Detroit 1930s in color, Downtown [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of Detroit, late 1930s , we can clearly see what is happening in broad daylight, We start by driving through a residential area, then we enter in Griswold Street , we can see walkers and traffic with plugs inside the car,
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: Prelinger Archives
B&W Video Source: archive.org/details/LostLands...
Rights to the black and white Video Source are held by Internet Archive. under the Creative Commons Attribution License

[@NASS_0]

Like and Share Please

[@socalpimp1974]

before d3mocrats

[@krunalcparmar1]

Who want peace ? Bring it

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Back when the future of Detroit as the hub of automobile manufacturing was bright.

[@SunnyJohn45]

It was the depression.

[@ElonHusky]

@@SunnyJohn45 need another world war to make it great again

[@josecarranza7555]

And before blacks.

[@JamieSmith-fz2mz]

@@josecarranza7555Interesting. When do you suppose blacks started moving to Detroit? Exactly what year, according to you?

[@josecarranza7555]

@@JamieSmith-fz2mz idk

[@macro333]

The one thing that really stands out in all of these city films, all the roads are smooth; not one single pot hole!

[@markjones952]

0:33 She is surprised to see you!

[@TheRealHungryJoe]

I’ve binge watched these so much I’m having dreams of these eras. Thank you for these timeless masterpieces

[@beachbum6460]

I've had a few time travel dreams too. If only......

[@ki11atj49]

Detroit was one of the best cities to live on the planet at that point

[@edlawn5481]

And the Lions were actually a good football team.

[@RyanYoungMan]

@@edlawn5481 But what about the great “Detroit Red Wings” in those years? 🏒⛸️🥅

[@islamicshinobi366]

Especially febuary 26 and from there.

[@tommypain]

My grandparents emigrated from Germany to Detroit in 1928 and my mom was born there in 1931. This footage really gives a glimpse of what life looked like for them almost 100 years ago now. Thank you! (I love the part where the woman is crossing the street and is shocked/embarrassed to see the camera. Priceless!)

[@mark_osborne]

Yes yes

[@Vollhirni]

I actually stopped and took a screenshot!

[@jgiza8888]

My grandparents emigrated from Italy to Detroit via NY first. My mom was born in 1926. Amazed there were no lanes for the cars to stay in, no wonder there was a lot of accidents.

[@tommypain]

@@jgiza8888 The good thing about Detroit was that there were always plenty of cars to go around. I lived there from 1963 to 1971 (when I was a kid). I remember my parents buying a new car EVERY year.

[@jgiza8888]

@@tommypain Sounds like a good time to be an adult... Nothing compared to what we are living under... I wish I had a time machine. 😅

[@AFMMarcelD]

We’re so spoiled in the modern world, these folks didn’t even have dividing lanes on the streets and they still managed. Cars and people are so perfectly neat, I love the older lady about to cross the street, then she realizes she’s been filmed and reacts, oh, how cute. 🥰

[@stevenreynolds2327]

Yeah but there all dead and we are not

[@Riverrockphotos]

@@stevenreynolds2327 Our turn will come and someone will be watching us and say "yeah but there all dead and we are not"

[@Riverrockphotos]

@@stevenreynolds2327 Them peoples will also have our social media posts lol.

[@AFMMarcelD]

@@stevenreynolds2327 All of them were once alive and kicking, just like we are now, but death 💀 will find us all, that includes everyone that is alive today. No one gets out of here alive.

[@stevenreynolds2327]

@@AFMMarcelD Thank you Captn obvious

[@dudedude9793]

Look at all those wonderful old cars.

[@kuki1274]

Those were the days when aesthetics were everywhere

[@darkguardian1314]

1:01 Kinsel Drugs Store at Michigan & Griswold Est 1890. It's an American Cooney Island restaurant now.

[@mickeybitsko1676]

Either that or Lafayette next door is closed for rats in kitchen

[@thed2la]

Love seeing this. My mom was born in 1927 in Detroit, and I'm imagining at the time, she wasn't too far away from where these videos were shot. :)

[@anthonytaylor7928]

She might have been in Lafayette Coney island having some coneys ( just kidding

[@thed2la]

@@anthonytaylor7928 I'll have to ask her, Anthony. She's still alive at 95. (She may not remember, though). Lol

[@bobbysands6923]

My grandfather had a Ford from this era that looks like these cars. I swear these videos are so clear that I can smell the interiors of them.

[@davidpearson3304]

This is probably the last time Detroit, and Michigan in general, actually had decent smooth roads.

[@paulmaudlin7651]

My mother was born and raised in Detroit, so this is definitely a total Trip...a trip back in time !!!! Thanks Nass !

[@fabianrose3688]

I have always been fascinated with the past and always wanted to time travel to see what life was like back then. These videos are as close as we can get, thanks a million for these gems!

[@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164]

Some people said they had some dreams of that time, I believe one time I had a dream from the 1900s, I'm trying to remember.

[@howardblindman5604]

Don't give up on time travel in our futures

[@oriontheraptor8119]

0:30 lmao her reaction captured for the rest of time

[@sonnycorleone3251]

Nass, Another great video. This looks like 1935-1938 maybe. The time my dad was born. Thanks for another great video.

[@Mister.Glenn.]

Thank you for making these video's.

[@oscarmadison8530]

Very nostalgic. Thank you for a blast from the past.

[@samp7003]

So great! Love those cop cars and that woman with the shocked look on her face! And the cop with his hand on the car door!

[@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164]

Now we know where people come from who don't want to be filmed, they are her children

[@CapitalCity517]

Absolutely amazing restoration work!!!

[@HYTTFilms]

this needs a few million more views. awesome AI upscale and restoration!

[@maggieoakley9020]

This was amazing to watch thank you!

[@gretetimm]

Interesting Detroit and streetcars. The cars are quite fast. 👍

[@4DoorsDown]

Absolutely amazing!

[@iamlimitless7543]

These are my favorite kind of videos!👍

[@brianholihan5497]

Thanks for this! My parents grew up in Detroit, so this lets me project myself back to the days when they were young. Pre-WWII, many people there felt that downtown Detroit was the center of the world. In 1927, the WSJ said that Detroit had the "highest slice of average prosperity in the world, now and at any other time." It showed in the best crop of skyscrapers then outside NYC and Chicago, a huge selection of great retail stores, and nearby neighborhoods with stately homes that made most Californian suburban homes seem like boxes. But downtown Detroit's retail revenue declined by about 30% in the 1950s, when neighborhood malls with free parking were first built. Thanks for showing the place in its glory days.

[@azhurelpigeon]

Those POV interior shots were so cool! Such a rare perspective to see!

[@bobkrohn8053]

Yikes, no lane stripes.

[@pedroluispetrilo5033]

Wow absolutely formidable &beautiful video!

[@chrisvan4328]

This is like a time machine. .well done

[@nic4863]

The jaywalkers face was priceless.

[@5canwalk]

Great video to see so many vintage cars!🎉 creative montage. Fan!❤

[@mr.bnatural3700]

@1:45 it looks like the video is the 1920s. Much older cars.

[@Lexster918]

Amazing how lively and beautiful a downtown could be. It’s better to live this way than to be behind a phone screen and a trip back and forth to Walmart once in awhile. I wish we could all rediscover this.

[@brianholihan5497]

My parents grew up there, and my dad missed its vibrancy and civility.

[@kennethnero2011]

I love the way the cars looked oh my goodness

[@mikeyh0]

For the algorithm. Always great watching. Good work.

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@jody6851]

Like being transported into a parallel universe. At the same time knowing family members who were young kids and alive at this time. Also, seeing how prosperous Detroit was then compared to the crime-ridden decayed shell much of the city is today.

[@cynthiafeagin6956]

Besides job loss what caused the decay govt corruption.

[@davidnco1]

@@cynthiafeagin6956 The Democrat's mostly are the reason. Lmao

[@chrisb616]

This has to be the most amazing discovery on KZbin! Well done! Thank you for uploading. Can you upload, downtown Milwaukee?

[@glennhavinoviski8128]

1:30 - 1:45: Those non-existent pavement markings made for some interesting viewing!! Surprised no accidents occurring before our eyes!

[@campbellpaul]

Fantastic! Most people were just moving into the big cities... Busy streets must have been a sight to see for them!

[@edgregory1]

Mostly people from the Mississippi delta and Appalachia.

[@edgregory1]

@@GEN_X_ Multiple waves of immigrant groups throughout US history. I was referring to one era specifically(post WW2).

[@anteuzel5324]

GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS YOU ARE THE BEST SUPPORT FROM CROATIA

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much sir ;)

[@fromthethrone]

😂😂😂The lady on 0.33 was funny 😲🧐👍❤️

[@JM-75003]

Very cool to watch. All my grandparents were living in Detroit in the 30's. Mom & Dad didn't arrive until the 40s.

[@marleenscholz4386]

So High Quality !!! ♥

[@horatiodreamt]

Good vid. I like the cars of that era.

[@billyrowegrant5076]

Some suggestions of places you can do (if you want) 1. Sydney in the 60s 2. Wellington in the 50s 3. Moscow in the 30s 4. New York in the 1900s 5. Italy in the 70s Other than that you did a great job on this video like usual. Keep up the good work, you are a legend at this!!!

[@emilkarpo]

Most of those listed were backwaters that didn't have movie studious out filming B-Roll all over the place. Especially the first two and probably the last. New York yes for sure but the other four, unlikely.

[@edgregory1]

Other than what?

[@kencreten7308]

I love your videos and have watched them many, many times. I have a really good audio setup for recording. I've notice that there is a tremendous amount of "low end," or bass in your recordings. If the volume is normal, the sub woofer, which also acts as my footstool (another way to feel what the bass is doing), is moving a lot. A way to pull back on the low end is to apply an EQ in the audio track. Davinci Resolve has one of these. It's safe to pull everything down below 60hz (60 cycles of sound per second), for these recordings. "Shelving" everything below 60hz will still give the feel of the bass of the car sounds on the road, without retaining the very low sounds, which on most people's sound setups won't make much of a difference, and will take a lot of energy out of the recording and still sound good (means amplifiers will not have to struggle as hard to reproduce the recordings). Again, I cannot thank you enough for your videos. I love being able to look back into the past like this, dynamically.

[@NASS_0]

Thanks a lot for all these explanations 🙏

[@kencreten7308]

@@ErikThomasMusic I should have pointed out that I was thinking of a gradual roll off... but said "shelve." I agree.

[@evenflowsteven]

Maybe I’m morbid but when I watch these videos I always think, all these people don’t exist anymore.

[@AFMMarcelD]

As you and I will also cease to exist one day too. We’re here by accident and chance, enjoy everyday to the fullest.

[@TheRealHungryJoe]

@@AFMMarcelD 😂😂 “accident and chance”

[@AFMMarcelD]

@@TheRealHungryJoe 10-4 roger

[@januszkszczotek8587]

You are not alone.

[@OldHoock2023]

Wonderful. 👏👏👏👏👏

[@MrTottanham]

amazing work

[@NASS_0]

thank you very much

[@weylguy]

Great videos! "I wanna go back!!"

[@OSTARAEB4]

At this time, Detroit was one of the largest cities in the country and a viable, economic powerhouse until the late 1960’s.

[@anteuzel5324]

GREAT VIDEO SUPER NASS THANKS

[@weatherboi]

The Motor City living up to it's name.

[@brittanyjackson1718]

Awesome videos! Could you possibly do Rubber City....Akron Oh?

[@kennysherrill6542]

Fantastic, what beautiful cars, I used to own a 1937 four door humpback Ford. There was more than a million dollars in classic cars in this film. Love your work. 👍👍👍👍🥰❤️🇺🇸

[@paulmaudlin7651]

Probably a billion if not trillion .

[@williamstroud1649]

semper fi brother

[@mschiffel1]

Fantastic old flick!

[@dreamcleo]

Thanks

[@onlyoneamong300]

Apparently, there were no separation lines on the roads, but since city traffic was slow, there were probably few car crashes. Also, there were no pedestrian crossings. But, other than the cars and people's fashion, everything feels pretty modern. Thanks for sharing!

[@RS__7]

Also people had basic common sense and didn't need the government to hold their hand in every aspect of their lives 😃👍

[@onlyoneamong300]

@@RS__7I agree! Add cell phones to that and total chaos!

[@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164]

Some of them were reckless

[@uncleted9362]

Idk how any western person can watches these videos without being filled with rage at what has become of our civilization.

[@benhur1959]

The face on that woman at 0:35, priceless

[@cynthiamincher5154]

Going back in time😊

[@williamwallace5857]

You do a great job with all these old clips but is there a reason why the true colour doesn't come through in the restoration ?

[@user-dw4kn9oi1m]

Classic old film view of 1930s Detroit

[@Daweisstebescheid]

0:49 first people whos own a flatscreen 😂

[@tropicalpancake56]

Excellent!

[@danieleyre8913]

Detroit back then looked like a better, more functioning city than it does today.

[@tamburello9902]

Thanks Captain

[@danieleyre8913]

@@tamburello9902 You’re welcome.

[@asan1050]

Thanks Much !

[@mohamedachoukhane751]

Belles images merci .

[@NASS_0]

Merci à vous

[@frankyuk]

I see dead people... brought back to life in these wonderful films...

[@alanbower9296]

LOVE THIS VIDEO ❤

[@hudentdw2]

no traffic lanes at all everyone drives like all over the place otherwise a time capsule!

[@victormarie525]

MAGIQUE ! 👍

[@NASS_0]

Merci

[@jackkruese4258]

Wow just realised that this is actually as close as I’ll ever get to the 1930s.

[@jazzpianoman01]

Love the way the lady looks into the car then gets out of the way.

[@williamtrull8337]

The first thing I noticed was the streets with lane markings. Cars going all over!

[@williamtrull8337]

I meant without lane markings.

[@compass5507]

One of the best cities in America to live back then. What happened?

[@sanjeevpereira8141]

Great vedio Great cars

[@jetteboy]

2:19 Must be a New Yorker in Detroit "I'm walkin here" lol

[@AJCool-wi6gh]

beautiful face restoration here 0:33

[@rickrandom6734]

Colors are quite trippy.

[@nrb717.]

Sometimes these make me quite sad.. though I am glad they exsist

[@benniecouch8486]

Who Filmed 📽️ All This Where did This footage come from.. amazing how you can tap into The Past!!!

[@ono147]

Motorcycles!! A harley with a delivery sidehack and what I think is an Indian with the copper on it! excellent

[@MrRobertito17]

I have quite a few vhs tapes of family gathering and I wonder if you can restore them and create dvd copies for my family?

[@danwatt3247]

Can you believe these times😮😮😮

[@ai_timemachine]

l love it!

[@johnkurtz8115]

So many cars at that time.

[@MB-hv3ic]

que linda esena del pasado y que bien lucian los chevy 36 👍

[@fantasy_worlds]

That lady at 00:32 though!.. 😅😅😅

[@caroltenge5147]

0:39 wow a Ford sedan delivery today worth one million dollars.

[@sfeddie1]

1:02 that sedan delivery vanishes into thin air. One second it’s parked behind that Model A, then poof! It’s gone.

[@michaela.chmieloski3196]

@@sfeddie1 Car thieves work fast.

[@anthonychihuahua]

​@@sfeddie1 swift eye!

[@rand49er]

Amazing that there weren't more accidents. How they stayed in their "lanes" and didn't clip each other's fenders is beyond me.

[@RS__7]

Basic common sense pal....car heading straight for me better get out of its way.... people had working brains back then had a bit of initiative. Weren't mindless zombies 🧟‍♂️ didn't need the government to hold their hand

[@scottyrobot]

love your vids, but you never reveal the actual year they were filmed

[@paulmaudlin7651]

I'd say early 1930's..31-32.

[@Riverrockphotos]

First thing I noticed no painted lines how did you know where to go?

[@dafuqtv3554]

I wonder what that motorcycle cop was trying to do with that car.

[@AFMMarcelD]

Maybe it was his wife, she must to have forgotten something.

[@dafuqtv3554]

@@AFMMarcelD that's a possibility.

[@alihassan1903]

00:32 so funny

[@eutimiochavez415]

These people drive crazy

[@manp1039]

wonder what the story was of the motorcycle police officer putting out his hand towards the moving car he was driving along side of.

[@koreysmith2838]

That’s a lot of classic cars