Flying with the KLM from Amsterdam to Paris in 1929 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

How about going back in time and fly with the KLM with a Fokker F.VII aircraft from Amsterdam to Paris in 1929? No long check-in times, no conveyer belts, no gates, no luggage claim areas, no queus, no removal of belts and shoes, no jumbo's, but in stead just a simple step ladder to board the plane with your suitcase in your hand to join the other half-a-dozen passengers. Aircraft in those times were noisy, cold, choppy and could only fly at low altitude because of the lack of a pressure cabin. Seats were made of wicker and the only entertainment was the stewardess trying to serve coffee while attempting to keep her balance...
The original B&W film has been motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, A.I. enhanced and A.I. colorized.
Source B&W footage: Beeld En Geluid.

[@grommy1234]

Exceptionally enhanced. Whoever shot it used advanced techniques (for 1929). Well done!

[@alexbat9337]

@Waxel Punkt. Still, the way the guy filmed this movie is pretty damn impressive for 1929, whether it was edited by an AI, or not.

[@alexbat9337]

@Waxel Punkt. I see. Sorry. Thank you for the resources though.

[@Railhog2102]

This is actually colorized footage back in the 1920s and 30s color cameras were rare so they still used B&W for shooting films like this.

[@g.a.c.4139]

Nice film, it was almost certainly produced by KLM to drum up more business. The film has a KLM 'quality' about it.

[@Altavista006]

Wow, there are some angry people making comments here. What's wrong with you people; just watch the video, appreciate the time spent colorizing it, and marvel at the technical abilities of 92 years ago. If you can make a better contribution to KZbin then go and do it. Meanwhile, thanks Rick88888888; you have done a great job here. 👍

[@Rick88888888]

Well said, thanks!

[@Retroscoop]

A lot of people don't have to say anything in society, at their work or within their own house. So they end up barking in the commentsection of KZbin. Letting off steam or something like that. Nothing to worry about, just ignore.

[@jamesyates8942]

Sad people Sad lives

[@keithjones6023]

Chocs Away! All aboard for another lovely film, hard to believe this film is from nearly 100 years ago. Super! Or should I say magnifique?

[@TralfazConstruction]

Breathtakingly beautiful; an era never to be seen again. What a precious glimpse this is.

[@SergeyFallout]

Just a few moments of somebodies lifes captured in this film forever. All of these people are long time dead now, but we still can see their pictures and faces after hundred years and never know their names. Magic of cinema.

[@kicogz]

Es algo que me sobrecoge. Pensaba en esas chicas que tendrían la edad de mi abuela, en ese París bajo el cielo cuyos millones de habitantes mayormente son el recuerdo de unos pocos.

[@guffylewis]

Wonderful atmospheric film . I love the landings , as soon as he touches down it's almost like the pilot just say's ' I might as well go over the grass to the terminal it will save time'... brilliant

[@kromanfr]

Incredible ! At 8:40 we can see the "Palais du Trocadero" close to the Eiffel Tower. This building has been demolished 6 years after this footage.

[@Rick88888888]

There will be another film about Paris in the coming days on my channel with even better images of the Palais du Trocadéro!

[@lquinn7212]

No matter what decade or century this was done.... exceptional!

[@gammaraider]

For those visiting the Netherlands, I recommend a visit to the Dutch National Aviation museum "Aviodrome". It's a trove of classic planes dating back to the very first Fokker from 1910. It's also a KLM shrine, showing a lot of history, and a life-size replica of the original Schiphol airport terminal and control tower (pictured at 2:35). They even have a first generation 747-200 that is open to the public. It's 50 kms east of Amsterdam and well worth the trip.

[@Kirwish5]

Wow! So professional cameraman work, that hard to believe that just 1929!

[@zbdot73]

Editing was good too for the time.

[@eroche12]

This film is really well done choreographed. Amazing work then. Wow. The wonderful airport in Rotterdam, the poluted Antwerp and Paris. My mom was then just 4 years old. Fun fact about Paris. You also see Gare du Nord. It was known already in those days that in the summer evenings came , one could smell the hay from the fields surrpounding Paris at the station. Now that is not possible. I guess they landed in Orly.

[@jimk2000]

My mom was 5 yrs old and that was the year they immigrated from France to the US

[@UnusSedLeo-w5l]

The perfect combination of excellent raw material, wonderful musical support and superb colorization. Can't get any better than this, I guess.

[@Evolution56]

One of the most amazing videos I have ever seen on KZbin. Stunning. Really brings me back to an exciting and golden age of flying.

[@lucvanhove9639]

Reizen met KLM is nog leuker geworden en het onthaal is nog steeds vriendelijk en behulpzaam zoals in deze film. Mooi om eens te vergelijken.

[@K-Effect]

Can you imagine our great or great great grandchildren looking back on films on our lives right now from 2021 and having it look just as old fashion as this film does to us

[@Rick88888888]

If there ever will be great grandchildren on this Earth in 100 years time...

[@wavetrex]

We've already reached pretty much perfection in 2D video quality. I imagine that future tech will bring something similar to Star Trek holodeck ( 3D recording/reconstruction ), so it won't really matter how it was "filmed" in the past, since the super advanced Ai of the future would just construct everything out of ideas and probably just static pictures (will be enough)

[@hollpoll]

Can't believe some of the silly comments here, why can't people appreciate the hard work and effort to produce a wonderful piece of aviation history restored in HD and colour. I thoroughly enjoy your channel so much and really appreciate being able to watch it free on KZbin, as I have said previously I can watch them over and over, so keep going please, take care, Stewart

[@Rick88888888]

Thank you very much. What really annoys me are viewers who criticize the music. They seem to think that I should forget the taste of the 90% majority and that I should only cater for the minorty. Why can't they just turn down the volume if they don't like the music? Also I deliberately don't add narration. My voice is not the best commentary voice and KZbin punishes uploaders who use speech synthesizers. Uploaders are under such constraints by KZbin. Most viewers have no idea how much creativity is adversely affected by their policies. Many historic channels have lost their ability to monetize their work for some silly KZbin reason. As long as you upload funny cats and dogs videos there is no problem...

[@dfgndfghdfghdfgh]

That shot above Paris is unbelievable, amazing.

[@OscarScheepstra_Artemis_]

It is so uncanny. After some time, it seems you are watching footage shot last week. It is hard not to get emotional thinking about all the work, effort and stories in this film. This is probably the closest we can get to time travel.

[@lungnepfarang3229]

Hoi wat moet ik nog meer zeggen grote klasse mooi bedankt 🙏🙏

[@alexanderwingeskog758]

I remember a interview (which exist here on KZbin, but can't find it now) that had a women born in the 1870's or something and was interviewed in the 1970's (she was 100 or something like that but fully in her right mind and senses). It was amazing. She started her own cloths shop in France (still 1800 something) then moved to England. She was asked about how she viewed the "progress" as in airplanes (they did not exist ofc when she was young) and what she thought about it all.. it was just amazing, she did not like it though. Too scary and I think she never ever went on a flight. But what an age, 1870's (or 80's can't remember) and seen the first airplanes, first man on space... computers and still thinking back on the 1880-90's when she was young... Was just awesome!

[@buklamang]

Here's the link for that interview (I was quite impressed also): kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Wpi56Oq6aMb5Y

[@KellyStamps]

This is my new favorite channel. Great work!

[@ZubairKhan-vs8fe]

100 years ago. Thank you for bringing this video to the world.

[@buckwylde7965]

Excellent! Color makes the people and their machines of another epoch came alive. It makes the film and video into a true time machine

[@trevorsutherland5263]

My Dad turns 90 next month; he wasn't even born yet when this film was made. This is an astounding piece of history. Watch this, then go watch a 4K video of a Boeing or Airbus landing from today----its like we are living in "Star Wars" and don't even realize it. Imagine what flying to Paris will be like in 2110....

[@Rick88888888]

My guess is that there won't be any planes anymore between Amsterdam and Paris by 2110, just high speed (500kmh+) maglev trains.

[@keith6371]

Indeed, but if you are from the 60s, then things hasn’t changed all that much as far as passenger plane goes. WW1 and WW2 were terrible but brought out some profound technical advances

[@curtissharris8914]

@@keith6371 except new planes are nice and quiet.

[@keith6371]

@@curtissharris8914 I flow a lot during my life due to my parents work and later my own, to be honest, I think the new 777 is just as noisy as 747 I flow when I was a child. A380 is about the only plane that is noticeably better, but sadly, it’s discontinued

[@curtissharris8914]

@@keith6371 sure they are I live under a flight path they are night and day quieter maybe not as much in the cabin perhaps but I did fly once on a 707 and I still remember how loud it was.

[@mijnheer1]

"Ja, is erg mooi", zoals de dame op het laatst zegt. Super gedaan weer Rick! Opvallend hoeveel details je weet naar voren te brengen. Tot en met de schroefjes van de vliegtuigtrap aan toe. Bedankt!

[@buddhababes59]

The fly-by-wire tri-motor aircraft, the incredible music, the baggage handlers, the uncomfortable shoes, the Marconi-era communications equipment, the women with teeth like members of The Bee Gees...and wow...do the windows roll up? And how exactly do they start the engines? Looks like they use a stick to touch something that activates a starter. The film scenes are absolutely stunning.

[@ipadista]

Those planes used manual controls, even if wires were used to move the control surfaces. The term "fly-by-wire" means computers control the plane, interpreting human input, and refusing to anything deemed unsafe :)

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Geezus, exposed rocker arms. I wish there were a lot more interior shots. Neat video.

[@josephchronic7100]

Normally not a fan of colorizing old films (movies), but this is very nice IMO. Even if the colors are not 100% true, this gives a much better feel for what it was like in the pioneering airline days. I'm an old geezer by today's standards (1972-2004), but these folks, crews and passengers, we're true trailblazers. Well done on the video! TWA Captain (Retired)

[@fliegendeschuhe5614]

Yeah, the colouring for the flag is probably red white and blue

[@stallfighter]

it looks like it was filmed in '60-'70 after it got AI enhanced

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

As a pilot today, I feel like we have it to easy. People then were true aviators

[@beervandijk4986]

What aircraft do you fly? Are you a commercial pilot?

[@blackbeardgamer5909]

@@beervandijk4986 Mainly I fly a 172 and occasionally I fly a Super Decathlon. And not quite just yet. I almost have my commercial rating but I'm years and thousands of hours away from flying the nice jets.

[@b.elzebub9252]

You think so? I think in some areas that's true. Aircraft are less labour intensive for a pilot today I guess, less engine management and navigation. But I can imagine back then there were also a lot less rules and regulations to worry about.

[@cratecruncher6687]

I first saw Paris in 1976 and recall half the buildings looked spotlessly clean and half were covered in black soot from centuries of heating with coal. A few were covered in scaffolding with workers meticulously power washing every nook and cranny. Seeing that very sooty Arc de Triomphe 9:08 reminded me of that.

[@ranger_a6953]

Man this is early flight. The Wright brothers first flights were in 1903 only twenty three years prior. And that seemed like a large number of people boarding. Bravery as a passenger let alone a pilot....

[@ItsIdaho]

I wonder how many still were thinking boats were still the future because of the amounts to price it could carry. This footage is amazing.

[@ItsIdaho]

@Waxel Punkt. no thanks.

[@Delta-Berging]

A lot can change 92 years later. I enjoyed this video so much

[@chuckthebull]

Strange how in color it does not look quite as old fashioned..Would have been seen back then as the height of technology,, and only 20 years or so after wright brothers...how fast the industrial revolution moved.. and now it might save us or kill us..

[@qatsi4897]

To imagine that no one ever before saw it in this quality. Well done!

[@kirkmattoon2594]

That was terrific! What a fine piece of social history, well restored. When my sister and I were little, in the 'fifties, our mother got dolled up to go out, with a fox stole of a similar style to the one worn by the fashionable lady on the plane. It was the full fur, with pelt, tail, feet and 'mask'. It was handed down to her by her mother, and she saw no reason not to wear it to a party. No reason, that is, till her children stared at her aghast. My sister asked her politely 'Are you really going out with a dead animal around your neck?' The fox went back in the closet, never to see the bright lights again.

[@johnhaxby306]

wow passengers could roll their windows down!!? amazing to see this film, makes me want to go back in time and take this trip!

[@romeuedson8504]

Very, very nice...! Congratulations...! From Santa Catarina, Brasil...

[@henningmogensen9144]

How lovely. No engine noise and lovely music instead. And the plane even flap its wings now and again😃

[@sulfo4229]

I really wish I could give several likes to this video. Un-effin-believable.

[@earlyburg]

The Arc de Triomphe looks a bit sooty... Thanks for posting this amazing glimpse back almost 100 years into the past.

[@gjmob]

Industrial revolution.

[@mrs.g.9816]

Nice video and great comment! Since I flew several times in small aircraft and just loved seeing the view from far above, I just had to watch this video. My first time in an airplane was when I was 11 years old. My uncle took me up in his Cessna, which he used for business trips. I can imagine the delight and thrill the passengers in this video experienced.

[@mkdy218]

As a big Art Deco fan I found this utterly mesmerising. Thanks

[@TheByard]

My flying started in 1952 from Accra, W Africa to London via Tripoli and Rome with BOAC. I was 7 years old.

[@capthawkeye8010]

I'm pretty sure the airliner in the hangar is a Fokker F.VII but i'm not entirely sure. The engines are probably Bristol "Titan" but they could also be the license-built ones by Gnome-Rhone.

[@mikeymike3240]

This is a joy to watch, you just can’t really fake the real thing, could you actually imagine flying in that airplane, the pilot is definitely on the ball, that was a very gentle landing. Sweeeeeeeeet video man. 😎👍👍👍🇬🇧

[@johneygd]

Wooow i tout that the original footage was in color, but nope it turns out that it was all colorized by AI,am really amezed by that. Now if only future tv’s will have realtime colorization option for B&W footage, that would be awesome.

[@dumitriudaniela]

such elegant atmosphere

[@robinesasmr1269]

Goosebumps! You may think they filmed that yesterday afternoon. With color and image restoration, the past takes on an impression of reality that is somehow enchanting.

[@houtevd]

En alweer zo'n prachtige film, altijd een hoogtepunt. Bedankt Rick!

[@bruceburns1672]

What I love about old movies is everything you see was made by Europeans themselves and not imported from China or other parts of Asia .

[@josephsmith1893]

Yeah sure... The tea, silk, ceramic, etc... was made in Europe and not imported from China!

[@TheStraatjutter]

Ever heard about colonialism ?

[@richardengels2307]

except for the rubber, bauxite for the aluminum, petroleum for fuel, the coffee to serve the guests...

[@bruceburns1672]

@@TheStraatjutter Asians were not industrialized back then except Japan which was limited .

[@bruceburns1672]

@@josephsmith1893 That's funny I don't see any tea , silk or ceramic in this video .

[@paulcasey5204]

Thanks so much for this, loved it. Couldnt get over how dirty the Arc de Triomphe was.

[@goldgeologist5320]

Very nice! Thanks for posting! Best thing was no TSA checks back then. I am glad I got to experience flying before all the security checks.

[@daulab]

Beautiful, and take a look to the shoes parade at 1:28 specially the Commander's Shoes.

[@tomrhodes3456]

..this was right up to my attention;-)

[@daulab]

@@tomrhodes3456 Very fine shoes...

[@Saucyakld]

My brother came from New Zealand to have a look around Nederland and ended up falling in love with a dutch girl and marrying her. She had no interest in living in New Zealand so he found a job as an engineer at KLM. He loved working for them. This film had nothing to do with advertising.

[@billdewahl7007]

Nostalgic for a time I never knew.

[@patricelecoz6341]

So beautifully captured this.This camera man knew what he was doing.

[@Mcramos68]

You can imagine the challenge it was to shoot at that time!👍

[@patricelecoz6341]

@@Mcramos68 Yes,he must have been some kind of professional cameraman.You don't just pick up a cam in 1929,& start framing your subject like a pro.

[@paulschmolke188]

What a fabulous piece of work, both the original and even more so, the remastered one we see here. Truly a treasure to see life at that time flicker free.👍🏽

[@Rick88888888]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Rob99552]

a beautiful piece of archived history - thanks for publishing this.

[@desmondjans6685]

Een hele mooie compilatie van prachtige beelden, geweldig om naar te kijken! Hartelijk bedankt om dit te delen!

[@paulcooper8818]

Some nice film making in there, more than I expected

[@anthonymilner1851]

Thank you! loved the shot of 'Cafe de la Paix' near the end - my favorite watering hole in Paris.

[@ianaristotlethompson4186]

Shiny shoes and formal daywear. Not today I’m afraid. Great filming.

[@Shipfixer]

Another wonderful film. The quality is superb!

[@TheGhman87]

I flew in a ford trimotor at Oshkosh and it was an experience I wont forget. Traveling back then through and through was an adventure.

[@josephv5484]

Before they started flying the Ford around, I flew in the Stinson tri motor at Oshkosh. Just wonderful.

[@mistermunga5861]

Ik heb hier erg van genoten. Vooral de techniek van het vliegtuig wat naar voren komt spreekt mij aan. En natuurlijk het tijdsbeeld. Bedankt voor het uploaden!

[@servicarrider]

Sometimes history can be overwhelming, exciting beyond the norm. New parents get excited and swelled up with pride when baby takes first steps, but people, look what grandad did, with what he had, way back when. He built a machine out of metal that could fly like a bird. How can that not be exciting?

[@freddieparrydrums]

It’s crazy and I love history

[@servicarrider]

@@freddieparrydrums There ya go! You get it.

[@freddieparrydrums]

@@servicarrider Since I was little I’ve always loved learning old mechanics. I love vintage planes and cars because you can really appreciate all the thinking that went into them

[@servicarrider]

@@freddieparrydrums Myself as well. Always enjoyed old people too. They have a way about them and they know things. When a good friends mother passed away in her 80's her daughter, one of my best friends, even mentioned in the eulogy how much I enjoyed listening to mom's "olden day" stories and that she in turn enjoyed the telling.

[@freddieparrydrums]

@@servicarrider Yeah I love listening to their stories. It’s very interesting because they are the only ones today that would’ve experienced that.

[@seuradu8065]

Aanraken echt emotioneel moment in deze filmpje..bedankt !

[@AndrewLale]

I always assumed that the engines drove the plane forward but in this footage you can clearly see the wings flapping…

[@PolPotsPieHole]

lol

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@PolPotsPieHole they were made of rubber

[@billymania11]

I think it's great. Kind of brings that period back and it's cool to appreciate their environment.

[@rgbgamingfridge]

3:32 ah back when they didnt have flaps they used to flap their wings for more lift

[@N00B283]

Lol! thats definitely seem like artifacting from the M.L algo

[@lautoka63]

Nice work, thank you. The opening shots with the hangar doors: I've only ever seen well-worn hangars - it was interesting to see that they must have been new one day.

[@KLOSTER777]

A delightfull video , the equipment in the control tower looks more "nautical" than aerial ... back to the origins of the word aeronautics !

[@leedsman54]

A beautifully evocative film of a different world that isn’t really so long ago. I know these passengers were well off but how smartly dressed they are!

[@gordonayres2609]

I flew as a boy in New Zealand in the late 1950s in an early 1930s airliner which was a biplane holding 8 passengers called a Dragon,and a later 30s US plane called a DC3.

[@Trevor_Austin]

I flew a KLM Cityhopper Fokker 50 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the first flight between Amsterdam and Le Bourget and return. Our passengers, the press and airline executives, went for a KLM/Air France press briefing and company results announcement. It was an interesting event for a considerable number of reasons that I won’t go into but it was a really great day. ps. I wonder if the Brussels labelled luggage was put on the plane?

[@5MinutePsychology]

What a thrilling experience it must have been to fly back then.

[@AverageAlien]

just like going to space must be now

[@TheVanuPhantom]

I love this. By the way, KLM is the oldest commercial airline that is still in operation.

[@Rick88888888]

In 2019 they celebrated 100 years KLM

[@TheVanuPhantom]

@@Rick88888888 IDK whether it was 2019, but it was indeed very recent!

[@Rick88888888]

@@TheVanuPhantom Just look it up on Google: it was on 7 October 2019 to be precise: nieuws.klm.com/klm-viert-haar-verjaardag-met-100-jaar-vooruitgang/

[@fmphotooffice5513]

Beautiful. Very nice music too.

[@jec1ny]

Fantastic find. Thanks for sharing.

[@MrSavantas]

8:24 You can see the rocker arms of the engine moving. Some sight from your passengers seat!

[@carmenabellan9830]

Interesantísimo y bellísimo. ¡Muchas. Gracias, Rick! ...

[@jeffreymorris11]

What a treat to view this archive footage! KLM - Quality Flying Experiences Time After Time

[@hhl95]

@peter Grahame Lol, as the oldest airline in the world, they are surviving for 102 years now and they pioneered in pretty much everything. KLM is a living legacy. I think it's a wonderful airline.

[@hhl95]

@peter Grahame up to me? I got perfect food and great treatment. Customer service is very helpful and extremely approachable. Never had problems with KLM.

[@bareszsopte]

Fokker FVII - At 8:23 See how the valve lifters work. 😃 These are still the initial radial engines. Real planes have star engines! 😉

[@lecapitainevincent4945]

Wonderful

[@TheJeroenie]

As a current KLM employee this gave me goosebumbs. Back then it was special to fly 8 people and some airmail from Amsterdam to Paris. Last week we flew 400 pax, bagage and cargo from Amsterdam to Tokyo.

[@stuartd8233]

First aeroplane has 3 x 5 cylinder radial motors, possibly FV1. Second had only 2 engines (no nose motor) both were 9 cylinder radilals, possibly an early FV111, and finally the last one was a trimotor (3 x 9 cylinder radials) possibly F1X which were developed exclusively for KLM.

[@jed954]

uitzonderlijk mooi basismateriaal deze keer

[@stephenlittle7534]

What a brilliant film conversion to colour. And speed. A lovely bit of history worth keeping forever. Who was that lovely lady. ?

[@ernesthill4017]

Her name is lost to history, but it's a safe bet she led a good life if she could afford air travel

[@luisgomes535]

I can tell you she is holding a Dutch newspaper, and she was flying to London. That’s about it.

[@EllyYoung12]

Weer een mooie film om te zien! Bedankt!!

[@johnhickman106]

These videos are fascinating.

[@jamesbrehm1119]

I love watching these old videos!!!

[@TEXININDUSTRIES]

Amazing how they could film it back then. Seems they used a lot of cameras. Also good restauration work. Glad we are able to take a glimpse into the past. Also wonder what the pilots used for navigation those days.

[@berndheiden7630]

Road maps, rivers and railroad lines. They were not flying that high

[@TEXININDUSTRIES]

@@berndheiden7630right... Makes sense...

[@Tarsys]

Bedankt voor het prachtige authentieke filmpje, geeft een goed tijdsbeeld 👍

[@kevinbush4300]

Amazing! I love this! Thank you

[@kimber1911]

Sweet wing warping tech at 3:42!

[@robinj.9329]

Really amazing! The past brought to Life!

[@kristensorensen2219]

I'm a retired instructor and had a neighbor who flew DC-8s for United. He first flew when this was the reality. Try to imagine 🤷

[@tjittekamminga5170]

tribute to the pioneers: the aircraft engineers and all the technical men from the very beginning!

[@billkarmetsky4003]

Fantastic footage, great restoration, wonderful music track -- so enjoyed every frame. From my understanding, the Ford tri-planes were extremely heavy, slow moving craft where the noise factor alone made flying in one for any length of time arduous. Considering the design I can understand three engines. I also believe the creation of these birds pre-dates the DC-3 by many years. Charles Lindberg was famous for ensuring one engine on a DC-3 had enough power to fly it over Mt. Everest. I don't think the same could be said of the Tri-Stars. Haha!

[@ih302]

The plane in the video is not a Ford Tri-motor, it's a Fokker F.VII. aviation-safety.net/wikibase/482

[@billkarmetsky4003]

@@ih302 Well, Fokker me.