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'''Leader ladies''' (also called '''china girls''') are the photographs of (most often) women that sometimes appear in film countdown [[leader]] on prints of all gauges. Their images were used by film lab workers setting color timing or black and white density. Often appearing on exhibition prints but rarely seen on screen by an audience, images of leader ladies have long been collected by archivists, projectionists and film lab employees. The below links provide some history on leader ladies as well as various image galleries. 


'''Leader ladies''' (also called '''china girls''') are the photographs of (most often) women that sometimes appear in film countdown [[leader]] on prints of all gauges. Their images were used by film lab workers setting color timing or black and white density. Often appearing on exhibition prints but rarely seen on screen by an audience, images of leader ladies have long been collected by archivists, projectionists and film lab employees. The below links provide some history on leader ladies as well as various image galleries. 


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==External Links==
==External Links==
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* [http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/china-girls-leading-ladies-actual-women/ Moving Image Archive gallery]
* [http://www.movingimagearchivenews.org/china-girls-leading-ladies-actual-women/ Moving Image Archive gallery]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nVBDX3P5TY/ Short film from the Harvard Film Archive featuring various leader ladies]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nVBDX3P5TY/ Short film from the Harvard Film Archive featuring various leader ladies]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea-zdydsnZA&feature=youtu.be/ Short film by John Heyn]
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/miss-color-tv/396266/ Atlantic article on the history of models used in color television calibration.]
* [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/06/miss-color-tv/396266/ Atlantic article on the history of models used in color television calibration.]
* [https://www.colorlines.com/articles/icymi-vox-explored-color-film-and-what-it-does-dark-skin Racial bias in the history of color film]
* [https://www.colorlines.com/articles/icymi-vox-explored-color-film-and-what-it-does-dark-skin Racial bias in the history of color film]
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