Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs (1908)

Directed by

George Albert Smith

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1 min

Rating

3.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman stands in front of a camera and displays patterned tartan cloths. She drapes them on herself and waves them like signals. The film was made to show off a new color film system.

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What happens

Woman Draped in Patterned Handkerchiefs is a 1908 British short silent documentary film, directed by George Albert Smith as a showcase of his new Kinemacolor system, which features a woman displaying assorted tartan cloths, both draped on her body and waved semaphore-style. The patterned handkerchiefs are, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, "presumably the same cloths featured in Tartans of Scottish Clans (1906), this time shown from various angles." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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