(1978 Swedish bootleg)
I don’t doubt that it was a bit green in theaters. But the bootleg (as with any amateur video from that era) has a lot of color artifacts that look green even in the black bars. Balanced out it might look a bit more mild and really not too bad at all (I think some of the balances of people’s own colorations here can look nice too even when green).
I agree with you completely, but I thought I’d throw it out there because it definitely looks green.
I’m not 100% certain, but I believe this was an in theater recording (a telesync rather than a telecine). Not sure if they recorded the ambient audio or if it was done in the booth and connected directly to the sound equipment there, but I’m pretty sure I could hear an audience cheering and clapping at the end when they get their medals. Modern cameras of course have things like auto white balance and can color correct on the fly, but I doubt consumer grade cameras in the '70s could do that. I don’t have the original tape and I didn’t make the capture myself, but it certainly doesn’t look like any attempt has been made to color correct it. Of course it is a very old tape, and it had to be captured digitally so make of it what you will.
I’m not sure how useful it is for reference purposes but I checked and this particular bootleg does not appear to be on the spleen. (704x576, 25 fps, interlaced, MPEG 2, English Audio, Hardcoded Sweedish Dutch Subs, 3.77 GB). If you would like to upload a copy of this to the spleen, send me a PM.
Quality is about what you’d expect, which is to say absolutely awful by today’s standards!