Colorized film from 1895
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Wow.
A trip through New York City in 1911
Link to videoNote the automobiles with right-hand drive, while driving on the right-hand side of the street!
And, everyone wore a hat!
Berlin in 1896:
Link to video"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K Thanks for sharing!
The New York one, when the one car came to a stop to let the cable car pass, he stuck out his arm when he was stopping, almost like a bicycle. I guess they did not have brake lights on the original cars there.
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@taiwan_girl said in Colorized film from 1895:
@George-K Thanks for sharing!
The New York one, when the one car came to a stop to let the cable car pass, he stuck out his arm when he was stopping, almost like a bicycle. I guess they did not have brake lights on the original cars there.
Decades ago, when I went to driving school, I was taught hand/arm signals for turns etc.
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I love this.
Recently I've been watching Apocalypse on Amazon prime - a lot of colourised WW1 footage. Some is better quality than others, however the documentary is well worth a look.
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@89th said in Colorized film from 1895:
Wow. Just awesome.
Watching black and white videos, with the herky-jerky motion makes the past look so removed.
Smoothed out, and colorized, it looks like yesterday, and makes it so real. It's like the WWI movie that Peter Jackson made. The immediacy makes it relatable, and not history book stuff.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Colorized film from 1895:
It's like the WWI movie that Peter Jackson made.
I was thinking the same thing.
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@George-K said in Colorized film from 1895:
@89th said in Colorized film from 1895:
Wow. Just awesome.
Watching black and white videos, with the herky-jerky motion makes the past look so removed.
Smoothed out, and colorized, it looks like yesterday, and makes it so real. It's like the WWI movie that Peter Jackson made. The immediacy makes it relatable, and not history book stuff.
Well said. What struck me, such as in the Paris video, was how “normal” the fountains looked. As if it was a congested tourist spot we see today...except 100+ years ago. Aside from the horse-based society and dated clothing, it really looks very relatable. Fun/trippy to watch!
