New York c.1899: Restored To Life in Amazing Footage

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  • Time travel back 124 years to experience a typical day in New York city in these AI restored early films made between 1886 and 1904. Colorized and upscaled to 4K 60fps using deep learning AI.
    AI breathes new life into New York at the dawn of the 20th century. Early motorized automobiles and electric trams can be seen scooting by horse-drawn carriages, which had been the mode of transport for hundreds of years.
    Vintage clothing fashion for women in the 1900s was also on the eve of a revolution. American women are fondly remembered by the term "Gibson Girl" - the vernacular for Edwardian era fashion. In this film women are still seen walking about on the New York streets long trumpet skirts, and feminine shirtwaist blouses, held in shape by corsets. The fashionable hairstyle of the day was the 'pompadour.' which became fashionable again in the 1940s and the 1980s.
    Landmarks of New York in 1899 to 1904 include:
    The skyscrapers of New York - Hudson River (North River.)
    Interior N.Y. subway, 14th St. to 42nd St ( opened in 1904).
    Broadway & Union Square, New York.
    Lower Broadway.
    New York City "ghetto" fish market
    New York's Lower East Side.
    Panorama of the Flatiron Building.
    At the Foot of the Flatiron.
    Twenty-third Street, New York City.
    AI restoration, upscaling to 4K 60 fps and colorization by Glamourdaze. Using machine learning AI neural networks. Special thanks to Bo Chang and associates.
    Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization here:
    arxiv.org/abs/1906.09909
    The Restoration Process:
    To bring old silent 16 fps footage to life, several processes are typically employed:
    1. Colorization: Using advanced algorithms and manual techniques, black and white footage is meticulously colorized to recreate the original colors of the scenes. This process involves extensive research to ensure historical accuracy.
    2. Upscaling: The footage is upscaled using sophisticated algorithms to increase its resolution while preserving as much detail as possible. This helps enhance the clarity and visual quality of the footage, making it more suitable for modern displays.
    3. Interpolation: Interpolation techniques are applied to increase the frame rate of the footage, smoothing out motion and reducing the choppiness inherent in low frame rate silent films. This involves generating additional frames between existing frames to create a smoother, more fluid motion.
    4. Adding a New Soundtrack: A new soundtrack is composed or selected to accompany the footage, adding atmosphere and depth to the viewing experience. This may include background music, sound effects, and even dialogue or narration to further immerse viewers in the historical context of the footage.
    Overall, these processes combine to breathe new life into old silent footage, allowing audiences to experience the past in a more vivid and engaging manner.
    All Original archive footage preserved by Library of Congress
    www.loc.gov/collections/early...
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  • @glamourdaze
    @glamourdaze  Před 4 měsíci +542

    Footage in this AI enhanced film was taken between 1886 and 1904. Thanks to the Library of Congress archive for their preservation. Enjoy

    • @Stacie45
      @Stacie45 Před 3 měsíci +11

      My Uncle was the Chief Cartographer at the Library of Congress for many years. He wrote a book on the mapping of North America. I have a copy of it. Thanks for posting this-

    • @robynboyd2583
      @robynboyd2583 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Thank u library of congress

    • @johnhodgeman3980
      @johnhodgeman3980 Před 3 měsíci +10

      Wow. How is it possible they have sound? Did they record sound in the modern day, essentially having actors play the parts like the woman talking and laughing?

    • @padraiggillon
      @padraiggillon Před 3 měsíci +3

      It's dubbed in. @@johnhodgeman3980

    • @Stacie45
      @Stacie45 Před 3 měsíci +10

      @@johnhodgeman3980 It is an artifical audio track. Movies didn't have sound until at least 20 years later. Produced by AI maybe?

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 Před 27 dny +144

    This is incredible - seeing real people, not actors, real clothes, not costumes - all genuine and not just some movie. It seems impossible!

    • @taharqa332
      @taharqa332 Před 21 dnem +14

      You know what's even more incredible? I only saw white faces.

    • @junkjournaldavao
      @junkjournaldavao Před 20 dny +12

      ​@@taharqa332 Relax.

    • @galadrielwoods2332
      @galadrielwoods2332 Před 19 dny +1

      @@junkjournaldavao I am certain Tharaqa is relaxed

    • @mars-jr5uu
      @mars-jr5uu Před 17 dny

      @@galadrielwoods2332hii😊

    • @KatVog
      @KatVog Před 10 dny +1

      ​@@taharqa332That is incredible.
      Times before the.you know.

  • @briteeyes2133
    @briteeyes2133 Před 4 měsíci +594

    I know you spend a lot of time restoring these old films. I want you to know it is much appreciated. It gives so much enjoyment getting to glimpse into the world as it truly was. Thank you for taking the time to RESTORE history!
    God bless you! ❤❤❤

    • @PippaPipster
      @PippaPipster Před 4 měsíci +5

      ❤👍👍❤

    • @user-gj6pk2bs1f
      @user-gj6pk2bs1f Před 4 měsíci +4

      Maravilloso. Bello !!!!!❤😂

    • @marknoahsotelo316
      @marknoahsotelo316 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Agreed! This is amazing and important work. You’re literally changing the way we view history!

    • @TheIldebrandoz
      @TheIldebrandoz Před 3 měsíci +4

      An appreciable work, but it's evident that the audio isn't original as audio recording with video didn't exist at the time. Sound design work was done.

    • @karenbisset4753
      @karenbisset4753 Před měsícem

      And perfect audio. When the subway air blew her ❤😮😅dress up and she laughed

  • @user-ym2ve7be8l
    @user-ym2ve7be8l Před 23 dny +27

    Geez, an absolutely OUTSTANDING restoration!

  • @rickintexas1584
    @rickintexas1584 Před měsícem +55

    It is hard to imagine that these buildings were constructed before cars were popularized. Simply staggering.

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před měsícem +2

      ???? Personal transportation has almost nothing to do with heavy construction work. You might ask yourself if Buicks and Toyotas have any connection to building a modern skyscraper.
      In the 19th C. materials were transported by train and massive wagons. There were big *steam* powered cranes, excavators, lifts, and even drills and riveting machines. Remember that buildings as massive as the US Capitol were built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. NYC's architecture is impressive but certainly not impossible.

    • @rickintexas1584
      @rickintexas1584 Před měsícem +3

      @@user-eb5cb6ud1p it is just a commentary on the point in time. There were very few work trucks at that time too.
      I’m very familiar with the technology. I have a BS and MS in Engineering. I finished my BS in 1986, so I am very familiar with technology, or the lack there of.

    • @JustMe99999
      @JustMe99999 Před 21 dnem +4

      Yes, and the pyramids were constructed in 2600 BCE, well before cars too. 🙄 One thing has nothing to do with the other.

    • @junkjournaldavao
      @junkjournaldavao Před 20 dny

      ​@@user-eb5cb6ud1pYou're losing it. Relax.

    • @galadrielwoods2332
      @galadrielwoods2332 Před 19 dny +1

      @@JustMe99999 They are pointing out that the technology around the people do not match how the people are living. It shows that they moved in to places that already had the structures from before a cataclysm restarted civilizations around the world. The entire world has the same issue. We see amazing architecture around the world with people using horses and carts. We are told those people built those buildings. It is a lie. 🙂

  • @RhinehartGirls
    @RhinehartGirls Před 4 měsíci +616

    I love this!!! My great grandmother was born in 1900 & these amaze me. She died at 103, I was in my early 20s. She would have been a baby in someone's tummy on that sidewalk in that era. I love all the 1900+. My grandmother who raised me just turned 90, born in the 30s. I love her old home movies so much ♥️♥️♥️

    • @rongendron8705
      @rongendron8705 Před 3 měsíci +22

      Great memories!

    • @trs4437
      @trs4437 Před 3 měsíci +41

      That’s really cool. I met my brother’s mother-in-law’s mother in 2000 shortly before she died. She was born in 1899. It struck me how rare it was to know a person who had been alive in three different centuries and two different millennia!

    • @brocklanders6969
      @brocklanders6969 Před 3 měsíci +21

      My great grandmother was born in 1865...:).

    • @zippydooda
      @zippydooda Před 3 měsíci +11

      Your great grandmother would be ashamed of what is happening now

    • @Anastasia-wt8pi6do8k
      @Anastasia-wt8pi6do8k Před 3 měsíci +8

      Вы счастливый человек, застать свою прабабушку, будучи уже довольно взрослым человеком, не каждому дано.

  • @ereceeme
    @ereceeme Před 4 měsíci +458

    having a glimpse of the past is so thrilling

    • @Alexandre-zv8ci
      @Alexandre-zv8ci Před 3 měsíci +6

      Thanks to AI that now we can experience it with more clarity.💻

    • @JC-nl3nh
      @JC-nl3nh Před 2 měsíci +9

      more like depressing, look at the state of the world now its gone

    • @subzero3056
      @subzero3056 Před měsícem +2

      ​@@JC-nl3nh
      Stop being negative because others are living life

    • @zarahalora7567
      @zarahalora7567 Před měsícem

      @@JC-nl3nh yeah, id hate to live in that old time.

    • @FrederikEngelmand
      @FrederikEngelmand Před měsícem

      and depressing

  • @Bulldog-mi3om
    @Bulldog-mi3om Před měsícem +23

    That was so cute how she laughed the vent off so good to see old footage ❤

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před měsícem +5

      👍 The scene was staged, and probably the inspiration for Marilyn Monroe's in The Seven-Year Itch. It was titled "What Happened on 23rd Street".
      Apparently even back then actors were on the uninhibited side, LOL!

  • @Bootbitch
    @Bootbitch Před 3 měsíci +34

    Oh how I wish these clips were longer. I’m so mesmerized by them. Being able to see this footage restored and colorized really makes it so much more realistic. ❤

  • @mariocastillo8334
    @mariocastillo8334 Před 3 měsíci +287

    B&W footage always has a sensation of distance, but this AI restoration gives a sense of immersion that's equal amounts of breathtaking and scary. It feels like the closest we'll ever be to actual time travel.

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Před 3 měsíci +15

      Yeah I know what u mean. Kind of surreal, hard to wrap head around almost. I love the video tho.

    • @growngrownman5950
      @growngrownman5950 Před 3 měsíci +2

      TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @Nick_The_Santa
      @Nick_The_Santa Před 3 měsíci +1

      Maybe this isn't a coincidence....

    • @QED_
      @QED_ Před 2 měsíci +2

      Props. The "sensation of distance" is not something that most people explicitly notice like that (!) It's important because . . . the sensation is a characteristic feature of the human capacity we all have to do "mental time travel".

    • @gigicolada
      @gigicolada Před 2 měsíci +6

      Almost feels like a dream, especially when they are looking at the camera (yet it feels like they are looking at ME). 🥶

  • @mariahsmom9457
    @mariahsmom9457 Před 4 měsíci +150

    Things moved a lot more slowly than today. We need to slow down! Thank you for the time and effort you put into restoring these beautiful old films. ❤

    • @purefoldnz3070
      @purefoldnz3070 Před 3 měsíci +11

      things moved much faster in the next 45 years two world wars, commercial flight and nuclear bombs. Thats insane and not long after that men on the moon.

    • @Michael-qe1xo
      @Michael-qe1xo Před 3 měsíci +5

      Thats what my mom told me when I asked her what the differences are between her generation and mine. She said people now move and want everything quickly.

    • @NauerBauer
      @NauerBauer Před 2 měsíci +2

      Cars ruined everything

    • @jonathangonzales4115
      @jonathangonzales4115 Před 2 měsíci +5

      Things will always move quicker. People from 1799 would say the same about people from 1899

    • @Diana-yn2ho
      @Diana-yn2ho Před 24 dny

      There was little traffic plus the cities were smaller .

  • @Xanduur
    @Xanduur Před 2 měsíci +29

    I’m naive, but the infrastructure and buildings in 1899 just astounds me.

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před 2 měsíci +6

      Yes! Part of my family lived in NY at that time. It was the height of the industrial revolution. New machinery and construction methods (e.g. steel beams) changed the city over just a few decades.

    • @LeeZaslofsky
      @LeeZaslofsky Před měsícem +3

      You should have seen what the ancient Romans did.

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před měsícem

      @@LeeZaslofsky Thank you. The TartarSauce conspiracy nutters always get flummoxed when you bring up ancient Rome and Greece. They can't comprehend that our ancestors could build the Colosseum or the Parthenon without using diesel motors or electric drills.

    • @molder2233
      @molder2233 Před 9 dny +1

      @@LeeZaslofskyI did see, I was there. It was pretty awesome.

  • @saraa7117
    @saraa7117 Před měsícem +23

    Wow the way people are dressed is amazing, even the little children. The rich and poor, they certainly cared about what they wear and how they present themselves.

    • @aquaabundance4077
      @aquaabundance4077 Před měsícem +3

      Well there was no such think as leisure clothing back then.

    • @L3ONARDO07
      @L3ONARDO07 Před měsícem +1

      Might look classy now, but to them it was regular casual clothing. Everyone dressed that way.

    • @finesupplements9698
      @finesupplements9698 Před 25 dny +4

      They dressed for social appeal, not personal comfort back then. Infact, this is still present today in most under developed countries due to it being more important to attract a wealthy mate.

    • @chifineart
      @chifineart Před 6 dny

      It's not about "caring" what they look like. There was no such thing as "casual wear" back then. That's how they literally dressed every single day regardless of occasion. Talk about uncomfortable. I'd passed out in the middle of summer dressed like that.

    • @MelonThe3rd
      @MelonThe3rd Před 5 dny +1

      @@chifineart fr, even those construction workers were wearing dress shoes, suits, and top hats

  • @markshrimpton3138
    @markshrimpton3138 Před 4 měsíci +303

    The lady’s dress billowing in the updraft was taken from an Edison movie entitled “What Happened on 23rd Street, New York City” shot in 1901. The couple were actors: : A.C. Abadie was the man and Florence Georgie the lady.

    • @athinagouti7299
      @athinagouti7299 Před 3 měsíci +16

      Το έχω ξαναδιαβάσει ότι είναι σκηνοθετημένο...όμως πιστεύω ότι το σενάριο έλεγε να περπατάει απλώς το ζευγάρι για να τους γράφει η κάμερα...το σκηνικό με το φόρεμα πιστεύω ότι ήταν αναπάντεχο και αυθόρμητο...δεν μπορεί να ήταν τόσο καλοί ηθοποιοί που να προσποιηθουν κάτι τέτοιο..Αν προσέξει κανείς τις εκφράσεις στα πρόσωπα τους καταλαβαίνει ότι ήταν αληθινό..

    • @Josephsoldbyten
      @Josephsoldbyten Před 3 měsíci +18

      Oh, I see
      I thought it was real.
      Wondered if the sound was added.
      That adds the reality of it.
      Good to know

    • @markshrimpton3138
      @markshrimpton3138 Před 3 měsíci +45

      @@Josephsoldbyten yes the sounds have been added by glamourdaze the uploader. It was impossible to film and record sound back in 1901. Even Edison hadn’t managed that yet.

    • @Josephsoldbyten
      @Josephsoldbyten Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@markshrimpton3138
      Yea, I thought so

    • @ivangranger8494
      @ivangranger8494 Před 3 měsíci +3

      @@JosephsoldbytenYes, It appeared to be added.

  • @retroreceptionist7571
    @retroreceptionist7571 Před 4 měsíci +1122

    She walked so Marilyn could run

    • @AnastasiaQQ7
      @AnastasiaQQ7 Před 4 měsíci +70

      This happened before Marilyn Monroe was born. Years later she made this iconic. Just mind-blowing 😳

    • @fpostolache
      @fpostolache Před 4 měsíci +5

      Norma Rae you mean.

    • @MsVicki73
      @MsVicki73 Před 3 měsíci +29

      ​@fpostolache Norma Jean

    • @jpr1845
      @jpr1845 Před 3 měsíci +13

      Yes Norma Jean Baker. "Seven Year Itch".

    • @Crazy-Clown-In-Town
      @Crazy-Clown-In-Town Před 3 měsíci +9

      Marilyn Manson?

  • @gra-emed3617
    @gra-emed3617 Před 3 měsíci +16

    The stabilised movement of these old films brings a completely new relatability and glimpse in to the past. The disjointed old reels almost felt unreal. All of a sudden this footage has really been brought to life. Amazing! ☺️

    • @canuckprogressive.3435
      @canuckprogressive.3435 Před 5 dny

      Amazing, but kind of eerie how some people are in colour, while others are still black and white in the same scene. Its like they don't belong there and reality is rejecting them.

  • @jub273
    @jub273 Před 3 měsíci +29

    Обожаю историю. Люблю старые фото и видео. Это словно машина времени, которая уносит нас в прошлое.

    • @user-uk3db1xt3q
      @user-uk3db1xt3q Před 17 hodinami

      А где самодвижущиеся экипажи? )))

  • @Hi.Shadow
    @Hi.Shadow Před 4 měsíci +205

    0:55 she did it before Marilyn Monroe! 😂

    • @Elle_ene
      @Elle_ene Před 4 měsíci +13

      Yes, little did she kno how iconic a scene those skirts blowing would be in the future and she was the first... (to have it on film,too!)

    • @Hi.Shadow
      @Hi.Shadow Před 4 měsíci +3

      @@Elle_ene yeah!!

    • @markshrimpton3138
      @markshrimpton3138 Před 3 měsíci +18

      It was staged for the camera: The lady’s dress billowing in the updraft was taken from an Edison movie entitled “What Happened on 23rd Street, New York City” shot in 1901. The couple were actors: : A.C. Abadie was the man and Florence Georgie the lady.

    • @acool6401
      @acool6401 Před 3 měsíci +4

      @@markshrimpton3138 It did feel a bit staged to me only because the both of them looked so composed and then she seemed to slow down and he stepped away as if they both knew this was where the “real action” was going to take place. Thanks for revealing this information. 😊 It teaches me to trust my gut feeling.

    • @markshrimpton3138
      @markshrimpton3138 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@acool6401 seeing it sharpened and coloured by AI makes it much better than the original. The timing too is now more realistic than the original which might have been as low as 16 frames per second; though I don’t know what speed Edison employed.

  • @donneary7104
    @donneary7104 Před 3 měsíci +105

    My Irish immigrant ancestors arrived in New York City during the 1870's. 3 of my four grandparents were born between 1896-1903. My last grandparent, my grandfather, was born in Ireland in 1886 and immiganted to New York in 1903. This was the world they all grew up in. Thank you. Fascinating footage .

    • @danieltossounian1962
      @danieltossounian1962 Před 3 měsíci +6

      Irish are the toughest people in the world…they are the working class salts of the earth

    • @mow3186
      @mow3186 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Could you imagine coming from the devastation of post famine Ireland to this. It must have seemed like paradise on earth. These people were so traumatised and America took them in and have them a life worth living.

    • @donneary7104
      @donneary7104 Před 3 měsíci +6

      @@mow3186 Yes, Correct. And this great county of America allowed their descendants , me, included, to live and work for a life of prosperity and freedom.

    • @PL-rf4hy
      @PL-rf4hy Před 3 měsíci +4

      Same -- all my ancestors Irish although some went to Britain/Scotland first for work and then to America. Came ashore in New Jersey and also Boston in the 1870s and 80s; lived 10 to an apartment at first. Metalworkers, plumbers ("piper"), all worked with their hands. They were a tough lot.

    • @TheAlchemist1089
      @TheAlchemist1089 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Like Hispanics and Asians today 😊

  • @joeyvocals1
    @joeyvocals1 Před měsícem +2

    This is astonishing, and fantastic! I was born July 16th 1996, my great grandparents are still with me I am happy to say: They will b 99, in the summer ! This is 26 years older than they are! Fantastic! Thank you to whomever put this together! Keep doing it God bless you Joey

  • @cherilynne1946
    @cherilynne1946 Před 3 měsíci +6

    I LOVE these restored, colorized videos! It’s like stepping into a time machine and getting a brief glimpse of the past. 🎥

  • @SamtheMan0508
    @SamtheMan0508 Před 4 měsíci +148

    My grandfather sold fruit and vegetables from a cart as a young immigrant in the early 1900's.

    • @Adrian-mq5ld
      @Adrian-mq5ld Před 3 měsíci +10

      wow that is crazy to think that whatever you do and have and will do wouldn't have been possible without him selling fruits.

    • @brijmsn
      @brijmsn Před měsícem +6

      Back when this country needed immigrants.

    • @SamtheMan0508
      @SamtheMan0508 Před měsícem +3

      @Adrian-mq5ld He came over here with nothing, but worked hard, fought in WWI, saved his money and started a very successful business. Back then you couldn't come unless you had a sponsor in the US. Times have sure changed.

  • @pollyprissypants42
    @pollyprissypants42 Před 4 měsíci +102

    I love these videos. I pause on bits to read the posters and admire the clothing and hair.

    • @QED_
      @QED_ Před 2 měsíci +3

      Props.

  • @Sals-Clips
    @Sals-Clips Před 10 dny +2

    One of the best remastered videos of the old days of nyc on youtube.

  • @sklaboratory1000
    @sklaboratory1000 Před měsícem +4

    I'm grateful that we can easily access footage from over a century ago! It's fascinating to see that even back then, New York was already a bustling metropolis.

  • @richardnedbalek1968
    @richardnedbalek1968 Před 4 měsíci +53

    Love these quality-definition historical videos!

  • @annelabrie8837
    @annelabrie8837 Před 4 měsíci +44

    I’m from NYC and this made me cry for some reason.

    • @mstyles2667
      @mstyles2667 Před 4 měsíci +6

      Me too.

    • @mstyles2667
      @mstyles2667 Před 4 měsíci

      No need to be sarcastic, apparently you are blind to the direction this world has gone in. Apparently you are trying your best to keep up the asshole trend though. Great work..@@robertmoray988

    • @ItsCostanza
      @ItsCostanza Před 3 měsíci +22

      Because NYC looks way better back then

    • @jgm3465
      @jgm3465 Před 3 měsíci +10

      @@ItsCostanza No because it looks the same. I walk down some of those same streets and ferry past that same chunk of lower Manhattan. It's thrilling to feel a part of something so eternal.

    • @jillkjv3816
      @jillkjv3816 Před 3 měsíci +14

      People worked hard in those days. There was no welfare to fall back on. Most people went to church or synagogue and learned morality. It WAS a different world because our values were better.

  • @user-jd2vz4my1w
    @user-jd2vz4my1w Před 14 dny +5

    My God! It's like you're right there 125 years ago!

  • @Johnsmith46392
    @Johnsmith46392 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Wow the restoration quality on this is amazing!

  • @joettaflyascanbee4659
    @joettaflyascanbee4659 Před 3 měsíci +12

    I just love the lady who's dress blew up and she gave this adoring laugh! Love this!

  • @michaelfishman7174
    @michaelfishman7174 Před 2 měsíci +4

    Beautiful videos. Beautiful memories. The older they are the more precious they are. Thank you for sharing these videos with us.

  • @joannepicciano2668
    @joannepicciano2668 Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is a gift - it's the closest we can get to a time machine, thanks so much for posting this.

  • @irvinsandison
    @irvinsandison Před 4 měsíci +85

    Only 90s kids will remember this

    • @DavidLS1
      @DavidLS1 Před 4 měsíci +10

      Best comment!

    • @ernestogastelum9123
      @ernestogastelum9123 Před 3 měsíci +4

      You do realize the 90s refers to 1990-1999. You meant to say 1900s

    • @DavidLS1
      @DavidLS1 Před 3 měsíci +34

      @@ernestogastelum9123 He was making a joke. The 1690's, 1790's, 1890's etc. are all the nineties.

    • @larrys4618
      @larrys4618 Před 3 měsíci +5

      1890s

    • @donneary7104
      @donneary7104 Před 3 měsíci +7

      @@larrys4618 Yes...and that decade was offically known as the "Gay 90's". These people were "Woke" ahead of the crowd...

  • @LesterMoore
    @LesterMoore Před 3 měsíci +46

    How grand! A time machine. Thank you for sharing.

  • @Luzanne.
    @Luzanne. Před 2 měsíci +1

    Incredible. Love all the people staring at whatever’s filming them. Lots of joy emitted through the subjects.

  • @Kenna198
    @Kenna198 Před měsícem +3

    Amazing footage, the colorization & sound make it so modern & relatable---NYC was incredible even so long ago.

  • @timarnold7239
    @timarnold7239 Před 3 měsíci +6

    My Great Grandmother, Mary Hester Crow (Born 1869)was in NYC in 1889 as an early post-grad of Ohio Wesleyan University studying Dramatic Reading at the Cecil B. DeMille school for Dramatic Arts. It was during her short 1 year stint in the Big Apple that she met a ladies undergarment salesman from Missouri, fell in love, went with him to Los Angeles by way of her family home in Delaware, Ohio where they got hitched. I never met my Great Grandfather. He passed young-widowing my Great Gran at 48. She lived to almost 101. Got a commemorative plaque from Mayor Sam Yorty and a letter signed by President Nixon. She saw the invention of the airplane to the moon landing. By comparison, it doesn't seem that much has transpired in my near 70 years.

    • @jimdep6542
      @jimdep6542 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Great history, thanks for sharing.

    • @davidroosa4561
      @davidroosa4561 Před měsícem +1

      ladies undergarment salesmen got all the chicks

    • @timarnold7239
      @timarnold7239 Před měsícem

      @@davidroosa4561 They could quickly unfasten those complicated hooks and release the hounds.

    • @nlcatter
      @nlcatter Před 5 dny

      great post,

  • @supercasualtarot4861
    @supercasualtarot4861 Před 4 měsíci +25

    I never get sick of these videos

  • @enjoystraveling
    @enjoystraveling Před 3 měsíci +4

    Absolutely mesmerizing. I feel like I’m in a time traveling place.

  • @lmusima3275
    @lmusima3275 Před 2 měsíci +6

    Wow life 135 years ago. Amazing. My great grandmother was born in 1897

    • @Motown-1966
      @Motown-1966 Před 2 měsíci +3

      My maternal step-great grandfather was born 30 September 1881. He’d died 3 December 1978, mere weeks after us burying family who’d died in Jonestown, Guyana. He was 97 years old. He’d fell & hit his head & suffered a stroke. We thought he would make it to 100 but he didn’t 😞!

  • @richparsons4205
    @richparsons4205 Před 3 měsíci +81

    I have often felt I was born too late, and that I would have fitted in quite well in this time period. I love the way people dressed; men were gentlemanly and women ladylike. We have lost SO MUCH in the way of culture and refinement.

    • @canuckprogressive.3435
      @canuckprogressive.3435 Před 2 měsíci +17

      I would be okay with that time except for going to the dentist!

    • @magamaga1827
      @magamaga1827 Před 2 měsíci +7

      yea,well, less europeans around now

    • @HelenaLira10
      @HelenaLira10 Před 2 měsíci

      @@magamaga1827 You should feel sorry for yourself. You are originally from Europe. Hispanics are originally from all of America, so you should first ask yourself if what you say is coherent.

    • @LeeZaslofsky
      @LeeZaslofsky Před 2 měsíci +11

      The reality of those times was not your dream of politeness and gentility. Some people certainly lived that style of life, but there was a lot f poverty, racism, exploitation of workers, disease, unsafe and unhealthy housing, and plenty of violence.
      Luc Sante's book "Low Life" corrects your idyllic fantasy, as does the work of Jacob Riis. Check them out and be glad we've moved past that era.

    • @richparsons4205
      @richparsons4205 Před 2 měsíci +15

      @@LeeZaslofsky No need to preach at me…there is STILL “a lot of poverty, racism, exploitation of workers, disease, unsafe and unhealthy housing and plenty of violence”. The difference is, the CULTURE was far better all around….people knew the difference between right and wrong and respected themselves and others enough to not go to the local store in their pajamas and slippers or wear their pants down to their knees with their arses hanging out. My dream, however far-fetched, is that the days of respect and decorum will someday return. Probably not in my lifetime, tho.

  • @Eat_Acid
    @Eat_Acid Před 3 měsíci +15

    Children have fun and look into the camera, not imagining that the recording of them will be viewed more than 120 years later
    What a magic

  • @dharkbizkit
    @dharkbizkit Před 10 dny +1

    1:03 to think that those 2 children in the shot witnessed 2 world wars, a cold war, the transition from horse&carriage to cars&trucks, airplanes becoming normal, cinema to tv is awesome

  • @mickanvonfootscraymarket5520
    @mickanvonfootscraymarket5520 Před 3 měsíci +6

    0:47 that women was beautiful.

  • @user-oj5bw7sl8p
    @user-oj5bw7sl8p Před 4 měsíci +21

    Absolutely excellent! Thank you very much for sharing these historical gem.

  • @calm713
    @calm713 Před 3 měsíci +21

    It's just so amazing to see how temporary we all are--every last one of them are dead and gone now for all eternity--nobody survived. It's kind of frightening when you think about it long enough.

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Před 3 měsíci +8

      Yes I think that's why a previous commenter Saud she cried. Because we have no control. We will all die.

    • @flovv4580
      @flovv4580 Před 3 měsíci +5

      Yet most people live their lives as if they are going to be here forever.

    • @coreasoul1887
      @coreasoul1887 Před 3 měsíci

      죽음을 막아야한다​@@granitestater1029

    • @coreasoul1887
      @coreasoul1887 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@granitestater1029죽음을 남기는것은 가장 치욕스런것이다

    • @coreasoul1887
      @coreasoul1887 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@granitestater1029죽음은 마귀가 가져온것이다

  • @knf4451
    @knf4451 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Wow this footage is AMAZING. I don't think many ppl realize how amazing this is. The mannerisms have not changed much, humans have always been behaving the same regardless of time period. 1899?!?! It's just amazing. Tears welled up while watching this.

  • @user-nx5rg1kx6l
    @user-nx5rg1kx6l Před 3 měsíci +4

    19世紀とは思えないほど建物が近代的で驚きます😮

  • @stischer47
    @stischer47 Před 3 měsíci +257

    What amazes me is that everyone is dressed up...no pajamas, no sweatsuits, no sports bras.

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Před 3 měsíci +65

      Doesn't amaze me. It was mostly like that in the 50s when I was a child.
      People only turned into slobs recently!

    • @ydvisual5530
      @ydvisual5530 Před 3 měsíci

      holy shit - another idiot falls for this and thinks this is actual footage.

    • @ydvisual5530
      @ydvisual5530 Před 3 měsíci

      @@user-eb5cb6ud1p nice try - that shi*t doesnt work on me

    • @BenvolioCapulet9
      @BenvolioCapulet9 Před 3 měsíci +25

      Even a guy up on the beams (I’d guess supervising the builders) is in a suit

    • @marcse7en
      @marcse7en Před 3 měsíci +24

      ​@@BenvolioCapulet9 Which is not only RIDICULOUS, but probably DANGEROUS too? (No safety gear and appropriate footwear, for example).

  • @mstyles2667
    @mstyles2667 Před 4 měsíci +6

    As someone who used to live in and spent most of their time in NYC, this made me cry.

  • @sunondalyons73
    @sunondalyons73 Před měsícem +2

    Makes you wonder what our society will look like 114 years from today. The contrast between those people in the video and us is stunning.

    • @lothairelauwagie8758
      @lothairelauwagie8758 Před 25 dny

      I was born in 1964 and now i am 60 years.When i was a young boy there was no computer like now and no social media,no FB no handy .....The world was very different too those days.Greetings from Europe Belgium

  • @ronaldsmith6829
    @ronaldsmith6829 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Beautifully done! Thanks for sharing it!😁

  • @user-ir6dp9lj5d
    @user-ir6dp9lj5d Před 4 měsíci +28

    Amazing colorization and I am always mesmerized by the restoration is true to how people naturally looked and moved. I like getting lost in the surroundings.

    • @bblande
      @bblande Před 3 měsíci +1

      It's funny you say that because I think the colors are weird. It would have been better to just leave it in black and white.

    • @milferdjones2573
      @milferdjones2573 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Peter Jackson's "they shall never grow old researched the actual color and got it mostly right along with way better film restoration, but that major movie level large number of people working with massive computer banks and experts.
      I sort of like it although a link to original be nice. @@bblande

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Před 3 měsíci +2

      No I like the clors. They didn't live in black and white

    • @nondescript2892
      @nondescript2892 Před 3 měsíci +2

      color is not what makes this real..its all about the adjusted speed and the extra frames simulated by computer....otherwise u just have jerky color footage..its the natural speed that does it

  • @greg_216
    @greg_216 Před měsícem +3

    Hearing those women laugh made me realize I've never pictured people from the past just laughing on the street. Drunk in a pub, yes, but never just casually walking down the street talking and laughing. It brings a bit more humanity to history.

  • @vmtz2001
    @vmtz2001 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Btw. For those of you who don’t know, movies didn’t have sound in those days. They did a masterful job of adding sound from other sources. Judging from the accents, from the mid 20th century for a closer simulation

  • @ericvillari8100
    @ericvillari8100 Před 3 měsíci +22

    I find these clips of past life both fascinating and sad in equal measure. Seeing the slice-of-life your thoughtful editing, and authentic-feeling colourisation provides heightens the pathos: every single one of the individuals within those multitudes are gone. They may be nameless, but your efforts go some way to honouring their contributions to their community…even if some didn’t contribute, even if some were morally corrupt or unsavoury. It is immaterial because it’s part of the great parade of life. Thanks for your great labour of love.

    • @granitestater1029
      @granitestater1029 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Well said. Its what I feel too.

    • @LinkRocks
      @LinkRocks Před 3 měsíci

      We're all passing through this thing called life. Most of us won't be here 100 years from now. Time marches on even after we're gone.

    • @QED_
      @QED_ Před 2 měsíci +1

      Acutally, it's not an established fact that "they're gone". For example, 60% of theoretical physicists today agree with that aspect of Einstein's theory which demonstrates that these people are just alive now . . . as you are.

  • @franzalaska9512
    @franzalaska9512 Před 3 měsíci +8

    My grandmother was born on 10th St in 1897. One of the memories she used to tell me about was the extra horse at a hitching post on 5th Ave and 34th St, where there was a small hill requiring the trollies to hitch a 2nd horse to power up the 1 block hill.

    • @johnfury6481
      @johnfury6481 Před měsícem +1

      Thank you for preserving that memory here. Fascinating times.

  • @tabasco-jf7eb
    @tabasco-jf7eb Před 3 měsíci +3

    The fashion style 👌 and all of them in shape

  • @mikehudson8884
    @mikehudson8884 Před měsícem +1

    Absolutely wonderful restoration and the pseudo sound is top notch. Really brings this film to life. So much hard work you have done and it so appreciated.

  • @tlsthoughts
    @tlsthoughts Před 4 měsíci +12

    This is AMAZING footage! Thanks, and please keep em coming. 😆👏♥️

  • @3020311
    @3020311 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Beautiful restoration. Much appreciated. Thank You for the upload.

  • @MarcusZepeda
    @MarcusZepeda Před měsícem +1

    It's cool seeing the moving pictures from the late 19th century and early 20th century. This is why I want to be a historian so I can educate people on things I love learning about!

  • @Simon-ik1kb
    @Simon-ik1kb Před 4 měsíci +5

    This tech is amazing and I can imagine what it will be capable to do with these old videos after 5 years. This already looks amazing, but I'm sure this will get even better. Cannot wait.

  • @Phrancis5
    @Phrancis5 Před 4 měsíci +7

    Watching so many of these restored films and seeing how alive and vibrant the people are, and then remembering that they're long gone and it feels like they're sort of immortal, yet also of ghosts of the past. You can't help but think about your grandparents when they were young and your own mortality too.

  • @BettyGaines-tc4ti
    @BettyGaines-tc4ti Před 2 měsíci +2

    This is INCREDIBLE!!! Thanks so much.

  • @michaelfreydberg4619
    @michaelfreydberg4619 Před měsícem +3

    Some of those buildings in the background in the first 15 seconds of the film looked surprisingly modern.

  • @Alandalton79
    @Alandalton79 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Marvelous. Thanks for uploading it.

  • @X-Gen-001
    @X-Gen-001 Před 4 měsíci +8

    0:57 "Never fear, I saw nothing my dear."
    We are time tourists.

  • @jeanroy8283
    @jeanroy8283 Před 3 měsíci

    Amazing to go back in time with so much quality, your production is super good! Notice how everybody seems to be taking their time even if the film is slowed down you can tell they are not in a hurry and how thin the people are compared to today.

  • @maryfrance777
    @maryfrance777 Před 2 měsíci +7

    No cars at all in a big city, what a dream!
    Thank you much for this wonderful experience. Some good things of the past seems lost forever.

  • @lectorf6366
    @lectorf6366 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Мурашки по коже от осознания, что ни одного из этих людей уже нет на свете.

    • @user-pr5du4iz5j
      @user-pr5du4iz5j Před 3 měsíci +5

      Я тоже так часто думаю при просмотре старинных кадров .это так пичально .

    • @aquaabundance4077
      @aquaabundance4077 Před měsícem +1

      First thing that crossed my mind, as well. Even the little children have passed on. Wild

    • @user-uk3db1xt3q
      @user-uk3db1xt3q Před 17 hodinami

      Почему нет?! Я же тут и даже себя видел на кадрах более 100-летней давности

  • @alruiz5096
    @alruiz5096 Před 4 měsíci +9

    Great video. Just amazing.

  • @wgcds7jyg897
    @wgcds7jyg897 Před měsícem +3

    So funny how people are fascinated by a mere camera. You’d think they saw an an extraterrestrial the way they are transfixed.

  • @susandouglas4470
    @susandouglas4470 Před měsícem +2

    Absolutely wonderful to watch this, a real tonic! and amazing expertise to bring it to us!
    Thank goodness someone taped all this

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 Před měsícem +2

      FWIW it was filmed. Videotape didn't exist till the 1950s or 1960s.

  • @DavidLS1
    @DavidLS1 Před 4 měsíci +25

    Imagine wearing a suit and tie while working on that high rise. ( 0:32 )

    • @aliendroneservices6621
      @aliendroneservices6621 Před 4 měsíci +9

      With bowler hats!

    • @BandiGetOffTheRoof
      @BandiGetOffTheRoof Před 3 měsíci +4

      Those slick leather soled shoes!

    • @knowwe
      @knowwe Před 3 měsíci +1

      Ikr, amazing!!!

    • @ronaldkonkoma4356
      @ronaldkonkoma4356 Před 3 měsíci

      That guy is saying
      Imagine going to the beach without a shirt on or going to church in jeans and short sleeves

    • @DavidLS1
      @DavidLS1 Před 3 měsíci

      @@ronaldkonkoma4356 I suppose, but still...

  • @merylbonderow5993
    @merylbonderow5993 Před 4 měsíci +6

    The images of the Lower East Side resonate. But, I think they would’ve been speaking mainly Yiddish among the market stalls.
    Thank you for this footage!

  • @Blurb777
    @Blurb777 Před měsícem +2

    Loved this! Thank you so very much!!!

  • @AndySaenz924
    @AndySaenz924 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I’m amazed to see how sophisticated their attire was back then! Also, there was no obesity back then. Everyone looked so much healthier than they do now. They looked happier too, it was a slower pace of life back then. I love these videos!

    • @LuckyK7777
      @LuckyK7777 Před 2 měsíci

      Oh geez, one of the ancient Roman emperors had a double chin! If anything, people of the past knew it was more likely to be a naturally chubby body type because there wasn’t McDonald’s!

  • @PeterGonet
    @PeterGonet Před 3 měsíci +3

    This is amazing. You really brought it back to life!

  • @user-iv4eq2nt5i
    @user-iv4eq2nt5i Před 4 měsíci +3

    Best audio dubbing I've heard. Usually it's just random sounds.

  • @robertbruce2128
    @robertbruce2128 Před měsícem +2

    Amazing. Sound, of course, was added later.

  • @boardgameman6298
    @boardgameman6298 Před 3 měsíci +3

    This is fantastic, bringing the past to life! Well done!

  • @wa1ufo
    @wa1ufo Před 3 měsíci +5

    Incredible! Your channel is stupendous!

  • @Sir-Robalon
    @Sir-Robalon Před 3 měsíci +8

    really enjoyed that... I think about some of these people... how there lives turned out... long gone now...

  • @debutant7593
    @debutant7593 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Exceptionnel merci d'avoir filmé ces moments du temps passé, de les remastorisés et de les partager

  • @johnnastrom9400
    @johnnastrom9400 Před 7 dny

    Very nicely done. Thanks for all the effort!

  • @francine8806
    @francine8806 Před 4 měsíci +8

    In that part of the video where the couple is walking and her skirt flies up--- if you notice, the man's outfit could be worn today and he'd fit right in. The woman's outfit, on the other hand, would have people gawking at her. Men's fashion hasn't changed all that much compared to women's.

    • @snowwpea
      @snowwpea Před 4 měsíci

      Good point! He just looks like he’s wearing khakis and a blazer. I wonder if this was the “casual” look for the time?

    • @davidroosa4561
      @davidroosa4561 Před měsícem

      you can date old photos based on the women's clothing, almost with 3 years or less. in mens clothing , the changes are much more subtle. like width of collars and piping

  • @peterswires8439
    @peterswires8439 Před 3 měsíci +13

    The shot at the foot of the Flatiron Building where the women's dresses are billowing up has an interesting story. It was discovered that this building, because of its unique shape, caused freak air currents which made ladies' dresses billow up. When the news got around, men would come and loiter about the area just to watch the spectacle, and eventually so many of them did this that a police officer had to be stationed there to send those men packing. He'd do it by shouting, "One-two-three-skidoo!" and pretty soon, that phrase entered the language.

    • @HooDatDonDar
      @HooDatDonDar Před 2 měsíci +1

      The whole of 23 rd st was like that, another story there.

  • @WhackaWhacka
    @WhackaWhacka Před 3 měsíci +2

    It's nice to see an actual colorization instead of one that just makes everything purple and beige.

  • @timwhite7127
    @timwhite7127 Před 8 dny +1

    I remember stories my grandma told me about growing up on those very streets. Wish I had a better appreciation back then...

  • @bruskovatanya
    @bruskovatanya Před 4 měsíci +10

    so interesting to watch

  • @ElTiano21
    @ElTiano21 Před měsícem +4

    I can’t imagine how hot and uncomfortable those clothes must have been in the middle of the summer in NYC

  • @flenif2247
    @flenif2247 Před 3 měsíci +3

    No cars, no buses. Only horse drawn carriage and trolleys!

  • @paullusk3543
    @paullusk3543 Před 3 měsíci +1

    It's almost like being there! Incredible. Many thanks for your hard work. It is appreciated! 🙂

  • @goldcanyon340.
    @goldcanyon340. Před 3 měsíci +4

    This is a wonderful remastering! But why do these amazing turn of the century videos always have to be so damn short!?

    • @user-eb5cb6ud1p
      @user-eb5cb6ud1p Před 3 měsíci +2

      They were short because cameras couldn't hold long spools of film.

  • @thetractorlegacy7477
    @thetractorlegacy7477 Před 3 měsíci +7

    No pranks vids,no phones, no fart prank ,no fake boxers,no wannabes just real people going about there lives.

  • @user-oc5bm2wy1i
    @user-oc5bm2wy1i Před měsícem +2

    This is AMAZING!!! One image is worth thousand words.

  • @KellysClassics
    @KellysClassics Před 13 dny

    Fantastic...the added sound is so very well done & makes a huge difference.👍🇨🇦

  • @CrankyBarista
    @CrankyBarista Před 4 měsíci +7

    Its ironic...
    Though life was shorter and a lot harder, people seemed a lot happier than they do today.

    • @rebeccaa2433
      @rebeccaa2433 Před 4 měsíci +3

      "seemed" is the key word. We all romanticize the past.

    • @CrankyBarista
      @CrankyBarista Před 4 měsíci

      @@rebeccaa2433 how would you know they werent actually happy? You werent there in the 19th century, either.

    • @rebeccaa2433
      @rebeccaa2433 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@CrankyBarista Of course I wasn't. I know that if someone looked through my family albums, my family would "seem" like they were a lot happier than people of today, but those are snap shots in time. My family was quite unhappy when I was growing up. We tend to romanticize as humans. I'm sure people were just as happy or just as unhappy as they are now.

    • @Crazy-Clown-In-Town
      @Crazy-Clown-In-Town Před 3 měsíci +3

      Don’t let a very short film fool you. I'm sure they had issues too, much like today. For instance, this was the time when mass immigration from Europe happened. Italians and Irish immigrants were menace to the city and were blamed for the increase in violent crimes. Lower east side was a ghetto where newly arrived immigrants lived in dilapidated tenements.

    • @CrankyBarista
      @CrankyBarista Před 3 měsíci

      @@Crazy-Clown-In-Town yes... because we dont have ghettos today ... at all.
      Lol

  • @kittybelly
    @kittybelly Před 4 měsíci +5

    I love the laughing!