@ msycamore, Rogue-theX, Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda

Thanks guys. Practical research ... ;)

@ msycamore

The color-fade restoration is lookin' good! A movie reviewer once wrote of a newly released film, THX 1138, "all that white made me see red". Well, the red is gone and we're back to white! :D

This really be should attempted on a calibrated CRT. My LCD monitor (blast that "viewing angle"!) just can't do a man's job for this kind of work. The overall look of these shots is too bright in the darkest regions. A quick fix (which might be good enough here) is a variation of "gamma adjustment" -- pulling down the low end (low curve thru POINT 2), while keeping the high end untouched (anchored straight at POINT 3).

Set the presently unused "RGB" (brightness) control of the Gradation Curves filter to this:

POINT . . . INPUT . . . OUTPUT
RGB
1 . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . 0
2 . . . . . . . 64 . . . . . . 46
3 . . . . . . . 192 . . . . . 192
4 . . . . . . . 255 . . . . . 255

along with the original RED, GREEN, BLUE settings. All together, these make for an easier one-shot color correction than fiddling with only the individual colors for the same effect.

Review the video with this new fix added. If it looks like it needs more darkening (in lighter areas like this shot) while keeping in mind the even darker ones elsewhere, adjust the Point 2 Output Value lower for a better average effect.