Charles Arthur Birch-Field, who is no crackpot, last month advertised that from ordinary black & white pictures on photographic film he could get the colors of the original scenes. Greying, Ohio-born Charles Arthur Birch-Field is a successful Manhattan artist, retired head of a large advertising agency (BirchField & Co.), trained at the Cleveland School of Art,* son of a scientist and Westinghouse partner. Last week he demonstrated his fabulous-sounding infant process.
Any photographic film that is printed as a positive, no matter how old, can be put into any projector that is fitted with...