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Hey there,

This morning I saw a tweet linking to one of my favourite videos, namely a restored and colorised short film of Paris in the late 1890s. It's amazing: the camera just rolled wherever it was put, giving you a glimpse of what the city was like at the time (you can see people looking right at the camera, too, wondering what is happening - it's both amusing and touching). It's quite fascinating for me to see those places I go to on a regular basis as they were back then...

I then realised the artist, Denis Shiryaev, had restored other videos from other cities around the world and I thought some of you might find them of interest too. I mean, obviously it's a fascinating thing in and of itself, but I thought it could also be useful if some of you wanted to use the footage to get inspiration for writing a scene set, say in Tokyo, around 1913-1915. Just to give that little 'feel' for the place and time, I guess?

Anyway, in case it does interest you, here is a list of the videos I found this morning:
A Trip Through Paris, in late 1890s, here
A Trip down Market street, San Francisco April 14, 1906: here
A Trip Through New York City in 1911: here
A trip Through Tokyo, 1913-1915: here
A Trip Through the Streets of Amsterdam, 1922: here
A Trip down Tverskaya street, Moscow in 1896: here

ETA: Another one, courtesy of

pameluke: Tram Ride Through Vienna, 1906: here

ETAbis: And yet another one, we're on a roll, guys! ;)

pameluke found this gem, April Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem, 1897: here. Turns out this Guy Jones has even more videos over at his channel!

Have a good day, people (take care)

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pameluke

Oh these are awesome.

There's also this one from a Tram ride in Vienna in 1906. Ambient sounds are by Guy Jones, who also did them for the Paris video above.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN6SrB6r3MA

I saw the 'original' this winter in Vienna and had been charmed and intrigued, so now I'm delighted to watch more of these!

castalie

Thanks for adding that new one. I went to Vienna last year so I'm curious to see whether some parts of the videos look even a little bit familiar ;)

It adds a new layer when you actually know/recognise the locations shown in the videos, doesn't it?

Yeah I only know it from the one visit this winter, but I saw the unaltered video in the Leopold Museum, and it was really cool to see the old images while visiting the city.

Edited to add: oh wow, the guy jones person has so many of these!!!
Including this one from Jerusalem.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLzs2iJkGok

I really hope Denis Shiryaev one day does a restoration/recoloring of that one.

Edited Date: 2020-08-07 03:21 pm (UTC)

Thank you so much for the update!

lilacsigil

These are super cool! It was strange seeing those places in Tokyo and recognising at least two of them!

It's surreal, isn't it? I could watch those videos for hours :)

silverr

Thank you, these are marvelous resources indeed!

You're very welcome :)

kore

These are beautiful, thank you!

My pleasure!

pauraque

I've seen that San Francisco video before (SF native here) and the wildest thing about it is it was filmed only four days before the great earthquake and fire. Except for the ones who were on their way out of town, the lives of the people filmed that day were about to change forever--or come to an end--and they had no idea.