A Day at the Beach: Roaring 20s Footage Restored to Life

[@REChronic54]

It’s weird because this restoration somehow makes the time period feel closer. Sometimes when things are so old you expect people to behave differently but no, everyone behaves pretty much like we do. It’s such surreal feeling.

[@MyNameJeff..]

Yes, exactly!!

[@ChloeLux]

Well it’s only 100 years ago not 500 🤣

[@REChronic54]

@@ChloeLux yeah but I still think that certain behaviors are timeless and we don’t realize it. Like I’m pretty sure people were making dick jokes way back when.

[@pgc6290]

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[@pgc6290]

@@ChloeLux yes but we dont think that way. We always think of past times as very old times, atleast when we are young coz we havent first hand witnessed times going in very past ie quite lot years back - atleast according to 'human life span and new generations coming up', that isnt past for you at all, but is just normal time and the times arent that different (hence too) tbh.

[@sierraco7315]

I could sit and watch hours of such footage, the closest thing to time travel.

[@dennisgarber]

Color brings out a 3 dimensional feeling that black and white lacks. It is also logical that our brains connect color with life and vitality. Of course, there is a place and appropriate time to cuddle up, late at night and watch old, unrestored, authentic black and white movies, which can add a little challenge, mystery, and desired emotion to the experience--as advocated by my old English teacher of 4 decades ago.

[@SatanicPizza-fo2ei]

​​@@dennisgarber hmmm. Black and white did not strike me as such, it struck me just like this footage does

[@keithgraham4747]

Well said!

[@gertpacu3926]

Every single person in these videos is DEAD.

[@user-nj6bt5gy4s]

the only time traveling to the past we can do

[@selohcin]

Hats off to all the people who worked to improve the resolution, frame rate, color accuracy, and audio of this footage. Well done!

[@dennisgarber]

Seems like AI could restore video in minutes or even seconds, making human restoration editors irrelevant, or at least merely the quality control guy who fixes a few mistakes that ai makes--just as the modern programming coder.

[@selohcin]

@@dennisgarber The problem with generative AI is that it "hallucinates" and puts in details that were never really there. Human editors will always be necessary when dealing with historical footage, as will coders.

[@dennisgarber]

@@selohcin This is indeed a catastrophic problem for historical footage. But I do not see it as catastrophic for entertainment movies or out of copyright clips used in commercials. The restored film here is first rate.

[@Rybz]

@@selohcin Yes, but no, they will only be needed for has long hallucinations happens, and it won't take long. Pls don't say "will always need human" for AI software. People should have already realized AI is gonna be better and more reliable than all of us at basically everything in the next few decades. The world will change a lot.

[@Rachel59435]

I don't think it's original audio - these are silent movies.

[@Peter-z3b6t]

One thing through the generations, everyone has a blast at the beach.

[@sergeant64]

They are not fat (obese)

[@LittleMissPyeWacket]

I can't help feel strange looking at these unsuspecting people going about their day, no idea that some 90 odd years later future generations would be watching them in awe and wonder.

[@LittleMissPyeWacket]

@@eily_b What a misery arse you are. Taking your time to criticize an innocent comment. Tough if you don't like it.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@LittleMissPyeWacket you can't possibly know what thoughts are in other peoples' minds, can you?? I've "predicted" a number of things several decades in advance, and my goodness, it wasn't difficult. :) Civilization fought for centuries for the right to remain private, and unforeseeable embarrassment and jeopardy could well be a justifiable reason why. That's why filming in public is one of the most inappropriate things another human being can subject others to. It's completely inconsiderate to whatever the "subject's" own personal circumstances might be... particularly rough sleepers and the disadvantaged.

[@notsheepish8304]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 You don't think they knew they were being filmed? Some looked right at the camera.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@notsheepish8304 you're not *_really_* suggesting that some random person ought to be able to put all those sorts of considerations together in their minds right at that very same instant that they see a camera being placed right in front of their faces unexpectedly, do you??? Let's be realistic with the context of what we're asking each other, when we're asking it. It doesn't come across as a very intelligent question to ask otherwise, and can be very taxing on the person having to explain themselves. Have a nice day.

[@LittleMissPyeWacket]

@trollnerd Not sure why you replied this, no one suggested it was a perfect time.

[@Chaos_Fantasmic]

Sometimes I'm reminded that people in the 1920s saw the world just like we do, and not in blurry black and white, it was colorful and clear

[@honeymelonade]

Yeah I mean a lot of them would have died in the 70s-00s depending on their age etc so they would have seen quite a few similar things to us which is strange to think about.

[@pcatful]

Color first appeared in the '40s. The world was black and white before that. The cameras don't lie.

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

with less industries and less polution, it was even clearer and more colourful than our reality.

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

@@pcatful that makes sense ...except for those colourful paintings of the italian renaissance....

[@pcatful]

@@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname The paints turned to color in the 40's 😃

[@ethanol1586]

Even when they're just going to the beach, they still dressed up so nice. There was so much class and elegance back then

[@MAGNETO-i1i]

And germs

[@LeesaDeAndrea]

Seems odd though to see then laying in the sand fully dressed as if they just came from going to church though.

[@Daniel-rz4es]

They look like idiots.

[@atlantic_love]

@@Daniel-rz4es How so? Back then people were much more pressured to look their best, and valued modesty. They went places and tried their best to look nice no matter where they were. They wanted to be seen. It's part of being social. Nowadays people just want to be seen on social media.

[@luvthesun100]

@@atlantic_love So true👍🏻

[@Phrancis5]

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.

[@boopdoop2251]

It’s so comforting seeing people laugh the same way, play the same, even have the same sort of speech patterns when they’re just joking around with their friends. People have always been people.

[@TheAncientColossus]

It hasn't really been that long when you think about it. It's not even 100 years old. It's just a blip.

[@josephinetracy1485]

The only thing is that those places are african now

[@yunapalmer5554]

I don't think the audio we hear is the original, the camera wasn't linked to a microphone back then, it has been added recently for the restoration.

[@shaynejenkins446]

Audio didn't exist then.@@yunapalmer5554

[@TheAncientColossus]

Linguistically, 100 years is literally a baby experiencing 30 seconds of breathing air.

[@MrBeagle10]

Beautiful and haunting. Knowing they are not actors in a recent movie but real people, in that fleeting moment 100 years ago, is like falling through time. The colours bring the sense of being present, without the symbolic nostalgia of B & W. When they look directly at you through the camera, there's quite a strange feeling of connection. Great work.

[@DxModel219]

Was sunglasses not invented yet!!??

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

Well said!

[@bellbookcandle3051]

So well said! Expresses my feelings too. 👍

[@MrHifihifi]

You're hearing the voices of actors from I'm guessing 2020-2022 dubbing scripted dialogue not the actual voices of these people because there was no sound film recording in the 2020s!

[@MrReasonabubble]

​@@MrHifihifiyes, but it helps to sell the illusion. When Peter Jackson made his film "They Shall Not Grow Old", I believe they went to a lot of effort to lip-read the mouths of the soldiers where possible and record dialogue that represented what they were actually saying. I suspect the approach taken here is a bit more vague. 😊

[@jackbeckett2838]

The restoration is incredible. It makes me realise how much of our perception of the past since picture/video was invented is heavily dependent on video quality - it influences how the times felt to those of us who never lived in them. Videos like this are sobering in the sense that the world actually looked the exact same aside from fashion and technology. That might be obvious, its not like reality itself had a lower frame rate back then, but to actually see something this old as if it is a modern video is a really strange experience.

[@scandalous596]

I was thinking the exact same thoughts. It made me realize the 20s were just another era and all of a sudden it doesn’t seem that long ago when it’s in color.

[@arienesantos7891]

I was amazed by the colors

[@OlgasBritishFells]

It's like proper time travelling

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

When you really think about it, 100 years or 200 or even 300 really isn't that long ago, all you have to do is think of someone 100 years old today...then think of someone 100 years old before, etc. And then you're suddenly back several hundreds of years.

[@DERKONIG12345]

Thanks to Deep Learning and AI...

[@stevenrogers8939]

Amazing and haunting. It’s a reminder we too will be nothing but memories.

[@repentandbebaptized108]

Your soul is eternal. If you die in your sins, you will spend eternity in hell. Repent and surrender to Jesus

[@BobCrabtree-ev4rz]

We are all just three or four generations from being totally forgotten.

[@teleaddict23]

@@stevenrogers8939 We are just one of hundreds of generations that have existed

[@Zure467]

Jokes on you I made covid.

[@mountainman066]

@@repentandbebaptized108 Great to know that the god who loves everyone sends those who “sin” to suffer for eternity 👏 Sounds like a top bloke 🤪

[@MrTrevortxeartxe]

Its _absolutely astounding_ how entirely clothed everyone at the beach in Florida is. A full suit and tie. At the beach. You've gotta be kidding.

[@guccideltaco]

Just thinking about all the SAND in their nice clothes made me a little uncomfortable.

[@sess122]

True, but nice to see either way when people took a lot of pride in their appearance...especially compared to what we see today not even on the beaches but everywhere in public. Certainly not a good sign for America's future.

[@alexm2833]

it's decency, people were very proud and decent then. No twerking half nude slobs anywhere.

[@JohanWXC]

Virtue, self-respect, and modesty are nearly dead.

[@sombruhcolomar7254]

there used to be laws about womens swimsuits. i forget which year were they allowed shorts not more than 6" above the knee in some places men werent allowed shirtless until almost the 40s

[@styrofoamx229]

It’s insane to think that everyone shown here is long decomposed and gone. But here we see them happy and full of life.

[@agata_katherina]

Yup, all I could think about watching this.

[@tartgreenapple]

All dead, like we will be soon enough.

[@styrofoamx229]

@@tartgreenapple it’s almost like we never existed or mattered in the first place. What’s the point of being here in the first place then?

[@tartgreenapple]

@@styrofoamx229 In my opinion, there is no point. Nor does there need to be. Life just "is".

[@cd6084]

If from this video we are able to reflect on the limited time we have here, how can we be so quick to conclude (from our own limited perspective) that it simply doesn’t matter? Just because it’s short? I think that’s a poor argument.

[@d.s.4627]

Time marches on. It is wonderful to go back to see these people and places.

[@Revealthereal_]

We will all be dead soon just like this lot of humans.

[@otishibbard1677]

most if not all the people in this film are now dead :(

[@steveb9151]

These people feel so ALIVE. Great work!

[@catfeeder5306]

That shot of the cars on the street in France looks absolutely stunning, like it was filmed today. Brilliant piece of restoration work on that footage.

[@RealBadGaming52]

It’s like I’m watching 2013 Great Gatsby

[@masterfulsky]

if it was filmed today the cars would be on fire

[@dancarter482]

@@masterfulsky Like a Soweto ghetto!

[@uhuihiuhuihi]

@@masterfulsky Sad to think of the paradise the West gave up in the name of diversity.

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

@@dancarter482 what cars are on fire there?

[@slvrangel22]

I'm fascinated with the early 1900s. So much has changed drastically since then from fashion, to technology, to even values and lifestyles. The family structure has even changed. But the simplicity of enjoying the sand and ocean and sun ties us together. Thank you for sharing this footage.

[@zero_pc_6234]

Its all gone woke thats the problem.

[@gigasipke]

Yes, I feel like I'm watching something from today, the clothes might be different but it is all familiar.

[@jamie.goodson]

@@poa2.0surface77 Fake news. There were hand-held video cameras in the '20s. From Wikipedia - "In the 1920s, more cameras such as the Zeiss-Ikon Kinamo, Newman-Sinclair, Eyemo, and De Vry were beginning to be created with *hand-held* ergonomics in mind. These smaller cameras satisfied the demand from both the growing newsreel and documentary fields, as well as the emerging amateur market."

[@stratford1]

@@guyledouche6839 diversity is objectively a good thing. This comment section is full of right-wingers being idiotic as usual. “Woke”, my ass, it’s called not being degenerate racists.

[@St4r_Z0mb13]

​@@poa2.0surface77I do think the audio was added in after.

[@SeaBreeze2247]

This is an amazing restoration. I thought about my parents, who would have been the age of these young people, and felt a great connection. Thank you.

[@chriscaputo5390]

thats amazing, my grandparents werent even born yet

[@ZakSalter]

I don't believe for a second your folks were born in the early 1900's...

[@SeaBreeze2247]

@@ZakSalter My father was born in 1904 in South Carolina. My mother in 1914, in Staines, England.

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

@@ZakSalterOlder people do exist, you know. Some of them even use KZbin.

[@visualdosage234]

@@ZakSalter why not, the person typing this might be 80 years old

[@ChristinaMiller-nv9wi]

My third great grandparents got married in Odessa Ukraine and are also buried there. Although the video was taken a couple years after their death, it still makes me cry. In loving memory of my third great grandparents, Regina Bertsch (1851-1918) Wendelin Streifel (1853-1917) and their children.

[@rafiashraf2769]

What does “third” mean here?

[@ChristinaMiller-nv9wi]

@@rafiashraf2769 they are three generations from me, my great great great grandparents.

[@Leonid.Y]

Odessa & Black Sea are the best.

[@bazarkin-pubg]

When your relatives got married, there was no such country as Ukraine. It was the Russian Empire. Ukraine was a region of Russia until 1991.

[@Leonid.Y]

@@bazarkin-pubg It used to be one of 15 republics with its own government.

[@jorisbonson386]

Gotta love it when people wear a tux to the beach

[@rezphilosophy]

they had suuch class

[@DasherBeats]

It’s crazy how much older film footage looks when there’s no colour. Adding colour makes things feel more real

[@Osprey850]

Also important is the more than doubling of the framerate to 60fps, which makes it look less like a movie. The "soap opera effect" that 60fps produces is generally considered too distracting for movies, but suits sports and home movie material like this, since looking as real as possible is the goal. Switching the quality of this video to 480p also drops it to 30fps and helps to demonstrate this. It suddenly looks more like a movie at 30fps and some of the uncanny feeling watching it disappears.

[@amongdae]

And when the quality isn’t potato like.

[@datboi7160]

im the 399th liker!

[@carlj7466]

I feel the opposite once they add color lol

[@robertmasina7388]

The color adds something like I was physically there as to see what I saw visually.

[@udo.sp-ger]

I love those jazzed-up time machine video clips, but it always gives me a stab in the heart to know that these busy, going about their daily lives, sometimes happy people are long gone - ghosts of the past.

[@cathleenmoyle1476]

Not even ghosts... just soulless memories.

[@Superbad22]

We live and we die that’s our curse. They had they’re time to live just like today we have our time to live, then one day just like we are doing, a future generation will look at footage of us after we are long past. It’s just the nature of things

[@destinyyt6675]

At some point everyone becomes ghosts of the past sadly that's just the sands of time, it keeps turning weather your there or not.

[@once.upon.a.time.]

the littlest kids might still be alive. I worked at a retirement community and there was a resident who was born in the 20s still kickin it. She was nearly a hundred and had recently quit driving her convertible and went from a cane to a walker. But she always came down to dinner dressed and done up all prim and proper. :) I really loved her because she was born around the same time as my own grandmother, so I could see how she might have been were she still here. :)

[@naomisoltesz9890]

People die. What really sucks is knowing that in a few years many of these people had to live through the second world war.

[@robbiegloverofficial]

The crazy thing about this is old footage seems so rare and scarce to us but with things like KZbin when today is 100 years ago, they'll have tons of footage of us to say "Did they really dress like that" haha 😊🙏🏼 They also might not be as intrigued about old footage as we are either because it won't be as scarce to them as something from 100+ years or so ago is to us at the moment, if you get what I mean lol I do love seeing old footage though ❤️🙏🏼😊

[@NandoDisco]

I think it might be scarce. I watched a news segment where there's a growing movement amongst middle shoolers rejecting new tech. Instead of iphones they're asking for typewriters. It's kind of insane to think about it being inundated with phones now but if more people keep rejecting it, our footage might be considered rare at some point as well.

[@monejohn9973]

Not one attractive woman or hairstyle in the whole video 😅

[@TheDestineyy]

@@monejohn9973If they had long hair, they never wore it down in this time period.. It was seen as sexual.. It was popular to get short hair cuts in the 20's

[@rhysiescups]

⁠@@NandoDiscothe more likely reason would be things like link rot and loss of data as the internet progresses. Most of the internet from the 80s and 90s is already gone. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were internet archaeologists in the future.

[@aenigmatica8]

Incredible footage. I’m actually always amazed at how much peoples’ mannerisms and speech have changed in just 100 years!

[@HMHLongboarderz]

Big facts on god. Bet

[@MothsAreTheBest]

Remember that the audio isn't from the video

[@jimboramba]

You need only go back to the mid 2000s to see people acting entirely different from how they do now.

[@mamavswild]

Pretty sure the audio has been dubbed in recently and wasn’t their exact words

[@pronounshismajesty3542]

Blame the blx and Jews

[@tinarennett9041]

Everyone happy and enjoying a day at the beach just wonderful.

[@belle3055]

Wonderful to be a white person lol

[@SentimentalFellaVA]

I love the Atlantic City clip. There's something so reassuring about the kids 100 years ago goofing off just like the kids of today.

[@ramencurry6672]

Even 10,000 years ago too

[@Conta-jn3vm]

And here we are in the 20's again!

[@Shadowman9348]

My great grandmother born in 1927 passed away recently. This footage is a real treasure, I love it.

[@branevans3705]

So strange and interesting at the same time. People alive way back when, but now passed-seeing them as if it's just happening.

[@gregdolecki8530]

Even the kids. All long gone.

[@sharjeelhumayun2691]

Ikr exactly

[@mrssmg4756]

​@@gregdolecki8530welllll there are a few people who get to live 100+ years. So maybe there are a few still alive?

[@mrssmg4756]

​@@gregdolecki8530 Who is the oldest person alive today? The oldest living person as of May 2023 is María Branyas Morera. She is 116 years old. Born on 4th March 1907, the American-Spanish supercentenarian is the world's oldest person. (Source: google)

[@JROME69]

It always is. And always will be. Right here right now.

[@perceive8159]

Watching videos in black and white makes me feel like I'm looking into the past, but in color it makes me feel it's current with people dressed up😊 Excellent!

[@fortnite_clips1064]

R.I.P all these people🙏🕊😢

[@user-mq6fu6ou4f]

Gone too soon. 😥

[@zoeykeith]

Probably not all of them

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

​@@zoeykeith probs all

[@ItzSneakyMinecraft]

@@CR7GOATofFootball some of the young kids on the video may be around

[@CR7GOATofFootball]

@ItzSneakyMinecraft A new born baby born in 1929 would be 95. Very unlikely.

[@leea2112]

Oh how I love the 1920s fashions they are so classy !! 💖💖💖💖

[@gooselord1898]

@metsfan92286 just like today, not everyone was racist. but historically, people from all over have had racial prejudice. so shush, and let people enjoy things.

[@cardboardcapeii4286]

@metsfan92286yes it is. Problem liberal?

[@Sputterbug]

​@Goose Lord dont ignore the bad parts of history just to feel good about yourself. you need to accept all of it you can acknowledge they were more openly racist and still enjoy the footage

[@waefawawrgaw2835]

and sexism and homophobia

[@666sdkfz]

@metsfan92286 ...oh shut up !!!

[@karenhoward6712]

Fabulous! I love vintage clothing too!

[@cedarledgepublishing]

Enhanced videos like these are the closest we will come to time travel. Well done!

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

Maybe not, maybe in top secret projects we've already figured out how to time travel it's just us the public unaware of this. After all, the late boss at Lockheed Martin Ben Rich, once said that 'everything you see on Star Trek we've already done'...

[@dianatorralbo7690]

I'm impressed by the fashion and the style. Much better than nowadays!

[@Scalpaxos]

It's amazing how the colors/framerate give an entire new perspective, as much as I like the vintage black and white footage, it has a distortion effect on how things really were and looked like. Fantastic job.

[@adrianthelibrarian]

they used AI, so the lack of distortion is just illusion. for me the AI-generated audio actually detracts from the realism of the scenes depicted.

[@outlander234]

@@adrianthelibrarian The colors arent an illusion. Its much more realistic than black and white lol

[@bornanagaming3329]

The framerate makes them move weird

[@provisionalhypothesis]

@@adrianthelibrarian nah

[@shadow__dancer]

The upressed framerate really makes this look like it's happening today. This is amazing.

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

1:02 sounds so modern and the ending clip, "you can always see my reflection" wow!

[@flamingomingo9810]

The sound is added after, the original clips are silent

[@ChonkyPotato25]

Wow, I live in Vancouver and have been to English bay multiple times. Truly amazing to see those four girls doing the same things I do when I go to the beach. What a marvellous piece of history.

[@ruthpaige6689]

People look so happy and healthy. Very well dressed, too. Thanks for posting.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Except for the polio and small pox.

[@PopCultureAnticSS]

The girl from English Bay Canada in the greenish brown bathing suit was a beauty.More simplicity in those days than todays.Thank you for preserving these videos

[@stevemolina5470]

I love these old videos! A sense of community was so common in those days. Something we lack here in Los Angeles. Nobody in this video is on a phone, or device. They're all just enjoying each others company.

[@tristanflynn4014]

You mean like everyone still does at the beach?

[@stevemolina5470]

@@tristanflynn4014 i wish I knew what beach your thinking of. Because I go to Redondo, Hermosa, Manhattan and Palisades beaches and everyone just stays to themselves. And they are all.on their phones or sleeping.

[@AshleyFromTX]

You mean like how you’re on your phone/the internet right now instead of enjoying other people’s company? 😂

[@stevemolina5470]

@@AshleyFromTX exactly! You get it!

[@jasmynnmaleah7553]

Because they didn’t have any devices…

[@WendyQallab]

These are some of the best I have ever seen . So colorful and real . They dressed so beautiful.

[@ineffablemars]

I loved this. The restoration makes it feel so much more relatable. These were real people with lives, feelings, thoughts.. made me tear up a bit that we can even get a glimpse into the past like this.

[@Firebrand55]

..the sound editing.......10/10!...and brilliant colourization.

[@artierobinette4903]

Really excellent audio, the wind noise at times made it feel authentic.

[@canadaclub8920]

The water and beaches look so clean

[@JohnMichaelson]

The fashion and technology is different but the people are the same when you catch them in candid moments just living life. What a fun restoration!

[@nella10123]

This resolution is amazing! By the looks of it, you would think it was filmed in the 90s or early 2000s. Its amazing what technology can do. There was so much class and elegance back then, wish I could time travel but this is the closest thing to time travel I'll get. Thanks for this upload!

[@ecMonify]

nothing classier than laying down to sleep on the beach in a full suit! :D

[@nella10123]

@@ecMonify hahahah I mean that was the style back then so I guess they were used to it 😂

[@ctgeorgia]

Absolutely loved watching this! I remember my grandmother talking about what it was like back then...and now I get to see a glimpse of what she saw.

[@stargirl7646]

Fun to see that people have always enjoyed a nice day the beach 🥰 I hope they enjoyed their time

[@herrunbekannt3822]

Spoiler alert: ...

[@everIark]

@@herrunbekannt3822?

[@DemarcusQ]

I could see the passed instantly with the first gentleman, he has that look of the 1900’s.. wow. 👏

[@Mariposa1217]

So lovely to see how elegant those days were. ❤

[@gboo7563]

They were dressed too the T and just carried themselves different

[@barneyboyle6933]

They had dignity and pride. This was before the good guys lost WWII and were subjected to half a century of humiliation rituals

[@davestevenson9080]

@@barneyboyle6933 surprised to see this comment here. All of these people wishing they lived like this, not realising they still would if the rebels to this monstrous global order had succeeded. long live the austrian painter.

[@jovannyc7158]

@bigdaddy9489you think the holocaust was the good guy?

[@rose-yeah]

@@barneyboyle6933black pepper disagree with that😂

[@-Aashish-]

It's hard to explain how I feel watching these people having fun and then realising that they're probably gone. Great restoration btw. 👍🏼

[@Louis275]

Probably gone? The only ones that could possibly still be living from that time are the children. Even they would be close to a hundred by now.

[@SaithMasu12]

The form is gone, the spirit moves on.

[@Phrancis5]

Yes, 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.

[@nas10iris]

This is such beautiful footage. But I just kept thinking of how much they were sweating!

[@yuppers1]

They might have been wearing linen

[@Oberbaumbruecke]

They had better clothes for warm days then you and me. Natural vibres. 🤗 😂

[@TrephineArtist]

Very hot weather well before the climate change alarmist agenda began!

[@tristanflynn4014]

Probably wearing Muslin or some other light, breathable fabric made for the purpose.

[@ratrm]

Their body was also adjusted and used to dressing like that. They didn't have air conditioning etc. We are spoiled and feel the heat more because of our constantly controlled environment.

[@jonglazer5910]

A big part of what really brings this to life is the sound that was added to the silent restored footage. That was a lot of sound design work.

[@jj-if6it]

These are amazing. Fixing the colour and speed brings it instantly to life and makes 100 years ago not feel so distant

[@chanelfitzgerald]

I love the lady at the end topping up her lipstick on the beach. They all looked so calm, relaxed, respectful of one another. Those brown carriages on the beach back then, were they change rooms? Lovely video, thanks.

[@francine8806]

Yes, they were portable changing rooms, called bathing machines. They were also common in the Victorian era and were wheeled a little ways out into the water so ladies could change and then plunge into the water without being seen on the beach in their bathing attire.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@francine8806 I'd have been shocked then to see a hint of ankle! I'd be shocked now! Okay, I'm sheltered.

[@peterlawrence6079]

OK, I understand these films have been colorized, but I'm surprised there were portable movie cameras at all in the 1920s. And with sound, too? Or were voices added later?

[@latinolawdog5067]

@@peterlawrence6079 sound is artificially added later.

[@Aethelhadas]

@@latinolawdog5067 you mean the sound of this video arent the actual sound of the clips?

[@shepthecori]

Seeing it in color makes it feel so much closer to everything now. To me, this feels so much more human. The colors are so vibrant like they are today. I feel so much more connected.

[@vidiot9006]

Excellent restoration and enhancement... Really brings our past to life! Wonderful to feel a connection with this past era, as my dad was born in 1925...

[@Carol-vp3hc]

Thank you for this. I think if some people could step back in time to that era, they would never come back.

[@somerandomguy2073]

Great Depression (with its thousands of suicides and mass homelessness) and World War 2 just around the corner. Sounds idyllic. 🙄 I will never understand those who romanticise the past like that. A primary school level education would be enough to disprove that rubbish.

[@Cablecol]

The color reimaging makes the people seem modern and vibrant. The audio was a nice touch too.👍😎

[@Regular_Decorated_Emergency]

0:59 Dang this feels so close to present-day. Almost like human nature and behaviors are timeless.

[@aaronjennings8385]

That's exactly what I thought.

[@R.Oates7902]

The colors are vibrant and the people are happy. It's an incredible trip back in time. Thanks for sharing!

[@paradoxlove1]

This colorization is remarkable ,in that the expressions on the faces is so sharp. You can practically read their thoughts!

[@Anna81Louise]

I love the hats. 20's hats are my favourite styles. I also love the short hair styles.

[@PrettyboyAshtun]

i always hear the 1920s talked about as somewhat of a legend so seeing people of that era just living their lives is crazy in a way.

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

Surprised nobody is mentioning how incredibly accurate the artifical sounds seem. That must be much harder to do than it might seem

[@sartorio2007]

Actually not so accurate at least at one point: people at Odessa beach in 1928 highly unlikely would speak Ukrainian - it would be Russian or sometimes Surjik (mix of Russian and Ukrainian), but mostly Russian, because it was the language of the city from its founding time and the language (or lingua franca) of most of the turists in USSR. Ukrainian itself at that time was mainly present in rural areas or in far western parts of present Ukraine.

[@StarlitScimitar]

@@sartorio2007it sounded like Russian to me

[@yahenp2084]

Wow. Real magick time machine!

[@Fairyjewels93]

They way they look into the camera almost feels like they're watching us. These videos are so captivating ❤

[@morgdaforg]

I love these old videos, as an actor who is currently playing a 1920s role they are really helpful to see how people moved and talked back then

[@heatherrue2655]

What a time to be in France… ❤

[@tacticalsapper]

Because a few months later the second world war started after the last one just ended a few months before?

[@akrenwinkle]

Better than 2021. Flu-la-la!

[@paulmcdonough1093]

then the germans invaded

[@Lenny.262]

This is uncanny. It's almost from a century ago. Incredible.

[@roywells5790]

It's sad everyone in those videos have passed. Life goes by so fast. Very nice work on the restoration thank you

[@strengthandbulkMadness]

People in the comments section will also pass, eventually.

[@Floppyearsmomma]

Exactly! That’s why there’s such a movement to “romanticize” our lives by reading fiction set in this time wearing the fashions, and listening to nostalgic music.

[@HoltRichard]

Hello 👋 how are you doing?

[@ex-shoy]

The audio clarity is what really gets me, here! I hadn't realized that the Charlie Brown teacher voice of old films was what made those people feel so distant to me, but hearing the folks here so clearly laughing, teasing each other, making idle chatter... it makes me feel like they're just like anyone else!

[@hahandroo]

I am certain the audio you are hearing is not original nor recorded during the filming as it wasn’t quite possible in the early n mid twenties to record audio and film in the same reel. Most likely dubbing

[@BenState]

Audio wasn't recorded then, its been added by AI 100 years later.

[@user-Irena_V.]

Thank you for making this video so vibrant

[@dancingshiva7008]

I love it! AND I can't help but feel, with this realness, what it might have been like for people who looked like me to have set foot near beaches like those. It's a sobering and saddening thought for me. Bittersweet experience watching these videos

[@johncoligado9475]

It would've been a very bad experience for you guaranteed! These are considered the 'good old days' by a certain demographic, for a reason.

[@yelhsa298]

Aw, don't be saddened. Reflect on the freedoms you have today. You will never have to experience what those before you had. They wouldn't want you to fret.

[@dancingshiva7008]

@@yelhsa298 But maybe they would. It's not known whether or not these atrocities will occur again, given the nature of humans to dominate each other. I wonder if our ancestors would want us to remember what they endured and do our part to keep it from reoccurring

[@yelhsa298]

@@dancingshiva7008 Nah, you're right. I just don't like to seeing positivity dashed by unseen evils. For instance, some foreigner is living in extreme poverty scraping a living by climbing into a cramped hole in the ground to get my wife a gold ring, or sawing off their hands for my salt. Should I feel bad when I go to a wedding, or eat salted meals? Should I feel disgusted by those who vacation in Hawaii and exploit local labor? We certainly can, no doubt. But where does it get us? Someone is always going to suffer, I'm trying to cheer OP up.

[@GoldenHairErik]

@@yelhsa298 "Should I" yes the answer is always yes jfc where's your empathy?

[@angieflynn5354]

None can afford the beautiful elegance and class anymore it’s a real treat to see

[@kevsta67]

it's still affordable. the problem is the stadard of people's behavior and general attitude sucks.

[@jj-if6it]

I love how you've adapted the language and accent specific to each region. Great detail

[@alenkabkk]

I love these videos can watch them for hours! I can't help but think they were doing the exact same things we are doing now, going to the beach, having a picnic, relaxing in a nice cafe, we just have more technology now, but other than that people are pretty much still the same. They did seem to dress more elegant back in the day (the city folk). It is amazing to see them being alive and doing their thing.... one day it will be us in those videos and someone who isn't even kinda close to being born will be watching and thinking the exact same thoughts.....

[@ilmioaccount-ce3gh]

Kids used to play outside. Now they are stuck on screens. This is different. When these kids will grow up will be interesting to see how they will turn the world.

[@sophiepooks2174]

@@ilmioaccount-ce3gh Obvious never been to a public housing project most kids there are outside all the time, the streets are all they know.

[@k0komii]

@@ilmioaccount-ce3ghKids still play outside. Parks and beaches are full every weekend until sunset. Maybe you’re the one that needs to go outside

[@somerandomguy2073]

​@ilmioaccount-ce3gh What the hell are you talking about? I hear that crap all of the time from people of a certain age, but I see kids playing outside all of the time. I was only born in the early 2000s, had access to phones and computers all of my life, but I still played outside with my friends all the time.

[@nokia6630videos]

Thank you for this, what a privilege to peak back at a time that no longer exist. Truly magical.

[@Itsallgood842]

It’s a real nice feeling seeing this footage

[@elianamarinho9542]

Beautiful images, great restoration 🕵️🥰 🎞️🎥👏

[@astheworldturns3855]

If time travel was possible, I would love to spend one day at the beach, with those people.

[@ericsilva-gomez2481]

Yeah if you’re white

[@fevkin]

That was amazing. The sound effects and fantastic enhancement of the footage really brings it to life

[@marystacey4796]

My grandmother was a 20 something in the late 20s. She has some fantastic pictures of her outfits. Great hats and coats.

[@Lexxie45]

Besides the beautiful work they did on this footage I especially enjoyed watching all the people dressed so beautifully, behaving respectfully. You don't see that anymore today.

[@gothxm]

i really like this movement or trend where we add color to old recordings and photographs because it makes people relate more strongly to whatever they're being shown. All the photos of an era being black and white literally and symbolically color our view of that time and place. Seeing them in full color humanizes them and makes them more relatable immediately whereas before you would have to read about the people and even then, the style of prose or art can also make them seem more distant. These images bring them to the hear and now. I love that we can now see them as they saw themselves. I'd be confident in saying that seeing history like this may allow more people to become interested in it.

[@skepticguy8493]

congratulations on such a professional job! Apart from the visuals, the looped-in the sound is extraordinary. Such a high level of competence!

[@nikomyorobinson8147]

This restoration is absolutely remarkable, life changing, props daze

[@dougler500]

There's something beautiful they all have in common. What a fantastic and amazin time it must have been.

[@balboatarandino]

No that were terrible times as always trust me

[@dougler500]

@@balboatarandino For the record, I don't trust you.

[@balboatarandino]

@@dougler500 sad FOR YOU

[@dougler500]

@@balboatarandino You're sad for me because I don't think everything sucks and life is awful and always has been? 'Kay buddy, you might be missing something.

[@Shockkings0714]

@@balboatarandino The 1920s are looked upon as one of the best decades in the world. You’re lying

[@victorkonon]

0:13 they had inflatable mattresses back then? I had to google it - it appears they existed in early and mid-1800s

[@Abcdef12396]

But they obviously didn’t know how to use it.

[@dojocho1894]

so many smiles and laughter not today around town im afraid

[@somerandomguy2073]

What the hell are you talking about? Where the hell do you live?

[@stephenmark6781]

The color and sound gives such an immediacy to these clips. It makes you realize these long dead people were just like us. Life goes by in a flash so make the most of it.

[@tannerg4511]

Wow it makes it feel like this could have been filmed recently. Because it looks so modern, it makes it so much more spooky to think about how its very likely that every single person captured in these videos are deceased. Makes you think about how fast life is...all these people so full of youth and enjoying things that we still do to this day.

[@natalliaf6387]

sad to imagine that many of these folks have passed. To those that have, R.I.P.

[@BenState]

they're all compost by now.

[@ericpalacios920]

0:57 "maybe you should cut that out" sounds so modern

[@antoniocasias5545]

?

[@ericpalacios920]

​@@antoniocasias5545it sounds like a modern American accent and speech rhythm. Doesn't register as 100 years old.

[@antoniocasias5545]

@@ericpalacios920 and you know what 100 year old speech sounded like? I mean you know those TV programs don’t represent the accent you hear everyday.

[@ericpalacios920]

@@antoniocasias5545 I've watched lots of old casual interviews and most of them don't sound like me (Californian accent). This one just happened to, maybe by coincidence. Idk it's not that deep.

[@tula1433]

The icon at the end lol love her

[@aaroncohoon5603]

Seeing these clips in color is amazing , it’s almost like that were just recorded yesterday or something.