Agfacolor L

1951

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(Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, dept. Agfa Photoverkauf, Leverkusen)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

L stands for the Leverkusen brand of Agfacolor. N for negative, K for tungsten (Kunstlicht) and T for daylight (Tageslicht).

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Credit: By courtesy of Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: Commercial Denkt rechtzeitig daran (GER 1952).
Credit: By courtesy of Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger. Film: 1/50 Sekunde, commercial for Niggemeyer Foto/Kino (1952).

Supercinecolor / Natural Color

1951

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(Cinecolor Corporation)

Subtractive 3 color: Color separation, duplitized film, third layer added

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Agfacolor Negative

1951

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(Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, dept. Agfa Photoverkauf, Leverkusen)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, daylight

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Agfacolor Negative, type 2

1952

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(Farbenfabriken Bayer AG, dept. Agfa Photoverkauf, Leverkusen)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, daylight

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Ansco Color Negative, type 843

1952

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(Ansco Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, daylight, 16 ASA

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Eastman Color Internegative Film 5243

1952

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Dugromacolor

1952

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Roger Dumas, Georges Grosset and André Marx

Additive 3 color: Beam-splitter, substandard

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Source: Cornwell-Clyne, Adrian (1951): Colour Cinematography. London: Chapman & Hall.

Eastman Color Print Film 7282

1952

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(Eastman Kodak)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, 16 mm

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Ansco Color Negative, type 844

1953

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(Ansco Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, Tungsten, 16 ASA

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Eastman Color Negative, type 5248

1953

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(Eastman Kodak)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, Tungsten, 25 ASA

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Cross section scheme of Eastman Color Type 5248. Scource: Hanson, W. T., Jr.; Kisner, W. I. (1953): Improved Color Films for Color Motion-Picture Production. In: Journal SMPTE, Vol. 61, Dec. 1953, p. 699.

Eastman Color Internegative Film 5245

1953

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Eastman Color Print Film 5382 / 7382

1953

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Agfacolor Positiv Typ 5

1954

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VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Cross section scheme, Agfacolor Positive Type 5. Scource: Brune, Wolfgang (1955): Ein neues Agfacolor-Positivmaterial (Agfacolor-Positivfilm Typ 5).

Technicolor No. V: Dye transfer prints from chromogenic negative

1954

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(Technicolor)

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USA

Subtractive 3 color: Dye transfer

With the introduction of the chromogenic Eastmancolor negative/positive process it became possible to shoot with a normal one-strip camera. Three b/w color separations were produced from the Eastmancolor negative and printed by dye transfer on blank ...

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Written on the Wind (1956). Credit: Harvard Film Archive, item no. 3663. Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
Credit: Harvard Film Archive, item no. 1781. Film: Le Ballon rouge (1956). Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
Credit: Harvard Film Archive, item no. 1781. Film: Le Ballon rouge (1956). Photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.
Surface emulsion side, raking light (tungsten). Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Robin Hood, 1973.
Photomicrograph 16x, raking light. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Robin Hood, 1973.
Photomicrograph, toplight on white background. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Robin Hood, 1973.
Photomicrograph 6,4x, top light on white background: picture and perforation area with spots of dye, yellow edge. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Ssssss (1973).
Photomicrograph 10x, top light on white background: picture and perforation area with spots of dye, yellow edge, yellow dye in frame line. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Ssssss (1973).
Photomicrograph 16x, top light on white background: sound track and perforation area with spots of dye, yellow edge. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Ssssss (1973).
Raking light: surface of picture and perforation area with small spots of dye, yellow edge. Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Ssssss (1973).
Surface emulsion side, raking light (tungsten). Credit: Carsta Knaack, HTW Berlin. Film: Robin Hood, 1973.
Vertigo (USA 1958, Alfred Hitchcock). Credit: Harvard Film Archive, item no. 246. HDR photograph by Barbara Flueckiger.

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Ferraniacolor, type 54

1954

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(Ferrania)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Agfacolor Negative, type B 333

1954

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(VEB Filmfabrik Agfa Wolfen, GDR)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, daylight

For more information on the Agfacolor chromogenic process see Agfacolor Neu / Agfacolor.

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Negative. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (Martin Frič, Czechoslovakia 1959).
Negative. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (Martin Frič, Czechoslovakia 1959).
Negative. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (Martin Frič, Czechoslovakia 1959).
Negative. Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Film: Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (Martin Frič, Czechoslovakia 1959).
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.
Princezna se zlatou hvězdou (CZE 1959, Martin Frič). Credit: Národní filmový archiv / National Film Archive, Prague. Photographs of the Agfacolor B negative on Orwocolor positive by Barbara Flueckiger.

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Agfacolor Negative, type G 334

1954

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(VEB Filmfabrik Agfa Wolfen, GDR)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, Tungsten

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Gevacolor T 6 52

1954

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(Gevaert Photo-Produkten N. V )

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Agfacolor Negative, type 3 (CN3)

1955

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(Agfa AG, Leverkusen, Bayerwerk)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, universal

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Anscochrome

1955

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(Ansco Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack, reversal, 16mm

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Cross section scheme of Anscochrome. Scource: Forrest; John L. (1955): Processing Anscochrome Motion-Picture Films for Industrial and Scientific Applications. In: Journal SMPTE, Vol. 64, Dec. 1955, p. 679.

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Fujicolor Negative, type 8511

1955

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(Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Mondiacolor

1955

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Chevalier

Additive 3 color: Mosaic screen

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Eastman Television Recording Film 5374 / 7374

1955

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Eastman Color Internegative Film 5270 / 7270

1956

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Eastman Color Intermedeate Film 5253

1956

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Eastman Kodak Company

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Eastman Panchromatic Separation Film 5235

1956

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Eastman Kodak Company

Black and white panchromatic film: Three-color separation positives from color negatives

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Eastman Embossed Kinescope Recording Film

1956

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(Eastman Kodak)

Additive 3 color: Lenticular screen

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Recording of a color video signal onto lenticular film.
Playback of the color image on the lenticular film as a television signal.

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Svema DS-2

1956

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(Svema, Shostka Chemical Plant)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Ansco Color Dupe Negative, type 846

1956

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(Ansco Division of General Aniline and Film Corporation)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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Svema LN-2

1956

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(Svema, Shostka Chemical Plant)

Subtractive 3 color: Chromogenic monopack

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