How was the color documentary about World War II filmed?

Consistent with black-and-white documentary shooting, it depends on how close the photographer is to the battlefield. Related documentaries can be found in Battlefield Photographer 200 1. The following is a detailed description:

Let's talk about the causes of color film:

As early as 1850, someone (Levi Hill) claimed that color imaging was obtained by some technology related to silver plate photography (i.e. Hillotype) (note 1, see figure). However, this method is not suitable for large-scale application, so what we recognize today is the Colorol technology invented by Agfa-Ansco company in the United States, which is a fast technology and can directly obtain the true color of the color, which is not as complicated as before. It was not until after 1935 that Kodak was able to develop and improve this technology vigorously, because Mannis and Godovski were seriously dissatisfied with the color of their works (short film "Navy").

That is to say, after the emergence of Colorol technology, enthusiasts who make short films like Mannes and Godovski really existed, this time it was 1928.

Besides, the shooting of battlefield documentaries:

Before the emergence of color imaging technology (1830), people realized that the impact of film and television was different from the previous visual forms, so a brand-new shooting field-war photography was born. During this period, the well-known media was London News Illustrated. By restoring the photos to woodcuts and printing them, they even filmed the scene of the second opium war for the first time. However, due to the limitation of the silver plate photography method, people can only shoot static but not dynamic, until 1874 when the French invented the movie camera.

However, with the development of the battlefield photography industry, all countries have consciously begun to control the influence of this industry on external publicity. Therefore, for a long time after that, before the appearance of military reporters, the signal soldiers in various countries were more responsible for basic graphic reports. After the appearance of army reporters, what they did also included the shooting of battlefield photography and the selection and publicity of later image materials. In China, China News Film Studio (now CCTV New Film Studio Center) is responsible for this record.

The representative of such journalists is undoubtedly robert capa, who was born in 19 13. In his description, the word' pioneering' was used, because before war correspondents got international recognition and protection like the Red Cross, they always had to hold the camera in one hand and the gun in the other. Kappa's most famous sentence is "If you don't shoot well enough, you are not close enough."

As for the huge movie cameras in the early days, it will only make these war reporters and photographers have a high mortality rate (Note 3).

digress (from the subject)

In some early war reports or reconnaissance videos, some were taken by military or private planes, and of course there were other national means such as reconnaissance balloons and military birds. Among them, it is possible to shoot color films by plane and balloon, and some single-frame photos will be extracted independently for some purpose, dyed into color films and developed into photos for use. At present, this method is still used, because people find that color is more attractive to the public than black and white, so color restoration has become an important source of early color battlefield documentaries.

Note 1: This should be the easiest figure to find, and it is often used in paranormal articles.

Note 2:

Manis and Godovski, Jr., Jianghu bandits are nicknamed "people" and "gods".

Note 3: 19 18 The training photos of the US Army Signal Corps are about camera operation.