Freaking Wonderful! 1911 Film Shot In NYC Colorized By Artificial Intelligence

[Mr.Retired]

Originally Posted by BugsyPal

In high resolution!

This is so fantastic. So much about Manhattan has changed since early 1900's but many of buildings and places are still here, especially south along Broadway from Madison Square park area.

All the various ferries from Staten Island, Brooklyn, and even New Jersey, the waterways were packed.

If your family came "off the boat" or otherwise were in NYC at this time, this the city they lived in, amazing.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...esolution.html


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ1OgQL9_Cw

Opinion:
Thanks for the upload. I saw this film once before but never in color. Nice job.

[michgc]

I have watched this clip several times before but never in color. Thanks for sharing. Some genealogists have looked up the family in the car based on the license plate number, and have written up how their lives fared after 1911. If you are interested, start watching at about 2:25 of the following youtube video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s70RI_QC70

The vlogger actually got in contact with the descendents of the occupants in the car (read the comments of the video I linked).

[rgr555]

Its interesting seeing almost all the men wearing suits all day and what was the beginning of Chinatown and all the buildings that are still around..

I noticed on Broadway https://youtu.be/hZ1OgQL9_Cw?t=237 where you see the church is a building I'm looking at (https://streeteasy.com/building/67-e...treet-new_york) in all its original glory. Pretty awesome.

[cw30000]

Originally Posted by Pope of Greenwich Village

I think of the way the men of that era were always dressed to the nines. Snazzy threads, cool hats. You see them at the boardwalk or even Yankee Stadium dressed the same way. Vest/jacket/hat/pocket square/shined shoes. WTF happened to us?

I wanted to know too.

It is like we no longer dress for success instead dress like a bum.