Harry K. Fairall

Harry K. Fairall (May 14, 1882 – July 20, 1958) was an American camera operator, inventor and producer, and founder of the Binocular Stereoscopic Film Company, of Loas Angeles, California. He is known for his effort to establish stereoscopic movies in the 1920s, obtaining a series of patents covering the technologies to produce binocular films.^[1] His patents covered the process of exposing a celluloid based film reel, covered in a gelatine based emulsion, to a series of images intended for the left eye, through a colour filter, applying a second emulsion coating, and repeating the process for the images intended for the right eye, through a different colour filter. The resulting film, if later projected and viewed through binocular goggles, with matching left and right eye, coloured, lenses, to those used in its production, achieved a simulated 3D experience.

Harry Kenneth Fairall
Born	(1882-05-14)May 14, 1882
Died	July 20, 1958(1958-07-20) (aged 76)
Occupation	camera operator
Known for	The Power of Love

The only publicly released film produced with Fairall's anaglyph system is the now-lost The Power of Love (1922).^[2][3]

References

1. "New Stereoscopic Camera for True Third Dimension". New York Times. New York. 1927-02-20. Retrieved 2024-01-25.
2. Zone, Ray (2007). Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film, 1838-1952. Lexington, KY: UP of Kentucky. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-8131-2461-2. OCLC 918509322.
3. Weiberg, Birk (2017). "Functional Colors: The Varied Applications of Complementary Hues". Film History. 29 (2): 91–107. doi:10.5281/zenodo.2605321.

External links

• Harry K. Fairall at IMDb
• US patent 1562319, Harry K. Fairall, "Goggles", published 1925-11-17
• US patent 1595295, Harry K. Fairall, "Double emulsion film", published 1926-8-10
• US patent 1744459, Harry K. Fairall, "Method of making stereoscopic film", published 1930-1-21