The Lost World of Friese-Greene

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:49 am

I thought TS users might be interested in a superb BBC website about Claude Friese-Green and his pioneering process of producing colour moving images in the 1920's. The series of documentaries on BBC2 have been excellent, however for anyone outside the UK the website has an online archive of the films, including a fair bit of footage of Scotland. It was lovely to see, in colour, the Edinburgh that my Great Grandparents inhabited. There's also some great footage of weavers and the Glasgow docks.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/programmes ... unch.shtml

Enjoy!

Scott

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:33 pm

Hi Scott

Ooooh what a neat presentation!! I haven't seen them all yet but so far it's great! Thanks so much for sharing this

Best wishes
Jean

PS....any new photos of your own lately?

scooter · Post by **scooter** » Thu May 04, 2006 12:08 pm

Hi Jean,

I've posted an update on Wee Alex here: http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 2983#32983

Glad you liked the Beeb website. The final part of the series aired on TV the other night. It featured the Scottish films, I caught glimpses of it in between giving Wee Alex his bath, and looked very interesting.

Best,

Scott