Talk:A Visit to the Seaside

Really the first film in Kinemacolor?
While a film called A Visit to the Seaside was the "first scenic picture taken in KINEMACOLOR" according to the 1912 Kinemacolor catalogue, it is not mentioned the first time the public saw a Kinemacolor film, which was on 26 February 1909. The programme, called The First Presentation of Kinemacolor, consisted of several films:

"1. Representatives of the British Isles (England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Group)

2. View of Brighton Front from West Pier

3. Band of Queen’s Highlanders on West Pier

4. Incident on Brighton Beach

5. The Letter (showing most difficult tests for colour photography, namely Grey)

6. Sailing and Motor Boat Scenes at Southwick. (Note effect of sunshine on varnish of Boat rounding the Buoy)

7. Carnival Scenes at Nice and Cannes (Taken Sunday, February 21st, 1909)

8. Riviera Coast Scenes. Panoramas of Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo, including Street Incidents

9. ‘Waves and Spray’ (Three examples of Rocky Coast Scenery)

10. ‘Sweet Flowers.’ This picture will first be shown as an ordinary Black and White Bioscope view. After an interval of two seconds for adjusting Colour Filters to the Urban Bioscope Machine, this same picture will be shown in its natural hues and tints

11. The Rabbits. – Sheep. – A Carrot for the Donkey

12. Swans

13. Reaping

14. A Visit to Aldershot. – The Guard at Government House

15. A Detachment of Gordon Highlanders

16. Church Parade of the 7th Hussars and 16th Lancers

17. Soldiers’ Pet

18. Riviera Fish Folk

19. Cascade de Courmes, France

20. Children’s Battle of Flowers, Nice (Sunday, February 21st, 1909)

21. Water Carnival at Villefranche. As this picture affords special opportunities for colour effects, it is hoped that the audience will remain to witness it"Cesias7 (talk) 11:26, 3 September 2023 (UTC)