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Documentary series. A look at the pictures Albert Kahn produced the first time he took his autochrome plates abroad during an epic round-the world trip in 1908.

Documentary series examining philanthropist Albert Kahn's Archives of the Planet - an attempt to document all aspects of human life on earth in the early 20th century using the world's first user-friendly colour photography process, leading to an archive of 72,000 photographs shot in more than 50 countries. This episode shows the pictures Kahn produced the first time he took his autochrome plates abroad during an epic round-the world trip in 1908.

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Tue 19 Aug 2008 23:50

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