turner (d. 1903), financed by F Marshall Lee, made the first attempt to invent a process of colour cinematography. Turner devised a camera that filmed consecutive frames through red, green and blue filters on 38mm film. The projector had a triple gate and lens that superimposed three frames simultaneously on the screen. As the film passed through the projector, a rotating filter wheel behind the lens ensured each frame was shown with its appropriate colour. The process, however, proved impractical.
Details
- Category:
- Cinematography
- Object Number:
- 1919-230
- taxonomy:
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- tools and equipment
- equipment by process
- image viewing equipment
- image projecting equipment (unit)
- credit:
- The National Media Museum, Bradford
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