Atlantic City Life c.1904: in Amazing 4K 60fps

Time travel back 120 years to a sunny day on the Atlantic city boardwalk New Jersey. Early silent films restored to 4K 60fps with added sound and manual deep algorithmic frame colorization.
In this film women are strolling along the boardwalk at Atlantic city wearing long trumpet skirts and feminine shirtwaist blouses and jackets. These were held in shape by corsets. Women are holding on to their large picture hats to keep them from being blown away by the seaside wind. Other women are in stroller chairs.
The fashionable woman's hairstyle of the early 1900s was the 'pompadour.' Women's styles in the 1900s was also on the cusp of a revolution. Within 20 years the corsets would be fading memory. American women of this period are now fondly remembered by the term "Gibson Girl."
The TV series Boardwalk Empire was set along the shorefront of Atlantic city in the 1920s.
AI Enhanced 4K 60fps film by Glamourdaze.com
Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization - Bo Chang & associates
Read the teams paper on deep exemplar based video colorization here:
arxiv.org/abs/...
The AI Film Restoration Process:
I take early fragments of silent footage ( in this case at 15fps ) and restore them to life by a combination of manual frame by frame colorization as well as the use of deep exemplar-based video colorization techniques. The footage is upscaled to 4K resolution and the frames interpolated to a higher frame rate ( 60 frames per second.) Finally I produce a soundtrack which helps build a new immersive experience for the viewer.
Together, these processes revive old fragments of silent footage, offering audiences a more
vivid and engaging glimpse of past lives long since lived.
All original archive footage preserved by Library of Congress
Thomas A. Edison, I. & Kleine. (1899 -1904) Easter Sunday, Atlantic City boardwalk. United States: Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/it....

[@JadeStrawberry]

It's incredible to reach into the past and see how people dressed and behaved in the stark contrast of today. Great job!

[@cacatr4495]

I find their love of hats to be "interesting."

[@JadeStrawberry]

@@cacatr4495 As well, the ladies and gentleman's hats look so formal. Everyone dressed beautifully back then. I also find it interesting and refreshing that nobody's underpants are sticking out and no booty shorts or crop tops. JMHO.

[@daniellamcgee4251]

Beautiful to look at, hell, and in some cases, life risking, to wear. Better people are comfortable and have free movement, and freedom of expression, that trussed up, unable to participate in many activities due to restrictive garments, uncomfortable holsters for menstrual rags, organs re-located due to restrictions of clothing, and commonly fainting. JMHO.

[@alghuraba7218]

Hi jade I hope you are doing well. Wanting to see the past means we are alone but not really because we want to learn more about the past. Me watching this drunk thinking about the past to fill the emptiness inside me.

[@WOWlowLifeDoj]

My ancestor came through the first year Ellis island was opened

[@leea2112]

I like how everyone looks at the camera mostly smiling !! 💕💕💕💕

[@pattymerrill2838]

I like to look at the individual faces.

[@jec1ny]

Motion picture cameras were rare and very exotic back then. They tended to attract a lot of attention and people mugging for the camera.

[@scottlarson1548]

Yet in posed still photos at that time they almost always stared blankly at the camera.

[@oldsagefields]

Imagine if they knew that someone from 125 years in the future would be looking at them.

[@Yowza78]

They had to be very still in photos because of the long exposure time required at the time. Any facial or bodily movements meant a blurry picture.

[@comicbuyer]

People seemed a lot happier back then.

[@TrudyPatootie]

*My grandmother was born in 1899...just to think of her dressing like that really* *makes me smile. The colors on those buildings also pop. That Blue Top...Wow!* 0:07 *Absolutely stunning! Thanks Glamour!*

[@pattymerrill2838]

My grandmother was born in 1898.

[@cacatr4495]

My grandparents were born in the 1880s, so they would have been teenagers. My parents were of the WW2 generation, so I feel I can easily relate back to the 1930s and 40s, but further back than that, is challenging. I cannot relate to the era of 1899 at all, it seems absolutely alien to me. It would be hard not to ask, "What's with all the hats?!" which I think might come across as being rude. 😂 ( I truly cannot understand the point of all those hats. It's mystifying, strange, bizarre to me. When I was little, hats were still quite popular, and my parents wore them out and about, but as soon as their popularity dropped off, my parents no longer wore them at all. For my generation, hat-wearing is occasional, strictly a personal choice, not the rule, so it is safe to say I don't comprehend the rule of wearing hats. It seems a bit like "putting on airs," trying to impress people. I know it was the fashion, but it seems rather clone-like, imitating others, rather than living one's own life. I wonder if "American individualism" was known to them.)

[@pattymerrill2838]

@@cacatr4495 I can't relate to the 2000's.

[@cacatr4495]

@@pattymerrill2838 Which part? In which era were you born, if I might ask? I'm having difficulty relating to the 2000s myself, considering that much of the culture is without values, morals or consideration for their fellow man. The two extremes, lawlessness or over-reach of control, seem to be common.

[@pattymerrill2838]

@@cacatr4495 I grew up in the 1960's and 1970's (graduated in 1976).

[@genealogygirl7777]

That's one crowded boardwalk! This was lovely. ❤ The ladies hats were spectacular!

[@user-ir6dp9lj5d]

Wow this is amazing and feels like a Time Machine

[@JustMe99999]

It's interesting how the older gentlemen are wearing tall hats, while most of the younger gentlemen are wearing the kind of hats you saw up until the 50's.

[@onacsareibaj7566]

Life was simple then. No movies, no radios, and no television. Classic pocketbook novels serve as the TV series, Live Theaters and theater actors serve as the movies and movie actors, opera singers and pianist serve as the pop singers and concert performers. Kids toys are Victorian dolls, dollhouse, marbles, and clock work toys.

[@Lovejazz01]

Just like futuristic movies and tv shows from the past, it’s always thought that life would be better in the future because of technology. But these people from the past look like they are pretty happy living in the time they are living..

[@artisthusnatalal3099]

Exactly I just watched a movie that looks like these incredible people😊

[@anyaw340]

Because they know no better. You can't be displeased with your lifestyle if you aren't aware of anything else being possible. Everyone in every single generation makes due with what they have. We're pleased just to have cars; we're not unhappy because we don't have flying cars.

[@rundneumann6911]

​​@@anyaw340 and the fact that now there are no androids that would do housework and all the cleaning around the house

[@rundneumann6911]

​​@@anyaw340 and the fact that many diseases have not been defeated. in general, there are still many reasons to be unhappy that you were not born in the future in 500 years.

[@rundneumann6911]

​@@anyaw340 and that it is still impossible for people to travel into space to other galaxies and constellations, except with telescopes

[@celestenova777]

Lovely restoration...the milliner and hatter must have been very busy in those days...🙂... great vid thanks for your work.

[@mileycyrusedition]

humans used to be so much more socialble and kinder

[@carolinemaluca]

it looks like they can see us and look at our modern faces and stare and smile. So cool! 😄

[@jec1ny]

Yep, that's me. I always wear a frock coat, winged collar w/ascot tie and a top hat to the beach.

[@davidb2206]

If you did, I would introduce myself and shake your hand.

[@Diana-yn2ho]

All of these well dressed people, men, women and children in the film have long gone to their reward. My grandmothers were under 7 years of age and grandfathers, a bit older at the time.

[@saritaw4739]

So amazing! Thank you Looking at all those souls that are long gone, hope some family member recognizes their own !

[@taurahelms3068]

I love those small vehicles. I would like to see something like that come back into style.

[@user-cc6nb5th6x]

I was at Atlantic City in late fifties as a little girl. I have a vague memory them.

[@carolyearsley]

@@user-cc6nb5th6x Yes, I remember them back then. We used to call them push carts.

[@jamiefoyers2800]

There's a lot of "folk and people" in that footage...much more on the streets then than you see nowadays. They all look happier too compared to us modern day lot and nobody staring at anything to distract them, they all look much more alert and in the moment.

[@MrEjidorie]

People in this footage look so animated just like we do that I could not believe they have gone a long time ago.

[@sunnynights68]

I love these videos! I watched them several times each.

[@khaartoumsings]

Looks quite modern. The old people on those trolleys like mobility scooters? How do they move? I couldn't see anyone pushing or any trolley cables? The people looked old then, even the children? It would be interesting to interview these people and understand how they think and what they perceive of the world and life. Great restoration ; )

[@CoffeeCupVT]

My mother remembered these in Atlantic City. I could be wrong, but I believe she told me these were propelled by a person pushing them along, with the "passenger" steering the direction with a kind of rudder in front of them.

[@SirenaSpades]

I'm putting high probability that boys are pushing them, and they aren't yet tall enough to be seen over them. If they were tall enough, they would have real jobs.

[@E_y_a_l]

You can see the hat of someone pushing from the back at 0:49 rather clearly, I could spot people with a similar hat in the backs of some of the other trolleys as well but less clearer. I don't know if you were serious about interviewing these people, but that movie was recorded 125 years ago, no one in the video is alive today.

[@carolyearsley]

@@CoffeeCupVT That is correct.

[@stylianosvita1985]

If someone who was then living with them and had the ability to travel into the future and then go back to their time again how dare they, without proof, tell those looking into the camera that people living 130 years later would be looking back at them ;

[@JudgeJulieLit]

One hundred twenty years later.

[@theypeedonmyrug]

Great job!

[@kristennnnn9038]

Seeing that even in RDR 2 times people still rode around in a version of those scooters/carts lazy people ride around in, in amusement parks is genuinely one of the most surprising things i have seen in the historical footage I have watched.

[@NoosaHeads]

Superb. Not one of those people would have imagined, in their wildest dreams, that someone would be watching them, 125 years in the future. Who will be watching us in the year 2150? (And what will things look like? - Monorails, jet packs, anti- gravity, autonomous cars and android assistants - or Mad Max dystopian wastelands with wretched pockets of humanity eking out a meagre existence?)

[@theypeedonmyrug]

No one knows the answer to it. But for sure there will be another, new duality in the world based on moral values and economical interests. The dystopia „California“ is worth a read in order to foresee a very likely future.

[@NoosaHeads]

@brocanova I knew California in the old days. (Early 70s) It was glorious and heavenly. The last time I went there, about 15 years ago, it was unrecognisable. I decided I'd never go back.

[@davidb2206]

It won't happen because of what is happening now. The invasion of the third world in all whyte countries means the end of that kind of previous advancement. It is not pc to think and understand that 98% of everything in your room was invented by a whyte male. Now on the decline. WHO do you think got us to the moon in 1969, with the major input of certain WWII "captives"? Hint: It was NOT DEI.

[@Ellersbee]

The days when humans dressed in their finest to go out. Now you see pajama pants.

[@sleeplessdreamer1814]

If that was summer, and it likely was, that crowd must have been sweating like crazy in those clothes!!

[@tomspirito2421]

Amazing Footage!

[@portaltwo]

Always purported as a "simpler life", but looks pretty formal to me!

[@cacatr4495]

especially with all the HATS!

[@SirenaSpades]

Traveling clothes. This is a train station

[@cacatr4495]

@@SirenaSpades Didn't the video description say it was Atlantic City on Easter Sunday? That would mean them being very dressed up.

[@jec1ny]

Different times. People dressed with respect back then.

[@scottlarson1548]

@@jec1ny Except for the poor people. You immediately knew who they were by how they dressed.

[@lucasyriart1988]

This is absolutely fascinating. Thank you for all your work. We appreciate it. Deeply

[@llamalover02]

I'm going to be that person who'll say it looks just like downtown Saint Denis in RDR2. Magical!

[@CaptchaNeon]

It’s kind of weird to think that 100-150 years from now people will be watching us and either be fascinated or not impressed.

[@mileycyrusedition]

definitely not impressed bc they will probably have hotels in space lol

[@BrianAdams-dt1ks]

They will see the age of the destruction of Western culture.

[@neiladlington950]

When being a tailor was a prestigious profession for a working class shlub.

[@jeffwarren6906]

Geez , what great work . Thank you for sharing with us .

[@Europa1749]

What odd little vehicles, must have been someone propelling them forward.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

Wonderful footage! My great-grandparents would have been alive at that time! Probably kids, or in their early teens!

[@Oyuki-Mayonesa]

My grandpa was born 5yrs after this.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

I was imagining how many pickpockets were working the crowd! 😮

[@MissLisaBabyx]

Never seen so many hat's before. 😮

[@jillkjv3816]

Back in those days you weren't considered properly dressed if you left your home without a hat on. 😊

[@Aristodama]

Wow!

[@mikeyj990ify]

See kids? Everyone went about their day without looking at a screen and no spontaneous combustion of anyone

[@bobertblobert7812]

I always wondered what life was like before all the fancy high tech stuff we have today. Computers, cell phones, smart phones, texting, internet, video games, etc. How did people live? How did they stay entertained, happy, and content? If you ever wondered the same thing, just watch these amazing short films of the past. They will answer your question.

[@user-iu3zi3jb6t]

Looks like Disneyland today ( the sardine crowd part) Elbow to elbow and barely moving. Only everyones better dressed, and I'll bet much more polite to one another 😊

[@JackF99]

People sure dressed up to go to the beach

[@C1nderfire]

Where are they exactly, a boardwalk or? That’s a lotta ppl for one area!

[@oldmisterhoward1913]

I was there in July of 2023 for a Horror Film Convention, but the most frightening Horror Film was the reality of the once grand Boardwalk. The Street was full of trash and there were Meth Head Drug addicts in the Middle of the walk way, totally out of there mind. The Beach was filthy. There were still several nice old Buildings from the glory days of the 1800's It was all like a sad worn out crumbling Movie Set, waiting to be torn down.

[@ginettechiverton7113]

Everyone wearing well buttoned up clothing, and I don't think I saw one person without a hat. They probably appreciated their days out, so much back then, as life expectancy was lower in those days, before vaccines. 🇬🇧

[@user-dt5ry2wc9r]

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[@honolulu3d]

R.I.P hat maker :)

[@annikarewelo2665]

No, a few of us are still here. I also learned the profession. 😉

[@johnshannon524]

I didn't see any adults wearing pajamas.

[@Beardman29]

They didn't make children's clothes back then. Kids just wore smaller versions of what adults wore. It all affected they way we think about children and society.

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

There you go, Hat Day in Atlantic City, c.1904 Don't say I never take you anywhere.

[@medyapower1615]

What are the red covered wagons, how do they move?

[@riceracm]

What are those things the people were riding? Was it motorized, or was something/someone pulling it?

[@stephenhetzer6844]

Rolling chairs, pushed from behind. Still in use on the boardwalk today.

[@riceracm]

@@stephenhetzer6844 Oh cool, thanks for telling me! 😊

[@ConnerKirk433]

Hotdogs come get your hotdogs here only 10 dollars

[@Vllencia]

I suspect at that time there was not much recording done. Maybe travelling through time has been invented by now, either in today's time or in the future..., and the people go back in time, in the past, to do recordings of how life was back then ... !

[@tyrannicalbigtech5842]

There was only recording for special occasions like this

[@garymahon1955]

People then didnt have to tech things we are burdened with now. And people were talking and laughing, safer, and not like the scary, depressing dangerous cities today. Progress is not always progress.

[@foreverlovesophie]

Back when people actually took pride in their appearance. Now you see people wearing house slippers out and about

[@gregd3551]

Watch the tram car please.

[@robertklose2140]

When everybody wore a hat

[@tls9507]

We used to dress so classy. Now we look like bums.

[@hyukkim7522]

Everyone wears the hat 😮

[@Elvisultimatefanchannel]

Imagine going out without a Hat.

[@vajee5]

1904; the year my dad was born.

[@kakarrot62]

not one person in this video was without a hat. today if its not a baseball cap noone wears a hat

[@girlonfire2.076]

Was it really 1899, look at all the telephone poles electrical poles

[@maricella888]

Telephone polls date back to the mid nineteenth century( 1850s).

[@husafel]

Looks like everyone is wearing a hat.Is it because of fashion or is it mandatory?

[@bamaguy5000]

You want to scream at them stop staring at the big black galky camera. What? Y’all never seen a camera before? lol

[@peterstorey4029]

I prefer back then todays crap

[@michaeltaylor8835]

boardwalk empire

[@artsyhyd]

They would be so shocked to see the future esp how ppl dress and behave! 😂

[@tayloriginals999]

Are those basically baby carriages for grown ups being pushed by children? I couldn't really see who was pushing them, but they looked like they were being pushed and not pedal powered.

[@paulie6446]

2 gallon titfers galore!🎩✌️💨

[@michaell9399]

Easter parade.

[@Yvonne.49]

AND THEY ARE ALL DEAD!!!!!😳

[@user-sv7fd6es6s]

Looks crowded and loud. When I think of Atlantic City I think of Donald Trump ,a seedy place, gambling.

[@chrishultgren777]

I'm 16 this is so wierd, where are all the people of color?

[@sunnynights68]

Segregation was a major problem at this time. There were white only areas. A very uneducated period.

[@JustMe99999]

Far fewer of them back then, thankfully.

[@jillkjv3816]

I saw one adult black male in the middle of the video and one young black boy walking near the end of the video.

[@shalona1974sweden]

Hold/Hang on to your hat must've came out of those days... 🤏🎩

[@julielaidlee]

Were those little cart things electric or pedal?