A Very Early Color Video of Israel
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
In 1947, Fred Monosson and his color video camera captured some of the earliest color images of Israel. His son almost threw the reel of film away, after recently finding it in the attic, but the treasure was saved after he mentioned it to an Israeli film director. This is the only color film from this era that we are aware of.
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