A Day at the Beach 1928 - Biarritz France 1920s | AI Enhanced [60 fps 4k]

Time travel back to a sunny beach in roaring 20s Biarritz France in 1928. Colorized with added sound, using advanced algorithms and manual techniques.
By the 1920's, the coastal resort of Biarritz on the Côte Basque in France attracted the fashionable and wealthy during the summer and early autumn.
Those who could afford it, stayed at the Hôtel du Palais which was originally a summer villa built for Empress Eugénie. Her visits turned Biarritz into a popular summer resort.
The film starts with clips from a hotel overlooking the beach, then a street fashion show. We then move down to the beach for a walk among the sunbathers and swimmers.
In just a few years over the 1920's, women's swimsuits had evolved considerably when compared to those seen in our recent video "A Day at the Beach c.1921".
The roaring twenties saw seismic changes in clothing, style and social attitudes.
Published by GlamourDaze by kind permission of the University of South Carolina.
Their generosity and support in this restoration project is hugely appreciated.
AI restoration by GlamourDaze.com
Filmed September 22 1928
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Coco Chanel in Biarritz
Shortly after opening a boutique in Deauville, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel opened her first couture house in Biarritz.
The embodiment of sartorial elegance herself, Chanel's bobbed hair, streamlined silhouettes in dress and short skirts quickly made her a name in fashion.
Chanel regularly gravitated towards those whom she saw as 'people of influence' and had affairs with some, such as Russian emigrant Grand Duke Dimitri Pavlovitch, who had fled his homeland following the Communist revolution.
Dimitri's own sister Maria would herself come to work as a seamstress for Chanel in her couture house.
AI Video Enhancement process
1. Cleaned noise artifacts
2. Increased frame interpolation from 15 fps to 60 fps.
3. Increased resolution from 540p to 4000p.
4. Applied color using Deoldify ( notebook available on Google Colab)
5. Created ambient soundtrack.
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[@stephanieyee9784]

These glimpses into the past are just precious. To see real people doing real things almost a hundred years ago is incredible. The clothes and the scenery are lovely.

[@loveenergy4255]

I know- incredible- something I never thought I’d see in it’s current form, let alone on my little portable computer (cellphone). It’s just amazing when I stop and think about it!

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Plus no fat chicks!

[@jerryleroy9187]

@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 Or tattoos.

[@Toast0808]

This was 40 years before I was born.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

@@Toast0808 You’re old af

[@SherioCheers]

My grandpa was 20 years old when this was taken. He died at 102 years and he was my favorite family member.

[@kamuelalee]

My granddad (mom's father) was also 20 years old when this footage was shot. He died at 79 years old back in the 1980s. He was a fun person and is greatly missed.

[@clattereffect]

my grandparents would have been 18,19. they passed in their 80's and I miss them.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

@@maximusinfidelis3090 Harrison Ruffin Tyler is still alive and he's the grand son of XIX century US president John Tyler, who was born in the XVIII century. Amazing that a living person in 2021 had a grandfather who was born in the XVIII century...

[@archerry6457]

Well, you know the Dead Sea? My grandad killed it.

[@sylviacarlson3561]

God Bless Him!!

[@banzy3]

My wife's Nan was 7 years old when this video was made, and her older sister 9 (turning 103 years old), both still alive and still living in France. The older sister lives in the south of France, and is still independent... It's incredible to see how many changes there have been from that time until this... Easy to romanticise it too of course. She told me she was taken out of school and put to work at 13 to do hard labour in a factory.

[@mr.mcnuggies]

One of my family members had just been born in 1928, its pretty cool to see footage back then

[@TruthSayer2007]

That is amazing and wonderful!

[@carinemamjoza7134]

I am French, and m'y ancestors certainly didn't have this privilèged life style. My great-grandparents were born in a farm and they had no holidays, just hard work every day.

[@brothermalcolm]

God bless your nan and her sis!

[@ninaalexandrazelenak2005]

Happy 103rd birthday to her! She sounds like an amazing person!

[@j.g.8494]

Apart from the beautiful scenery, it's very interesting to watch the authentic clothes fashions of the 1920s, as they really were back then rather than the reconstuctions we see in Hollywood movies.

[@rossto862]

@James Trafficants Soul Actually those sophisticated cities had thriving gay communities back then.

[@Lolife86]

@@rossto862 LOL BIarritz had a thriving gay communities in the 20's? LMFAO.

[@angelsis2222]

@@rossto862 bruh just cuz you have lgbt stuff flooding your mind, doesnt mean the whole world is like that.

[@colinthomas867]

whites only. The good ole days!

[@derblaueengel]

@@angelsis2222 france and germany particularly did have gay communities though, they were more so underground but they were a huge part of the nightlife. if you look it up there's photos + testimonials of this, i believe the photographer Brassaï has a good book depicting Parisian nightlife and the gay people within that. and, Weimar-era Germany was notorious for that and cross dressing.

[@MustardSeedish]

This is incredible. It's like opening a door and walking out to a French beach in the 1920's.

[@busterhikney6936]

A French beach in the '20s is far more favorable to one in the '40s

[@SamuelBlack84]

@@busterhikney6936 Too many corpses, killing and blood

[@thierrythierry3624]

@@SamuelBlack84 toujours à penser à des choses terribles. Je n ai vu que des gens heureux après c'est après

[@mordecaiesther3591]

I want to go back !!! Life was so much better . Even at 60 years old I would go back . In Jesus Name

[@gardensofthegods]

@@busterhikney6936 yep little did they know what was going to be coming in about 10 more years

[@nonyabidness4894]

I feel nostalgic for a time I never knew. It's sad and beautiful. I know nothing about the work that goes into restoring these films but I want you to know it's appreciated.

[@salvatoremeta9227]

I feel the same))

[@Lucille69caddy]

Me three.

[@faridyoussef1201]

Siempre y cuando no hayas sido pobre y tengas que ser servidumbre de esta gente.

[@nonyabidness4894]

@@faridyoussef1201 poor people never enjoyed the beach? Not being snarky asking for real.

[@RobertOrwellSandman]

People living in 2121 will feel nostalgic about 2021 and wish they had lived the times we are living right now.

[@PJ-sv4iw]

My dad was 7 years old in 1928. He just turned 101 last August and still with us. He had me at 63. What a lovely video time capsule.

[@0311SF]

You just gave me hope. I’m 36 (the exact opposite) and i’m wondering if i’m too old

[@PJ-sv4iw]

@@0311SF You'll be fine. And my dad passed away at 101, this past March 2023.

[@wolfieafo]

@@PJ-sv4iw i'm so sorry 🤍 may he rest in peace

[@PJ-sv4iw]

@@wolfieafo Thank you. Appreciate it

[@altsam9]

At 63? Wow so irresponsible. Did you turn out okay? Older men's rancid sperm is really bad to procreate and there's a high risk for the children to be born with mental and physical issues. Bank sperms only accept donors younger than 30.

[@olispagna5170]

French elegance, French beauties. THX so much for these precious moments 💞

[@TootlesTart]

I am there! It’s like I’m sitting further up the hill observing. So much fun.

[@ViolettaD1485]

Feel like the camera could pan over Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald at any moment.

[@skepticguy8493]

Everything about this is extraordinary, including the added sound. Recruiting French speakers, adding the sound of the sea and the birds, etc. Brilliant!

[@emiriebois2428]

The only problem they did not have the same accent in the 1920

[@russtorque2993]

Sonny, u spelt français incorrect. There isn't a 'h' nor a 'c' in the name. U're thinking of a cedalla (ç) instead.

[@renatovonschumacher3511]

Not just recruiting French speakers but also lip readers. That is a much more extraordinary detail to be mentioned.

[@JustinCase99999]

@@renatovonschumacher3511 I don't think the dialogue is correct though.

[@NotChefCook]

@@emiriebois2428 -You ... do grasp that we have plenty of audio recordings from the era , right ?

[@tonybuckley6413]

when I see footage like this I think of the expressions on the faces of the people ,their thoughts their joys their fears , we really are only here for only a brief time , shadows and dust

[@Devon_Corren]

Regardez comme mon pays était beau, la vie semblait si douce. Tout a disparu maintenant quelle tragédie… 🇫🇷😢

[@sugarcop]

It feels so strange watching videos with laughing REAL human beings, not just some pictures from history workbooks. It feels as if I’m in there, in that era,sitting with them on the beach and observing life! The videos filmed in the early 1900’s are over 100 years older than me, and acknowledging that people lived, had aims and were not different from today really does shock me. Thanks for your work! Edit: I’m 17(writing for some ppl down there)

[@nealwright5630]

Most of the original footage is played back faster or slower than normal, probably because the videographers had to hand crank the cameras, and didn't do a perfect job. These remastered videos are so amazing because they help you realize that people 100yrs ago weren't that different from us.

[@jeffmac9642]

Why would they be different? They wore more clothes at the beach and didn't have cell phones. How would they not have Aims, lives and families? Kids today think the 80s was the stone age because we put a quarter in a pay phone , had 6 broadcast channels and listened to music on cassettes.

[@robertsmith6068]

and they had no idea that 12 years later the Germans would over run France.

[@petermueller7407]

@@robertsmith6068 And 100 years before, Napoleon and the French did run over Germany. So don't bother...

[@robertsmith6068]

@@petermueller7407 My comment has nothing to do with politics or ideology or anything else of that nature. Only that, there they were, enjoying life and life altering changes were just over the horizon. So don't bother with your foolish, hasty and misguided attack. And if I remember correctly Germany wasn't a nation in Napoleonic times and in any case Napoleon didn't over run Germany in the same sense as what happened to France in 1940. 100 years before would have been 1828, Napoleon was defeated and exiled in 1815.

[@juliedobson3039]

It reminds me that the world keeps turning… the sun still shines and the waves keep rolling to the shore 🥰

[@SamuelBlack84]

"Nature would barely notice we were gone" Ray Bradbury

[@juliedobson3039]

@@SamuelBlack84 I feel we’re the piece of the jigsaw puzzle that doesn’t fit, more a parasite 🦠 than a team player 🤣

[@deniseb.4656]

Not with climate change.

[@juliedobson3039]

@@deniseb.4656 yes life would not be good for living things 😢

[@JamesSmith-qy3eu]

@@deniseb.4656 Oh, no, you believe in the climate change scam.

[@vivekthapa792]

No cell phone, no video games, no social medias, people enjoying in each others company and living at the moment.

[@catherinecurtis2865]

This was my grandparent's generation. I used to think that they were so fussy and old-fashioned, but I did not realize that they were once young and fashionable, not old and frail as I knew them. Thank you for this vision of the past.

[@onlywatch6121]

so amazing, something just like yesterday once more

[@kzero9714]

A video taken 'just' 56 years before i was born. i already feel old. Oh and to think the two cute ladies are long gone.

[@SlimHandle]

Don't fear age, I missed out a lot in the past 2 decades, but I am looking forward to seeing how well I can do in old age as I have much belatedly to offer with new found confidence. I have hope in our generation that we will still look beautiful decades later.

[@IblewuponyourfaceIII]

Your children & grandchildren will look at you as old & passe

[@tonyhsloanejr]

We are one of the first generations that can "see" the dead. Amazing.

[@jmkmusicpedals]

I had nearly the exact same thought! Everyone who was an adult in those videos is gone, right down to the person who took the video itself. Maybe a few of the children are alive, but for all intents and purposes, this is a view of a generation that is completely gone. Except we only get images. In many years to come, people will look back at some content shared on the Internet, some kind of channel, whether it be KZbin, Facebook or something else, see the date stamp, and realize that person is gone, everyone who commented is gone .. and they'll see so much of what it was like at that time ... for good or bad. But regardless, it will feel very real in a way no generation has truly experienced about their ancestors.

[@brentritchie6199]

Almost all of these peoples in these videos have lived their lives and are gone now. They were doing the same things we all do because people do not change only the things around us do. Great footage thank you, as Humphry Bogart said in one of his movies "I love the beach miles and miles of sand and all of it in your food"

[@raftai665]

I was there in 1998. The place very much looked the same. One of those gems where time passes by slowly.

[@celestenova777]

Would have loved to have seen more of the fashion show, love their clothes. Thanks for your work, it's so good!

[@patriciagriffith7402]

I love 20s and 30s clothing

[@celestenova777]

@@patriciagriffith7402 yes beautiful styling and cuts....very classy and have stood the test of time imo 😊.

[@phatcat3705]

@@patriciagriffith7402 I do, too. If fashion/style did a throwback to this era for the current 20s, I'd be thrilled.

[@genealogygeek6973]

Did you see that one guy checking out the girl in the fashion show lol!! Women didn’t have to dress half naked back then either.

[@joel230182]

film was very expensive back then

[@julkitan3017]

I live around the area and it luckily feels really similar to this, in 2021. Still as beautiful as this, those historic buildings are still standing in the background too. Of course people look different nowadays, but the "spirit" is really still the same.. that moment you're gonna have a swim or just stepping in the sand :) What moves me here, is thinking all those people in the movie, so busy simply living their lives at that moment.. they're all long time gone, and it's a good reminder for us to enjoy our present, to fully live simple moments like this, like when you're just walking in the sand and hear the sound of the sea, the smell... that's maybe what those beautiful ladies from the 20's are trying to tell us ;)

[@jmundi2002]

Except theres no french people anymore

[@user-cn2ow9bf5z]

@@jmundi2002 what do u mean There are no french anymore?

[@royalvinc1364]

Les bobo de Biarritz

[@jmundi2002]

@@user-cn2ow9bf5z No just some grannies maybe

[@vl4918]

il n'est pas surprenant que l'épouse du président russe ait choisi ce beau coin de France pour la vie future. dommage que ses compatriotes ne puissent pas survivre même en Russie. et les possibilités de visiter cet endroit magnifique sont privées pour toujours.

[@GadeadelCid]

I love Biarritz and all the french blue coast,it's so elegant and beautifull, totally delightfully.

[@OzgurumBen1]

People were more elegant then...they cared about how they looked and came across. They were polite and friendships were meaningful. You had just one sweetheart for life - people were passionate but controlled. They really knew how to have fun. They were wholesome and family orientated.

[@loyevangelists]

You speak as though you lived through those times, did you?

[@daveadams6421]

Oh can you imagine going back in time for a day - the absolute excitement you'd feel for everything that's going on ❤️👍

[@jesseleeward2359]

Oh yes

[@jesseleeward2359]

What fun!

[@keithcarey6312]

I just finished writing a time travel novel where this happens. Each day is a different year. It,'s called, When Are You Today? Should be on Amazon in Nov.

[@MagnumMike44]

@Dave Adams - It would be interesting, especially when people from that time period see you with all the modern day clothing and devices, like the cell phone, which wouldn't work. They might think you're from a different planet. :-)

[@SamuelBlack84]

To walk in a different time decade's before you even existed as people who until moments earlier were long dead. Smell the air, the food, the perfumes and feel the presence of the dawning of the mechanical age.

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

In 1928, my grandma would have been 12 years old. That scene would have looked familiar to her.

[@brocklanders6969]

My grandmother would have been 25. She would been partying with them!

[@OscarRuiz-gj3mp]

My Mom is 95 and still here.....almost a century! boy do i feel old!

[@123canadagirl]

@@OscarRuiz-gj3mp my mom just passed at 99 1/2 years. She was 7 in 1928

[@OscarRuiz-gj3mp]

@@123canadagirl Wow...my condolences! She almost made it to 100! My mom is in good health but plagued by back pains of all sorts and she don't walk a lot like she used to, till last year. I just hope she doesn't suffer needlessly in this her last stretch. Mine mum was born in early 1927.

[@janetduncan87]

@@123canadagirl my mom was 4. She passed at the age of 92, 3 years ago.

[@jamiefoyers2800]

Looks like it was just as crowded on the beaches then as it is now. Doesn't matter where you are in the world really. Just a rare glimpse into the forgotten past...I love how people look carefree sitting in the cafes and just watching the world go by...

[@garydean777]

You have brought that era back to life through these videos. An incredible window into ordinary people's lives just the same as us yet something we've been as yet unable to almost comprehend. Brilliant.

[@Krystal_Kitty7]

So lovely to watch but also sad, those children playing on the beach so happily, the women chatting enjoying each other's company, everything about it is just...can't describe ❤️

[@yasminm7157]

I know exactly what you mean. I couldn’t find the words either.

[@littlebritain64]

Yes, same for me. We can see their everyday life but none of them is with us anymore. Feeling as we lost something....

[@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion]

You probably mean the futility of life itself. Same thing I perceived. And that is inevitable.

[@giovanna722]

@@JuniorPolancoLaCoalicion Life and living life well is anything but futile. Accept that life is finite. A blossom drops, and another takes its place.

[@IamPatrickStar]

Yeah the fact that seeing these children in this recording that was like 1 century makes me realise that they’re basically dead by now which is pretty depressing

[@Delicious1922]

These views into the past are simply breathtaking!! The beauty of life back then. People had much less than we do now but look at how happy everyone is!! I would pay to have this type of happiness now…

[@silverbullet2008bb]

That is exactly what my grandmother told me. She said they were poor but they had each other and that made them happy.

[@sandyb2379]

The old saying is true.....less is more

[@DevNull66]

The people you see in that movie were rich at that time. Normal people could not afford a holiday at the beach.

[@Loafsandfishes]

I’m addicted to these videos. I wish I could teleport myself there. Thank you for posting so future generations can enjoy ❤

[@LifesBitsNPieces]

Fashion was beautiful and comfortable at the same time, a lot of flowing, swaying clothing! People brought a lot of stuff to the beach with them, just like we do today also! :) lovely video!

[@christianbargain560]

Quel beau travail!!! La perfection! presque l'odeur de la mer! Bravo!

[@PegsGarden]

This was by far the best one you have ever made, this made me feel like they are all still alive, and I love seeing the hairstyles and clothes of the women back then, what a fantastic video!!

[@CadStr]

Everything its gold, but not the hairstyle

[@jerryumfress9030]

These films are awesome, I'm so happy that they've been restored for future generations

[@bingonamo7520]

This is strangely relaxing and I'm not sure why, especially as it's so crowded. I am from NZ and there are no beaches here that would be that crowded, even in the largest cities in mid Summer (perhaps because we have so many beaches to go to). In many places around NZ you can find yourself alone on the beach. Not one person there.

[@Lelski]

Because everybody locked up for quarantine

[@bretagnejean2410]

Paris is far away of the beach. First hollyday paid. Actually french coast receive 12 millions person per year. Majority between july and august..

[@rosabardaro5741]

Das liegt daran, dass ganz Europa sehr dicht besiedelt ist. Grüße aus Mitteleuropa

[@bingonamo7520]

@@Lelski ?? In 2023? Life is back to normal as Covid is under control and 95% are full vaccinated and boosted. I'm guessing you're from a country where tons of people died......

[@12hunter100]

Thank you so much, very nice work on enhancing film.

[@al1terieur444]

C'est fou Ils ont l'air tellement proches et tellement vivants tous ces charmants fantômes désuets.

[@al1terieur444]

@@epicure2935 🤔été 1928 11 ans avant la seconde guerre mondiale.

[@Lovejazz01]

It never fails to blow my mind every single time I see these videos, never thought I would ever see something like this from so long ago without being recreated. But this is the real thing, it brings to life all those people that are in the video. I would love for their families to see them. Someone’s great-great grandmother young , vibrant and full of life hanging out at the beach, or modeling clothes for the crowd. Amazing , thanks for all your hard work!

[@tonywells7051]

@SIMPSON Bart huh yeah it was long ago like 94 year's ago It's 2022 i would say that's a nice minute ago it was a whole different world from today in a big way

[@rossto862]

@SIMPSON Bart It's a long time in a human life time. Who gives a crap about your sky daddy?

[@lexdavies3656]

Because of black and white video and photos we get a dull and dreary imagine of the 1920s. In reality it was very bright and colourful, even more so today

[@piffpaff9674]

Marvelous!!! Thanks a lot ❤️✨🎊

[@oqvp]

Amazingly beautiful, they don't know that 100 years later people will be watching them in something called KZbin.

[@richardmacey3619]

What I observe is that obesity is virtually non existent, today being overweight is the norm.

[@paulepatou1090]

Avec Amour et Nostalgie 💞

[@meep3035]

Richard Macey and diversity was virtually non existent too, ahhh better times

[@carlnicholson6024]

Can’t help but notice the overall awareness and consciousness they maintained. And talked to people

[@meep3035]

Yeah and the lack of multiculturalism

[@ignotumperignotius630]

No fat folk

[@velociraptor3313]

This is simply incredible, beautiful work. I wasn't born in that time but I would love to experience it through film and photos. Thank you.

[@rickhunter6513]

Truly amazing. I didn’t want it to end

[@SECTION5120]

So beautiful, these daylife scenes still seem so alive. These people were still carefree and enjoying those good times. Thank you :)

[@ivo3598]

Without almost all technology back then people had barely tv i mean there were TVs but only few and it was expensive

[@charsback]

@@ivo3598 Strong carefree People...Today Weak sheep like People...walking around wearing face diapers..

[@ichibanmanekineko]

@@charsback these maskers would be the ones eagerly signing up to kill themselves in conflict... Oh wait...

[@alberteisenmann1023]

@@ivo3598 There were absolutly no TV's nearly 100 years ago. Some people had a valve radio, some had a gramophone, but nothing more.

[@offbeat65]

Still carefree? They were just out of the trenches of the First World War.

[@user-jb8eq7tw3w]

So peaceful and beautiful wow

[@cykablyat6531]

There are Russians in this video.. Biarritz has attracted wealthy Russian visitors since the middle of the 19th century. Members of the Russian imperial court used to come for the climate and the pampering to be found at the Hôtel du Palais, a former palace built in the 1850s for the French Empress Eugénie.Biarritz was popular among the Russian nobility at the end of the nineteenth century. The Alexander Nevsky church was consecrated in the city in 1892. Feodor Chaliapin lived in his villa in Biarritz. A.P. Chekhov spent two weeks here In September 1897. Nabokov family often brought their son Volodya here. Vladimir Nabokov, who became a world famous writer, recalled being in Biarritz as living in paradise. Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich married American Audrey Emery in Biarritz. Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg lived in the city after the Russian revolution and emigration. It's rumoured Vladimir Putin has got a secret hideaway in Biarritz..

[@cykablyat6531]

@@m.dewylde5287 You're welcome !

[@lucapranzo6627]

Grazie! Stupendo. Wonderful!

[@olgafly747]

The work done is really stunning..... Thank you so much

[@supermamamaxi]

I had some R&R in Biarritz during my biggest musical tour in 1990. After watching this beautiful film I realized that the place has stayed very much the same over the years. Wonderful scenery in that part of France. Our tour bus driver drove our bus onto the beach , sinking the tires up to the wheel wells so that we would be forced to stay a few days until help arrived. We cooked fish on top of a shopping cart and drank loads of Spanish wine. Best time I ever had in my life!

[@glorybr]

Tomorrow it’s gonna be 93 years since this was filmed

[@xaviergonzalez8664]

Superbe la qualité de la vidéo et la réalité ! Épatant! Merci pour la vidéo

[@scarletb1571]

Love these videos! 💕

[@alexflc6063]

The French voices of the two girls match perfectly with what they could have said, amazing work ! greetings from France.

[@user-uu5jf3jo3o]

I have been there so often ... Biarritz is as elegant today. The whole city looks like hanging in time. Very preserved. Looks like a dream.

[@aznatvayak5957]

C'était plus élégant à cette époque que maintenant Mon opinion

[@Lolife86]

@@aznatvayak5957 LOL A part les gens , cela n'a pasbougeait. Voir même la plage est plus grande car ils ont enlevés le parking qu'il y'avait avant...Mais bon.

[@cromlechs]

This is an amazing work!!!!!

[@elenafoleyfoley168]

Beautiful video thankyou 💙🙏🏻💙

[@mosart7025]

There is so much going on! I feel like I could watch it over and over, and focus on a different person each time. It's hard to believe that Europe had been torn apart by war 10 years earlier!

[@SamuelBlack84]

And, ten years later it would start all over again

[@susancarver1977]

I watched it about 6 times focusing on different people!

[@deniserichardson630]

That’s what I’m doing too . I’ll probably watch it 20 times to see what each different person is doing.

[@whisperingeagle]

Its always incredible to look back before we were born seeing life as say our grand parents would remember.

[@ciganyweaverandherperiwink6293]

I loved this, thank you so much for posting. This digital technique really makes these faces far less anachronistic and vividly bridges that strange distance caused by the distortion of faces due to antique filming and photography techniques. The faces in those really old photos all have that slightly eerie 'not the same as us' feel and we all strain to imagine what those faces REALLY looked like. Films like this give us an astonishing new answer. They are all as real as the people standing next to me at the supermarket yesterday afternoon. Thank you. Wonderful.

[@SpettroFamily]

All these kind of video are just amazing - thanks a lot for this, a real time machine, thank you

[@monkiecher]

So interesting. There were beach vendors walking around (reminds me of Cabo) and people were concerned about tan lines back then too. Haha

[@luislaplume8261]

One of the best tan women was the late actress Margot Hemmingway who was on a rowboat stretching her back behind her with her arms over her head and was sitting sideways on the boat nude. There were no tanlines anywhere. This was in Playboy magazine around 1990. Some photos of nude women are a work of art. But then again it is in the eyes of the beholder and the maturity of the viewer. Today's Hollywood has no class, unlike European movies of the past half century.

[@johnfarr33]

Probably selling baignet abricot, as they do today.

[@johnfarr33]

Sorry. That should be plural. More than one baignet,

[@kikisylvester7195]

I used to go to mexico every year in the 60s and 70s and there always was vendors walking around selling there goods. Went once in the 80s to Manzanillo... Still vendors. I bet there still are vendors walking in the sand. That is normal life. As a teen I used to say that the US outlawed fun. You can't have a huge party here with bands playing music past 10 pm nice and loud, on a weekend even, because the police will be called. I went to parties in Mexico where the 2nd or 3rd band left about 1am and then the record player was kept going for another hour or two. At one party the record player played until 6am that time. My young man and I were the only 2 dancing anymore. I danced all night long since 8pm to 6am! That, my friends, was life. It was the first time I fell in love, puppy love.

[@theresedavis2526]

@@luislaplume8261 Hollywood never really had class....and neither did nude photos.

[@silverstuff182]

Absolutely astonishing. For the first time I feel like the 20s were real. As real as today. A guy in a suit at the beach! My!

[@deanl0]

A business man selling contraband, times have changed but still th same

[@gillestiger6307]

Merci beaucoup pour ce magnifique et émouvant partage❤❤❤

[@joseantoniogonzalezsanchez7301]

Realmente no hay tanta diferencia a cómo vamos a la playa hoy día, salvo que antes la elegancia era fundamental. Maravilloso.

[@maridanez]

It makes me so happy to see these images. I live kind of close to Biarritz and I’ve been there many times. I love to see it like this ❤️

[@jeanguiguet5568]

Magnifique, je connais bien cette plage - rien n'a changé, à part les maillots de bain ! Merci d'avoir retrouvé ces souvenirs extraordinaires !

[@CosmosProvider]

Lol "à un part les maillots de bain". Tu dois avoir du mal à voir depuis la fenêtre de ton EHPAD parce qu'il n'y a pas que les maillots de bains qui ont changés

[@marceloaugusto8460]

Só de imaginar que todos que aparecem nessa gravação já estão mortos sinto uma melancolia 😐

[@sanapadsense1999]

@@CosmosProvider parce que la plage a beaucoup changé ?

[@jeanguiguet5568]

@@marceloaugusto8460 Moi pas bien voir !!

[@Gabriel-vt9um]

@@sanapadsense1999 La plage n'a pas changé, la race des gens qui y vont oui par contre. :)

[@monicadragan6837]

Amintiri pline de nostalgie.....frumoase imagini! 😍🌊Minunata cromatica....

[@bmsk0076]

This AI enhanced footage gives history a fresh and relatable feel to it. Awesome!!

[@user-kg7tw2ns9c]

I don't know why these videos give an air so sad and at the same time happy, it must make some kind of nostalgia when seeing these videos with such real quality...

[@so_she_said]

It's because we have lost some sense of order and meaning. See fashion these days.

[@funtimes8296]

@@so_she_said I don't know, there are fully clothed people on the beach there lol

[@ayouberrazki5602]

Maybe subconsciously knowing that all those people are in their graves now, and we ourselves will follow them and be replaced with others and so life continues...?

[@federalist46]

As a history buff I am just amazed that you can open a window that takes us 100 years or more into the past. Good on ya. Are you or have you produced a compilation DVD? I'm sure it would sell.

[@camberwellcarrot420]

In another 100 years there will be an overload of tiktok videos that absolutely no one will want to watch. It might be good for historians plotting the decline of Western civilization though.

[@nerfherder4284]

From someone who used to do film to VHS transfers as a profession, the AI enhancement is AMAZING!

[@manplusguitar]

Time travel, pure and simple! Amazing work :)

[@jett8193]

These are some of the very best uploads on YT~ from one of the very best channels!🥰💋

[@MrEjidorie]

People used to enjoy their life 93 years ago as exactly as we`re doing today. Nothing has changed in human nature.

[@godjira63]

That's what I thought. Just a little more stylish and less fat people.

[@iwantafrapp]

I wholeheartedly disagree. A lot has changed. The world is an absolute mess now. Violence all over. Kids can't even be kids. I would give anything to be back in those days. Back then people enjoyed one another, enjoyed the simpler things. No cell phones, computers or having surveillance cameras everywhere you go. There were no gangs, people shooting each other every week, or attacking each other. People were civilized and had respect for each other. People didn't act out of control or like rabid animals back then. For the most part men treated women with respect. Women treated each other with respect (none of this; he may or may not be the baby daddy who slept with my best friend and his best friend and possible cousin too, garbage). Elegant, beautiful and innocent back then compared to now.

[@emsbzrr8024]

​@@iwantafrapp Exactly. I was about to write a smiliar comment. Also, people were free back then. Now human rights have disappeared. Everyone wears a muzzle (stupid useless mask) everywhere just because the governments told them to do so, and we're not even allowed to work, go to the restaurant or even the gym if we don't inject ourselves a "vaccine" still in testing phase... The worst part is that a lot of sheeps believe there's nothing wrong with that. People can't think anymore. Take me back to the past please.

[@aurelienchiavetta2295]

@@iwantafrapp totally agree, and these peoples were decent, also you can see that nobody is naked, they were decent peoples

[@alzheimer7324]

Beautiful. Great History. Thank You For Sharing. 😎

[@alexanderkarayannis6425]

Very addictive, and a wonderful window to the past, to history, and to our unchanging and shared humanity, through the ages, thank you for a wonderful upload...

[@sixtine9415]

My wonderful grandmother 🥰 was born in 1927. So she was one year old at that time. It's so crazy to know that she's been through all these times. Thanks for your amazing work !

[@kenoneill8783]

*Utterly astonishing, I feel like I'm looking through a magical time travelling window instead of my TV screen.*

[@l3p3]

Why you write in bolt font ? You are more important than others ?

[@spadgm]

Just subbed, these videos are amazing, the feel it gives to watch them is surreal!

[@dannycolverson6944]

My favorite thing about this is the guys wandering around on the beach in suits and hats. I might have to replicate that look this summer.

[@seppy6610]

So beautiful. It's sad to think that all these people are gone though

[@cecillebarone9252]

Not so,some of the kids probably still living,France and other parts of europe have long life span,much less stress than usa

[@SamuelBlack84]

They'll have immortality through these films

[@shrimpflea]

They are in a better place.

[@dosmundos3830]

@@shrimpflea Belgium ?

[@cba4389]

@@cecillebarone9252 Every country has people 100 years old. You're calling getting conquered by the Nazi's "less stress"?

[@juanjojackorion5938]

Impresionante!!! Es una máquina del tiempo. Bravo!!!!

[@juanjojackorion5938]

@@jennytaylor3324 Of course.I from Spain and I say that the video is impressive!!!! A real time machine!!!! Bravo!!!!!

[@juanjojackorion5938]

@@jennytaylor3324 Don't worry, geetings from Valencia, Spain.

[@chamonochimpanceladronreco8752]

Ya. No ay franceses en ese país solo

[@chamonochimpanceladronreco8752]

🐵

[@julianhermanubis6800]

This is a wonderful era that will never return.

[@jaysonp9426]

The sounds added are also incredible

[@hoibsh21]

What a fantabulous time, thanx for the invite. I smell ze sea breez un parfum!

[@superannieoakley4513]

For those of us who love history or dream of time travel these videos are simply amazing! Can't help but smile as I watch w excitement. Thank you for adding these!💖

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Merci boucoup! Fantastique. Xxxx👌❣

[@danven1256]

My dad was 17 years old when this was filmed. By that time his family had already lost their hotel, restaurant and livery stable. When my dad had his appendix removed he contracted smallpox while he was in the hospital. It was a different world back then.

[@windsorkid7069]

I hit like before I even watch the video. I love this channel!

[@kathyh4804]

Excellent footage! It’s so hard to watch all the people, enjoying a day at the beach, not knowing only a decade later what was coming. And to think everyone’s now dead. Morbid I know, but true

[@djmips]

So true. But perhaps a baby or toddler could still be alive today if they were fortunate to live into their nineties!

[@OphelieT0220]

Amazing work, thank you for this very good job. ! I'm nostalgic of this period even if i never lived in the 20's....

[@manuelhernandez2194]

Excelente material a través del tiempo.

[@VioletteDuchess]

And I was in Biarritz this summer... C'est tellement émouvant. J'étais moi-même sur ces plages pas plus tard qu'il y a quelques semaines...

[@stephanieyee9784]

I was in Biarritz way back in about 1983 or 1984. It's amazing to see this footage from so long ago.

[@luislaplume8261]

This was the ancestral home of my late father's father and family for 4 centuries! My distant relatives still have a mansion there.

[@mayplace1961]

These are all so magically enchanting. Thank you so much for these wonderful vignettes. Like so many have said, its like we are truly transported to these long ago times.

[@hewitc]

Amazing! Excellent work!

[@miniaturesculptureartby23r20]

Oh how incredible! Thank you! :D

[@Wait4me2]

I wish I could have been there that day. Watching a fashion show during lunch and playing in the water and soaking up the sun. So lovely. I really love to see what the world was like between the wars. And the restoration of these films is so fantastic. Thank so much!

[@permanenceinchange2326]

Don't forget that what you see are just the happy few. If you had lived at that time, you probably would have found yourself digging the land or working in a dirty factory 12 hours a day.

[@meep3035]

But there no diversity

[@KALEIDO-MARBLING-ART]

OMG! I can watch these videos forever, I mean it! I am a fashion historian and this channel is the next best thing to a time machine! Watching the Chanel swimsuit catwalk almost made me swoon! Many heartfelt thanks for enhancing these short reels and for making them available, keep them coming, pretty please! Best wishes!

[@PHlophe]

Aunt Paola, you could even tell it was a coco de chanel swimsuit , wow !

[@KALEIDO-MARBLING-ART]

@@PHlophe I am not an aunt, but I have studies history of fashion at University, my favourite subject and Chanel is one of my favourite fashion designers!

[@ionildorodrigues]

Thank you, well done.

[@billygillan821]

What amazing video,and how beautiful they all were,and how clean and tidy the beach was,beautiful video.