The Gulf Between
The first feature photographed in Technicolor proved a colour process could carry a full story, but only a handful of frames remain from the experiment.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
The complete original cut of the first feature-length film made with Technicolor Process 1.
A romantic comedy provided the demonstration vehicle for a two-colour additive system requiring a special projector.
Existence timeline
Process 1 is used for a complete narrative feature.
The colour film is shown with a special projector.
Technicolor demonstrates the system commercially.
Subtractive colour systems replace the projection method.
No full copy enters a surviving archive.
A few images remain in the Science Museum Group collection.
Why it ended
The complete film disappeared after limited exhibition; the archive unit excludes the few preserved test frames.
Last confirmed trace
The Science Museum Group holds the surviving frames and technical context for the lost feature.
What it left behind
Although the process was impractical, the film marked the start of Technicolor's century-long influence on cinema.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.