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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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Walking the Greasy Pole, Further Efforts (1900)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.