The history of three-color photography (1925)

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624 History of Three-Color Photography sectors ; in 2 the stained film used instead of the said shutter and in 5 the glass plate with its spiral series of pictures. It is almost needless to point out that unless the pictures were very small, or the plates very large, there would be very great limitations as to the length of the reels. Subtractive Processes. — When one considers that cinematography in black and white was about twelve years old before the first color picture was shown, it will be seen that many of the moving picture theaters were already equipped with the necessary apparatus. Therefore, any process, such as simultaneous projection which requires a special machine, is severely handicapped commercially, and the alternate or persistence of vision methods had already become discredited. Therefore, the film of