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[[File:Edward_Raymond_Turner_(photographer).jpg|thumb|Edward Raymond Turner (circa 1896)]]'''Edward Raymond Turner''' (1873 – 9 March 1903) was a pioneering British inventor, photographer, and cinematographer.
[[File:Edward_Raymond_Turner_(photographer).jpg|200px|thumb|Edward Raymond Turner (circa 1896)]]'''Edward Raymond Turner''' (1873 – 9 March 1903) was a pioneering British inventor, photographer, and cinematographer.


He produced the earliest known color motion picture film footage.
He produced the earliest known color motion picture film footage.


== Color projector ==
== Color projector ==
[[File:Lee and Turner color projector 1902.jpg|thumb|200px|Lee and Turner Color Projector, 1902. Object from the National Media Museum Collection.]]
[[File:Lee and Turner color projector 1902.jpg|thumb|150px|Lee and Turner Color Projector, 1902. Object from the National Media Museum Collection.]]
Edward Turner’s method for creating moving color pictures was to record successive frames on black and white film through red, green and blue filters and to project these sets of three frames superimposed through similar filters.
Edward Turner’s method for creating moving color pictures was to record successive frames on black and white film through red, green and blue filters and to project these sets of three frames superimposed through similar filters.



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Edward Raymond Turner (circa 1896)

Edward Raymond Turner (1873 – 9 March 1903) was a pioneering British inventor, photographer, and cinematographer.

He produced the earliest known color motion picture film footage.

Color projector

Lee and Turner Color Projector, 1902. Object from the National Media Museum Collection.

Edward Turner’s method for creating moving color pictures was to record successive frames on black and white film through red, green and blue filters and to project these sets of three frames superimposed through similar filters.

Images are projected through red, green and blue filters onto a screen at the rate of 16 pictures per second.

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