17: Some 3-D movies from 1903
Lateral with Tom Scott
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Is There a Need for Two Cameras for 3D?
George Melier filmed with two cameras side to side in 1903. He sent one reel off to get developed really quickly while the other was filming. That way it couldn't be leaked passed on forward to America because they got it as fast as Europe did, barring the shipping delay. In order to speed things up, he took two shots at the same time, sent one to the laboratories in Europe, the other one to America. So you have various scenes that look... It's the paper town of film reels.
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