Tartans of the Scottish Clans (1906)

[Kiltman]

Thanks for the film. I didn't know one could wear so many tartans at one time!

[S.S.Muldoon]

I especially liked the demonstration of Highland semaphore at the end!

[Morris at Heathfield]

Interesting how the horizontal stripes pop out much more than the vertical stripes. Perhaps that's one of the drawbacks of the film/technique and that's why it was eventually dropped in favor of later-developed techniques?

I believe that effect is typical of silk tartans.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Interesting how the horizontal stripes pop out much more than the vertical stripes. Perhaps that's one of the drawbacks of the film/technique and that's why it was eventually dropped in favor of later-developed techniques?

As has been pointed out that's one of the peculiarities of silk tartan. The reason Kinemacolour didn't catch on was the actual process involved in creating the coloured image on celluloid-- a problem that was only overcome in the early days of cinema by the three-strip technicolor process.

(Should this be moved to the Vintage Photos section?)

[beloitpiper]

That film was good, and BFI has so many others worth watching too!