1920s Amsterdam: Restored to Life in Amazing Footage

Time travel back 100 years for a glimpse of 1920s Amsterdam in this Ai colorized footage with added sound. An era of post-war recovery and cultural and fashion shifts. A lost era restored to life.
With added deep exemplar-based colorization, using deep learning Ai, what was once silent fragments of footage can be seen in glorious color with added sound.
At the very heart of Dam square, a puppet show captivates many, especially the eager young audience leading the pack. Jan Klaassen's performance holds everyone's attention, from the young to the aged, all utterly entranced. The majestic Royal Palace stands tall at Dam Square, beautifully framed by the lush Damplantsoen up front.
Further on, bustling scenes of De Waag come alive alongside the vibrant Nieuwmarkt marketplace. A vegetable vendor hands back some coins, while a neighboring textile stall sees its saleswoman deep in conversation with a shopper. Nearby, the melodies of an organ grinder fill the air as two young children dance on the sidewalk. A picturesque canal view from atop a bridge ends this short trip through time.
Women's Fashion in 1920s Netherlands
The 1920s was a transformative decade in many parts of the world, and the Netherlands was no exception. The fashion trends that flourished during this period mirrored broader cultural and societal changes, and the influence of modernism was palpable in Dutch women's attire.
Silhouette & Style: Like the rest of Europe and America, the 1920s in the Netherlands saw a departure from the restrictive corsets and long hemlines of the previous decade. Instead, women embraced a more androgynous and liberated look. The classic flapper dress, characterized by its drop waist and straight cut, made its way into Dutch fashion, often adorned with beaded details or sequins.
Material & Embellishments: Dutch women's fashion of the 1920s incorporated luxurious fabrics like silk, velvet, and chiffon. The influence of the Art Deco movement was evident in the geometric patterns, sequin designs, and beadwork that embellished dresses, giving them an aura of opulence.
Accessories: As with clothing, accessories in 1920s Netherlands reflected the spirit of the time. Cloche hats, which fitted close to the head, became a staple. Long strands of pearls, T-bar shoes, and embroidered purses complemented the overall look. Hair was often bobbed, in line with the international trend, and makeup grew in popularity, with darkened eyes and bold lips becoming fashionable.
Outerwear: Coats and jackets were designed to complement the straight-line dresses underneath. Cocoon coats, with their loose fit and simple lines, became popular, as did fur (or faux fur) stoles and collars.
Cultural & Global Influences: The Netherlands' strategic position as a trading nation meant it was exposed to various global influences. While Paris was a dominant force in European fashion, the Dutch had their unique interpretations, blending traditional Dutch elements with broader European trends. There was also a discernible influence from the East, given the Dutch colonial connections in places like Indonesia.
In essence, the 1920s was a decade of liberation and experimentation for Dutch women's fashion. The post-war era, marked by its sense of freedom and optimism, allowed women to express themselves in ways they hadn't before. Dutch women adopted international trends but always with a touch of their unique style and sensibility.
Ai restorations by Glamourdaze.
Silent footage was ai upscaled to 4k 60fps. Soundscapes created by Glamourdaze. Color coding courtesy of Bo Chang & associates Deep Exemplar based video colorization.
SFX by Glamourdaze
including:
1.City soundscapes by reinsamba / Freesound
2.Amsterdam Street Art Market Harp - eesn / Freesound

[@windsorkid7069]

The past becomes the present when watched from the future. I love these videos. Wished they were longer.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

Me too.

[@scottanddebranelson8419]

ah very clever way to word it indeed. nicely done my man. i enjoyed your comment about as much as i enjoyed the vid.

[@CarolR-uy6jc]

I could watch hours of this. Great channel.❤

[@carmenl163]

I slowed the speed down and made it a little longer like that. 😊

[@whenlarryhadababy9226]

Uhh? The past is always the past. Are you high?

[@mlowder06]

I like how you also include the original footage, it makes me appreciate the restored version so much more. Thanks!

[@stoomkracht]

Also shows how the upscaling goes wrong... the hand of organ player becomes some kind of spear.. one of the dancing girls becomes dragged around the floor.😂.

[@brocanova]

Fantastic work! Reminds me that back then children were threatened by diphtheria, measles or meningitis in a large scale. That’s one of the life events my grandmother never coped with having lost her 4 year old brother in the 1920s and doctors couldn’t help.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

All the anti-vaxx parents need to read about the awful diseases that existed before vaccines made the threat obsolete

[@darquanjr]

Well they are coming back to Amsterdam

[@astridvitols4712]

Very beautiful work of colorization !!!!! I love the scene with the two little girls dancing !!!! Thanks a lot and Bravo !!!!👍💝💖

[@mysteryman111100]

I love how fashionable people were then all the different coloured clothing

[@sorartificial]

You do realized that this was colored by using technology right ?

[@dainagrn7030]

At least without all those f. Curtains, pyjamas, towels on their heads and trash on the streets nowadays. Also stupid carpets. Saw more than once.

[@paulie6446]

​@@dainagrn7030wtf are you on about?

[@dainagrn7030]

@@paulie6446 I don't know

[@LCTesla]

the coloring is what I'm skeptical of. probably was more subdued in those times.

[@trichmomma]

Amazing how far film has come.

[@patricksquires77]

Beautifully done - nice work with the sound. After watching enough of these it is interesting to start to see what the software/AI struggles with.

[@rhonafox3805]

I love visiting Amsterdam especially early/mid December for the light festival ❤

[@coldacre]

it isnt the colour that makes these things come to life..... its the speed of the film. every film back then ran at a faster pace, with no way to adjust it slower. seeing these run at the real speed makes it timeless and now.

[@markkoetsier6475]

Actually, those films would play at normal speed if ran through a period-correct projector. They're usually 18 FPS recordings, which translates to 1.33x movement speed if played at the later industry standard of 24 FPS.

[@paulweiler8967]

Absolutely mind boggling how much the world has changed in just a 100 years

[@argee36]

Great Colorization. Excellent work.

[@elisevV13]

Doesn’t look much different today! I’m from NY but I live in Holland now, it really still looks like this.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

@@Celestials615 if this was a video about London, you'd have all the racists commenting how London doesn't look the same any more

[@carmenl163]

Only Dam Square looks different without the little parc. I'd love to have that reinstalled.

[@theatheistbear3117]

@@JaneAustenAteMyCatBut they’re right, though?

[@bryanspindle4455]

I can't imagine the work that must go into colorizing these films. They look like they could have been filmed yesterday.

[@dogmom2023]

My home was built in 1926. I love the era.

[@leea2112]

This is wonderful to watch !! ❤❤❤❤

[@LuizCarlos-lx6oc]

Fantastic restauration! Congratulations!!!

[@amyhagen94]

There’s a puppeteer on Dam square till today 😍

[@paulie6446]

I've never seen one in 40 odd years!?

[@amyhagen94]

@@paulie6446 when I went, it was there

[@lindsey8403]

I was there this summer and didnt see it!

[@carmenl163]

​@@paulie6446Really? He used to be there every Saturday morning when I was a child, a few decades ago. Jan Klaasen was the main character. A very stupid man, who never saw dangers coming, so we all would yell and scream to warn him. And his wife was named Katrien. Great memories!

[@catherine59226]

Incredible footage! ❤️👍🏻

[@sunnynights68]

Love this, feels like you’re there when color is added ❤

[@coldacre]

I think having the tempo slowed down to real life pace also makes a huge difference!

[@paulinegrant4081]

Beautiful. Thank you x

[@misssmith7225]

Your words in the description box are fantastic. Thank you for an excellent overview of Netherlands fashion history.

[@digger5521]

I love the way you pay homage to the original by having it on last , nice touch

[@johnnyredux4019]

Prachtig!! Thank you!

[@FC-hj9ub]

This colorization is excellent

[@ruthmolina2066]

Increible,como cambia todo con el color!❤

[@dondtektor8537]

Well done. Cant wait for the next one,,,

[@itskah23]

Que incrível

[@bilikcantik88]

Thanks for sharing

[@dct3588]

Amazing

[@darkcoeficient]

0:22 The dancing looks so unatural. Like they are slipping on the floor.

[@icyqueen2006]

Yeah first it looked like that guy didn't have hands then the strange sliding dancing. It's quite eerie.

[@paulie6446]

​@@icyqueen2006the AI still struggling a bit.

[@zerpente3]

Also, the legs look a bit odd..

[@totti.]

🌝walking

[@carmenl163]

Moonwalk avant la lettre.

[@PortalPatriota]

gran trabajo!

[@habibullaahmed]

seems like yesterday wow nicely done

[@sg-restauracijestarihfotog7359]

what software do you use for coloring... please tell me

[@abbeyekrut9528]

I need a Time Machine

[@RamonaAuzenne1962]

I’d like to see what life was life in the 80s please

[@stuntwill]

Are you still using Topaz AI for image upscaling and Rife to increase frame rate?

[@LCTesla]

were the colors on clothing really that bright back then? I'm a little skeptical.

[@m101ist]

The good old days 🙁

[@dainagrn7030]

I prefer with colors.

[@edmonddantes1210]

🤩

[@a-dutch-z7351]

It is kinda sad, we have gone backwards.

[@atlantic_love]

🙄🙄🙄

[@fuzzblightyear145]

yeah, i hate having a car, indoor plumbing, electricity, TV, washing machines, vaccines, foreign holidays, food.

[@a-dutch-z7351]

@@fuzzblightyear145 And who invented that stuff? When did they?

[@carmenl163]

Almost everything can be found today in Amsterdam. The market, the puppeteer, the street organ, hanging over the bridge... It's all there.

[@sterretje4783]

0:22 What happened to their feet😭

[@chocoeuxlatier]

1925 huh... video is cool asf but didn't sound films come out in 1926 or 1927?

[@Jennifer-dk1ni]

They add the sound in as part of the restoration. It says so in the description 😊

[@tiapina7048]

Restored? It made the arms of the guy spinning the wheel disappear.

[@0lunia.shadow.bearer0]

Looks like AI.

[@MikeTyson-sl6wr]

As someone who lives in the Netherlands and has visited Amsterdam a handful of times, much hasn't really changed. Besides clothes being modern and pride flags being plastered everywhere

[@mikecronis]

The AI / Colorization here was pretty poorly done this time.

[@paulie6446]

It turned the two dancing kiddies into body poppers😂

[@sonicfanboy3375]

Why did it turn the sky pink?

[@juliecramer7768]

And then came the holocaust

[@Umrao979]

Pretty sure the Dutch were pasty white and not light brown like punjabis

[@sirrom5155]

why, the caucasity!

[@joseprakas5033]

കർത്താവായ യേശുക്രിസ്തു നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു.

[@MCS-ci2gh]

It was a safer world for children. Far less sexualized and more socially cohesive- there was a real village behind each family back then and more ability to use shame to force reluctant parents into responsible behavior. This was also before the massive sexual abuse prompted by the sexual revolution of the 60-80s wrecked generations of westerners from early childhood. RIP our innocence.

[@brocanova]

Believe me, it wasn’t.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

Rose-tinted glasses. Things just went on behind closed doors! Because abuse was so taboo, the children never received any help, unlike today where the perpetrators will be imprisoned (hopefully). Predators have always existed.

[@itsalwayshalloweenexceptwh5118]

It was a lot less safe for children. A larger % died from illnesses we now have prevention and cures for. There was malnutrition at a larger scale than now. There was a lot more child seggsual 4bus3 than now. A higher chance of kidnapping too. Extremely poor living conditions. That doesn't mean we don't have problems now, but things were definitely worse.

[@fuzzblightyear145]

not to mention no rules regarding children working hours, education requirements. Sheesh i would NOT want to be a child in those days.

[@MissMoontree]

It was mainly safer for children in regards to cars. Less cars meant less traffic accidents and more communal space.

[@janosklotz9509]

Sorry, but the original black white version is for me better and realistic. Why think people colored is better than black white? BW had his own aesthetic mood, this is good and important.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

Are you drunk?🤣🤣🤣

[@janosklotz9509]

@@bartobruintjes7056 In response to your actually meaningless, even disrespectful, rather provocative comment, where you want to be funny and cool, is: no, I'm not drunk because I don't drink alcohol either. Furthermore, everyone has the moral right to express their opinion objectively and carefully about something.

[@bartobruintjes7056]

@@janosklotz9509 🤣

[@tangerinetangerine4400]

It's not like they ruined the original. It's still preserved. And the coloured version is for those of us who appreciate it. To me it looks more real and alive that way.

[@jillpatton1749]

Absolutely lovely! ❤

[@user-ju4lz7ib5j]

👍

[@Lili-my8zaya]

Это так странно выглядит .Что я хочу попасть туда.