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PRE-YOUTUBE

Pre-Youtube, cats, dogs and kids, i.e. cuteness, was already the thing to put on tape. This extract comes from Claude Friese-Greene's 'The Open Road' - originally filmed in 1925/6 and now re-edited and digitally restored by the BFI National Archive. Britain seen in colour for the first time was heralded as a great technical advance for the cinema audience - now we can view a much improved image, but one which still stays true to the principles of the colour process.

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