World's oldest color 'home movie' exposed

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The world's first color moving pictures dating back to 1902 have been discovered in the UK. The historical images shot by a pioneer Edwardian photographer feature his children watching a gold fish bowl.

Edward Turner's images reportedly remained untouched in an old tin for over a hundred years, and were uncovered by the National Media Museum in Bradford. 

It was previously believed that the earliest color film record dates to 1909 using the Kinemacolour process.

Scenes from Turner's 'short films' span from about five to forty seconds focusing on London streets and the photographer's three children sitting around a table looking at a goldfish bowl while playing with large sunflowers.

The London-based photographer created a complex method of capturing moving colour images shooting black-and-white negatives through green, blue and red alternating filters. 

Turner died of a heart attack in 1903 before he was able to perfect his technique. His footage was reportedly passed on to a British-American film producer who teamed up with the British inventor George Albert Smith. 

Three years later the pair came up with a better color motion picture process, dubbed Kinemacolor.

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