Is your English better than that of this Qing dynasty ‘princess’? 【AI Colorization】清朝德龄公主全英文演讲 1930

Hello, this is DGSpitzer!
Hope you enjoy my latest colorization video using artificial intelligence!
Today’s footage is from 90 years ago, January 3rd, 1930，filmed in New York, a English speech by “Princess” Der Ling about world peace between China and United States.
She was the former interpreter as the first lady-in-waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty of China.
The orginal footage is from Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Fox Movietone News Collection
The picture reference for AI colorization process are collected from several museum archives such as Palace Museum in Beijing, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Thank to ”Vivy Has a Dream” helping me find those source. You can check out her KZbin channel as well: / viviannayan
AI Restoration using PaddleGAN, DAIN, DeepRemaster, Deep Exemplar-Based Colorization, DFDNet module of BasicSR, and Topaz Video Enhance AI for upscaling.
Which gives me a great improvement about facial enhancement and clothing colorization for detailed historical dresses.
This video is my AI colorization practice for study purpose~
Here is the detail information about the footage: Fox Movietone News Story outtake 4-992. Copyright Moving Image Resarch Collections - University of South Carolina.
digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/co...

[@karitawoodbridge1451]

Wow! Her English is impeccable and her speech was beautiful.

[@marcchevalier3750]

no f her life. she looks just my pathetic professor's past life

[@AussieTVMusic]

She received a western education, learning French and English, and studying dance in Paris. Der Ling died in Berkeley, California, as a result of being struck by a car while crossing an intersection in 1944. She was 59.

[@IvanDmitriev1]

I have to say - considering De Ling's former and wartime position this sounds like a super-suspicious death to me. Did they even investigate whether it was an assassination either by the various Chinese political parties (CCP, KMT or anyone else) or by the Japanese?

[@envy2069]

Oh my god…yeah and her grave was ransacked its reallly really sad. She was a powerful woman and deemed one of the greatest girl bosses in history.

[@valorzinski7423]

Lmao! Out of all the crazy things that could've happened to a royal, she died randomly by getting hit by a car? I would've thought that someone like her would be assassinated by the nationalists or communists

[@lunarebony6122]

o my god thats sad.

[@ShoaibAsif]

the restoration is such a masterpiece, bringing along past to present. I just love it.

[@davidlee723]

If you told me this was shot in 2021 I wouldn’t suspect a thing. Always surprises me how similar people from centuries ago are to modern day humans.

[@blueoak6550]

This was wonderful 😍. Thanks so much for your hard work in bringing this treasure to life!

[@vincythecat3521]

Absolutely phenomenal! Such good grammar and vast vocabulary she has.

[@Kylesaystuff]

As Chinese, is interesting to see that she reference English as "The British language" back then. Is not how we reference English like today.

[@eoin2]

As happy, this sentence doesn't make any sense. You need to say "As a Chinese person, ...." Chinese is an adjective except when referring to the language or the group. You can say "The Chinese value strength." But you cannot say "I am a Chinese." Unless you are a language, which you aren't, so you can't.

[@volvodude101]

@@eoin2 差不多

[@logya]

Hi , as well done and as magic as always . I really do love your job , giving a new life to the past .... Thanks from France ; )

[@akkidnva3295]

Really nice colorization! The colors really pop

[@whatif8408]

The colors are wonderful!

[@alangioro]

Great job!

[@arjanterveen9534]

Good stuff mister spitzer...! greetings from holland

[@jsk.colorization]

Good to see such a nice work on video colorization in a while! Unlike many other generic youtubers, who just use "Deoldify" only with no real effort on actual colorization...

[@mrmakhno3030]

yep, but Deoldify is the only easy-to-use AI colorization. Deep Remaster is pretty easy to use but I always meet error when using. Zhang AI is so difficult to run.

[@marumaru.1703]

Good job!!

[@WokOverEasy]

Is she speaking with a transatlantic accent here? Interesting choice as it was seen upperclass at the time

[@justus.justus]

She speaks exactly like queen Beth

[@handsomewong6936]

还原的色彩非常华丽！富有宫廷色彩

[@mirkash88]

Kakav si ti kralj brate, alal ti vera!

[@franciscogerardohernandezr4788]

I'm astonished at this reconstruction of history. Leaders seem far more patient and willing to negotiate back in those days. Cheers and respect from the UK.

[@shivadizayin]

So very eloquent

[@jiangdalifeng1094]

那会的演讲格调比现在好多了。。可见是进步还是倒退

[@arjanterveen9534]

,On this beathiful video,the first Lady in waiting' for Empress Dowager ;the prinses have a speeche for peace for the future ..and all time..

[@andreastieff]

If this was filmed on January 3rd, 1930, it’s exactly one day before my father was born.

[@newbielives]

If this is real, my mind is completely blown

[@harshagadham]

Super

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Very interesting and worthwhile video .

[@koontank720]

She got pretty great british accent, 10/10

[@jimcachapero1249]

I love her English accent

[@sweetfriend23]

She is a diplomat and a princess of that time. What do you expect? They must have best tutors and teachers in order to learn the languange. No mistake are allow.

[@xiaotaozhou8662]

What in the world are you complaining about? We are simply astounded for her great mastery of the English language, since there were not many resources back then. Shall we look at you then? Living in a time of tremendous resources yet you still made many errors in an extremely simple sentence, shall you not be ashamed? I shall correct you sentence, and you shall correct your insolence and impertinence: She “was” a diplomat and a princess of “the” time. What do you expect? “There” must have “been” “the” best tutors and teachers (for her) in order to learn “English”. No mistakes “were” “allowed”.

[@senamritmik]

Princess Der Ling also known as Elisabeth Antoinette White daughter of Louisa Pearson, not full a chinese

[@karitawoodbridge1451]

That's really cool that her parents didnt let the differences in heritage and culture get in the way of their relationship. It's not easy being of mixed heritage. I have even more respect for her.

[@user-ui6cx6mc2s]

Her English is better than a lot of native English speakers who only speak one language. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Upsitu1]

I realized flower more beatiful if grow from head

[@Freeaviator]

it looks like it was shot in the 1990s

[@anakinfu6329]

这个时候已经40多岁了

[@johnnythao]

Lizzie Yù Délíng doesn't count, because technically she was born and raised outside of the Forbidden City and was already surrounded by Western influences. Also, she's not really a Qing dynasty "Commandery Princess" as that term does not apply to the Qing Dynasty imperial system like it does for Western Imperial rankings, because she's not related to the Aisin-Gioro imperial family, nor married to any. Dowager Empress Cixi, just liked having her around at the time and to remain in the palace, both her and her sister were given titles fit for a Lady-In-Waiting, but not officially, as they would have to serve the Emperor as well if that was the case.

[@oentoengjahja712]

correct, she wasn't a princess, in fact she and her sister were driven out from forbidden city for scandal corruption, she and her sister only lived in forbidden city for two years, and I had read books from her, full of mistakes to describe about Qing imperial lives.

[@xiaotaozhou8662]

“柠檬精”

[@ComicExcitement]

😃 FANTASTIC; colorizing black and white greatly enhances the view of the past!👍⚡

[@striker7469]

Of course.

[@iLoveBagons]

As a hindsight to the Alaska' talk between US and China, unfortunately, after 90 years, American rulers still don't understand or are too arrogant to accept what princess said. Maybe thats why the footage can only be found in the "ARCHIVE". How sarcastic it is! Sorry for being political and but great work of recolorization science!

[@anonymouse527]

Please don't combine two separate topics; politics and culture. Americans love Chinese culture just as much as Chinese love American culture. As for politics, which part of the Alaska talk didn't you like?

[@karitawoodbridge1451]

I definitely agree with you on this but I dont think either side went into this talk expecting to work together. It really makes me sad. The world could be an amazing place if we learned to think globally and respect each other. I cant speak for every country but I do know that America is a long way away from that. 😞 I hope that one day we do learn to get along instead of just dominating others. Looking back on world history though, it doesnt seem promising.

[@iLoveBagons]

@@anonymouse527 I am just being realistic to the current world while your comment is a little ideal and even naive. Again, if you don’t want to talk about politics in this part, don’t ask me the question and I will not reply further

[@anonymouse527]

@@iLoveBagons well, I'm an American and you mentioned displeasure with my public servants (we don't call them "rulers" here). So if there is a specific point you wanted them to understand, the best way is to convince the Americans. If more of us realize the inadequacy of our public representatives then we can vote for better ones.

[@o00o0o0o0o0o]

True. And she was speaking from the ROC China. Doesn't matter if China was ROC or PRC, the West wants to contain China, not understand.

[@lher6714]

She looks so much Cixi. Is she Cixi's niece?

[@envy2069]

“Is striving to become up-to-date.” That’s crazy how nowadays it’s leagues more advanced than america is. And we have a nerve to call them an underdeveloped country.

[@F1derful.]

No China is not more advanced than America yet and I’m speaking as a Chinese

[@robertb4000]

She died of a tragic car crash in California in 1944, 1949 china has formed into republic of china

[@americaneagle76]

😀

[@fiddleronthecube7835]

Cool beans! That's slang from Cheech & Chong. It's a compliment. Thanks.

[@maggiej5181]

我和慈禧太后 的作者

[@Magicfof]

英语说的比我好

[@Quinn20236]

这头饰太夸张了

[@sunnysideup33]

#STOPASIANHATE

[@dex4836]

@@GhostofTradition It is real. You can look it up. There are videos of Asian people getting attacked.

[@TheAnanmom]

In fact,She’s not a Princess.

[@mimi100210]

More so like an honorary princess (GeGe) bestowed by empress dowager cixi

[@setonix9151]

@@mimi100210 I thought that title only existed in ceremony but not in real life, but she did use "princess" in her book.

[@myrtlesnow2397]

She was a princess inside of the forbidden city only, not to the outside world. The empress dowager highly favored her and wished her to stay by her side and never leave the palace/court, and she tried many ways to make her to have to stay (tried to force her to marry someone who lived nearby, so she could always be close). Princess Der Ling was very independent and much more modern as she was raised with western values, so she wish to marry someone of her own choice and live her life the way she wished. To the rest of the court, by giving her and also her sister these titles, it showed how they were very special to her, as there were a lot of actual princesses in the court she did not like, so she mostly gave them these titles to elevate them so they were not so below everyone (rank status was very important especially as a part of etiquette).

[@jordan771]

Looks like a bloke.