Paris 1920s in color [60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added

[@NASS_0]

Which is better: Life in 1920s or Life in 2024?? Which city would you like to live in in the 1920s??

[@happyhollee596]

1920’s

[@davidamaral1519]

Rio de Janeiro

[@thewafflegamer6152]

1920s is way better

[@x.fteem4462]

If i was a man I’ll stick with 20s but as long as I’m a woman no I’m happy being in 2024

[@longwhitecloudkiwi]

Now we’re all being watched by Big Brother

The lack of ads on the streets make the city much more beautiful

[@WillStephensArt]

So true it is a city not scarred by capitalism

[@minimushrooom]

I don't wanna burst your bubble but it would have absolutely stunk with those cars, and been really loud

[@WillStephensArt]

@@minimushrooom and the galloping horses!

[@justagerman140]

​@@minimushrooom Apples oranges...

[@spanicandkgyo8547]

@@WillStephensArt capitalism has always excisted in europe poi

[@marcuscarana9240]

I wish Cameras were invented hundreds of years earlier. This footage is like a time machine. Imagine if we also had footage of the 1600s and maybe further. Edit: Off topic, you guys should watch Titanic. Just watched it, it was a really good movie. The plot is simple. But the message and symbolism is quite deep and profound and makes you reflect on life and everything, but in a good way. CGI also holds up for a 90s film. And the way the final ending scene was executed was just so emotionally overwhelming, especially watching this movie for the first time without knowing any of the scenes.

[@lucamara6424]

That would be so cool!

[@JustAnNPC69]

We would see slave getting whipped tho

[@montoyamontero1974]

Well the earliest born person to be photographed was a lady born in 1746. So she could have known people from the 1600s. Its not the same as a footage but still close enough.

[@scrimes]

Maybe AI will advance enough to reconstruct video from archaeological artifacts from ancient eras. This, to some extent, is happening with reconstructing the behavior and appearance of dinosaurs. Yes, most of the evidence in that case is from bones, but the idea might be able to be applied to human artifacts with super advanced *singularity* AI. Who knows?

[@namename3130]

@@scrimes hmm

[@marktrow4142]

Crazy to think all those people staring at the camera had no idea they would be getting watched 100 years later on a thing called the internet. 🤔

[@jackaloum9245]

Wow , great observation .

[@soisaidtogod4248]

Think of all the food, butt, cleavage stuff they will be seeing 100 from these days.

[@panfiloeschebarnaze2188]

Thru a device you hold in your hands.. 😳

[@raistormrs]

why would they even care? most of them, if not all, are long dead anyway 😉

[@jay4you853]

And we have no idea how and where future generations will access our comments either...it's life.

[@Max_de_Kor]

Advertising has existed since time immemorial, but in the main city of mainland Europe and in one of the most important cities in the World there is almost no advertising! This is amazing!

[@freivonaußen]

Main City ? Main Land??????? Are you DUMB? there is No Main Land in the EU. Go visit the Countrys

[@bliss448]

I love how the people look into the camera and smile as if something special is happening, makes me smile too. I guess this is as close as we can come to time travel. Thank you.

[@benclarkson4205]

They look into the camera and smile, and stay still, probably because they think it is a still camera, so they need to remain still for the exposure to be taken. Unlike todays cameras, some antiquated cameras would require, even in good light, exposures taking over one second, not the instantaneous ones we know today from our iPhones

[@mr.stoneyloney3256]

Exactly because no cameras yet existed back then makes you wonder

[@KLK01]

Just look at the stars at night if you want to time travel

[@christianvazquez3219]

Imagine a thousand years from now people will be looking at videos about us.

[@TheTrueSwagapino]

@RaniaIsAwesome do you not know what a hyperbole is? obviously pictures aren’t taken literally instantaneously, but compared to the process of getting film developed, taking a pic with your phone and being able to look at it within seconds makes picture-taking today seem insanely fast

[@jolene8497]

Gosh, just imagine how modern these people felt. Perspective is everything.

[@AG-er5vmTG]

my thoughts exactly

[@Paraclef]

they all wear suits.

[@Kronos0999]

Lol, compared to the current state of Paris, they weren't wrong.

[@Blessedron1]

@@Kronos0999 🤣

[@alecgurney9305]

@@Kronos0999 💯😂😓

[@Cla_Disney]

03:28 it's kinda surreal to think that I'm looking into the eyes (and he's staring back at me) of someone who was most likely born in the mid-1800s. This is the closest we can get to a travel-time. Simply amazing.

[@MisterGoofy]

I am French and I live there ... It is crazy because the streets looks exactly the same as today yet these old cars and people clothes makes me feel I actually watching a video footage from a different country ... Beautiful work with the colours by the way

[@howardsmith2727]

now u live in little africa lol

[@fzkxl9931]

Mais la perspective de l'Arc de Triomphe a pas mal changé. Sinon le reste pas trop en effet.

[@saucetomate2775]

Regardez bien: Vers 3:00 on aperçoit Michel Drucker à la terrasse.

[@plackiplicki3531]

The population makes it look like it’s a different country. Even around central Paris you easily get 1/3 of people who are African/Arabic nowadays.

[@fzkxl9931]

@@plackiplicki3531 in Central Paris the Black and Arabic people are the locals, every white person is a tourist. Central Paris is dead... From April to October at least, central Paris is not a place where people live... It has nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with capitalism.

[@andreac8508]

I can't believe this was over 100 years ago. I'm so glad someone preserved these moments in time for us to have a living history of these events forever.

[@kadogo7712]

they are all gone. maybe except enfants , who are of course so old right now. life is fucking short . same will happen to us who are living today.

[@ghmj2607]

it's crazy how these places still stand to this day, walking by them daily makes it mundane. watching this made me realize how lucky i am to witness paris so well preserved.

[@rebinu]

Paintings are just as good

[@being_frank_with_you]

The roaring 20's. The Paris is the undisputed center of the art world. The pandemic had passed as well as "The Great War" of WWI. Hitler had been rejected to art school here twice in '07 and '08, Germany was a huge political and economic mess. Woodrow Wilson was the POTUS and women get the right to vote. Treaty of Sèvres dissolves Ottoman Empire.

[@bootsncatsndawgs]

Yes!!!! And how one day people may probably be looking back at us and saying the same.

[@rickyweston8153]

seeing Paris in colored gives a completely different perspective of how things were. for some strange reason changing from BW to color brings us closer to historical events

[@SinaAla]

You’re right. The people seem more relatable and less different than us.

[@madidiaveli]

@@SinaAla yes

[@onelusciouslad7841]

It separates that difference, this being in colour is more what we're used to seeing, makes it all feel real as black and white film feels like we're looking into some other world.

[@maggie1986100]

Maybe because in B/W we have more consciousness that they are far in the past and detached from us. In colour instead it seems to be so close, as we are there with them, in the same real life

[@TSUNAMI-MAMI]

It makes it more relatable to daily life when in color

[@Dawghome]

The sound design makes this perfect, I feel like it's really happening, the recording I mean, I'm taken back in time yet it feels now!! Love it.

[@erika8349]

Wow, I just love seeing them dressed so nicely and in fashion! Color really makes such a huge difference in these old videos. It feels like I’m watching something more recent than the 1920s.

[@senatedocument2646]

You realize there was color way back then and even a thousand years ago.

[@teehee5700]

@@senatedocument2646 no there wasn’t lol it was only implemented less then 100 years ago

[@teehee5700]

@Zaethat’s not what we r talking about tho lol

[@loopyu2y]

The black and white makes me think its a recording while the color makes me think im there living that moment with them. Much diff feeling. If they only knew that recording would make it to youtube years. Sad. But they still had cameras in there faces like today. Thats something i learned. Just we have those moments more. The camera man did great camera work

[@jeffjeffries8924]

Color makes a difference in modern-day Paris, too

[@kal-el5535]

I’m holding a window into 1920’s France in my hand 100 years after this was filmed. Mind boggling.

[@kal-el5535]

@KZbin Commenter Lol ok Marx

[@kal-el5535]

@KZbin Commenter Yes, that is true but given how old this footage is that’s a little beyond the point. People were very classist in the 1920’s. And film was (as you said) a limited commodity and they used it to film the beautiful parts of France at the time.

[@brexitgreens]

*"Light of other days"* by Bob Shaw (1966)

[@aimeekatekelly2826]

@KZbin Commenter I was personally looking at the architecture, which is for everyone

[@scintillam_dei]

Intelligent Design is Amazing.

[@fee_beezz]

I love how intrigued the people are by the camera, it's a novelty to them. How times have changed.

[@saguaro]

Not completely. I did a silent short film on a 16mm Bolex camera once; When I filmed the streets there were a few instances of curious people approaching me to ask what kind of a project I was doing. It's mostly just phone cameras that people have come to ignore.

[@dontask6863]

Not the same. That’s more like a curiosity. What these people are looking like as they see a film camera for the first time ever, is called fascination. You can tell because there’s also a strong displeased look on many of their faces because they’re uncertain what it’s intentions are. Some are thrilled because they know what it means, others are not even phased and don’t pay any attention. The last ones of the bygone eras before all this new age surge of tech. Not disagreeing or anything either, just my opinion and take on it all. Either or, unbelievable we get to watch this all this far down the road.

[@viharsarok]

@@dontask6863 I'm pretty sure everybody in the 20s knew what it was.

[@dontask6863]

@@viharsarok You are missing the point it’s not like that FILM camera was everywhere

[@viharsarok]

@@dontask6863 Not everywhere but educated people must have known what it was. Like drones today. They are not everywhere but you know what it is when you see one.

[@jzo8127]

This is some kind of miracle! Traveling by time machine. Thank you for the opportunity to admire this. Paris was beautiful then, and it is beautiful now! From Russia with love. ❤

[@NASS_0]

Thank you

[@XanderEwald]

If you wonder how clean the city is and how well everyone is dressed: These films usually show the best parts of town and the richest people. Nobody back then would waste expensive film to show common people and the terrible conditions they lived in. So no, everything was certainly not nicer 100 years ago.

[@litjellyfish]

Good reminder!

[@kellypiltz8878]

I was thinking the exact same thing! These are the rich people not those who are starving and raggedy and looking for jobs

[@rollingdowntheblvd]

If you look at other remastered videos like this, they do have footage of the working class as well

[@MYLAR.]

Not to mention this place probably reeks of cig smoke. Still quite interesting to watch!

[@KingJohnMichael]

And don't forget this was just a couple of years after the horrors of ww1 and 20 years before ww2

[@sourceeee]

its still wild to comprehend that these people will never be able to see or meet us, but we remember them, see them clearly and watch it on a screen. Its like a whole different world back then. Technology and cameras are the closest we have to time travel currently in my opinion

[@jessicao-o165]

Crazy how we’re the start of a whole no era, people 1000s of years from now can be watching this video too or us, heck it would probably be easy for government to document a whole family tree

[@1597B]

@@jessicao-o165 I wouldn't hold my breath for that one. The way shit's going now, I'd be surprised if we lasted 5 years.

[@dj_smacks_47]

Do u believe in reincarnation

[@CDYTRCG]

@@dj_smacks_47 nah

[@jm7720]

Exactly. Its like they have all passed on to the other side. Maybe have bene reborn. Heck, you might be one of them ;)

[@Zaku49]

i like how chill and relaxed everyone looks. Truly a different era compared to todays world.

[@theaarongarcia]

The vibe in Paris is still very much chill and relaxed today. Cafe culture is still alive and well.

[@MewDenise]

Oh they had plenty of things going on NOT to be relaxed about

[@vladimirtschelowski6792]

@@theaarongarcia except that everyone is staring on his smartphone 🤣

[@LIL1KAR]

@@theaarongarcia Tu vis à Paris ???? Parce que c'est clairement pas le cas

[@ts121084]

@@LIL1KAR Elle existe toujours, mais seulement après minuit… 😉

[@katiecromwell5418]

it’s really hard to fathom that this isn’t a movie

[@watchdork]

This is the closest we have to time travel. you can feel the atmosphere when watching these. incredible

[@SanderEvers]

Yeah, it's indeed a form of time travel. Even though you can't interact with these people, you can still see them on their daily lives.

[@perry92964]

it funny when we watch an old movie from the 50's about places like this and to them it was only like 20 years ago and most of the people involved in the movie lived it.

[@venezzrok871]

Can you imagine this in VR?

[@showmequick2245]

@Not Convinced just say it.. I bet it hurts to hide it

[@louiseskip3488]

I would love to watch these in 3D. I've been to France twice, and in Paris had coffee at a magnificent old restaurant like in this film, but our modern jeans and tourist clothes just killed the atmosphere for me. I'm glad I went through, the architecture gets me every time.

[@OddAntSounds]

I love how she smiles when she realizes the camera is pointing towards her (4:58), so far away from thinking one day 100 years later she would still be visible and distributed around the world as restored digital data!

[@MBM1117727]

By the looks of it I think she's smiling at her man as he sits down beside her, she doesn't really look at the camera to me. Maybe he made an amusing remark as he was sitting down that made her smile.

[@OddAntSounds]

@@MBM1117727 No she looks the camera, you have to place yourself in 1920, cameras were very rare, huge things on a tripod everyone were obsessed about. They had to be operated by a professional rotating a handle on the side to roll the film. It was not something you could easily hide, a rather amusing thing. You can see she is literally looking towards the image with curiosity and then when she feels like a star being casted in a movie she smiles with shyness and starts to arrange her hair to show her best image. (her husband next to her is also looking the camera with no words)

[@MBM1117727]

@@OddAntSounds I know all that stuff, it just didn't seem to me when I watched it that she stared into the lens. Either way she has a lovely smile, she definitely could have been a movie star back then!

[@OddAntSounds]

@@MBM1117727 I think it's because it has been remastered. AI tries to recreate some details that the quality of the film couldn't catch. Therefore sometimes you can see the expression or the eyes making the overall face of a person rather unnatural. The guy on the left of that same lady is a good example, I bet he is also watching the lens but his eyes are quite not there.

[@JotaroKujo_JJBA]

The guy with a cigarette on right is like: Dafuq is that box with a glass in the middle? 😧

[@japhetpenera5655]

I love how they were cautiously looking at the camera then smiled. Watching it is soo nostalgic.

[@Blessednesting]

Right? Now people would get mad!

[@kimberlyx4060]

Some smiled and one couple kissed. It was cute to see.

[@finalfantasy3808]

Nostalgic? Were you even alive in the 1920s?

[@kalicat9492]

@@finalfantasy3808 why ask a stupid question?

[@japhetpenera5655]

@@finalfantasy3808 it's obviously not from my point of view. Its from the people living in that era. Lol🤪🤪

[@Iamsimsqueen]

I love watching how everyone turns around absolutely fascinated and curious 😊

[@whereaboutsify]

I love the curiosity in their eyes when they see they're being filmed. To know that these images have survived 100 years when these people have not, is so touching!

[@Silver-Sunshine]

@whereaboutsify It really isn't that special. There are (silent) movies still available to watch from the 1910s. You can view them at anytime. You've heard of Charlie Chaplin, right? He was working in films in that time period. Go watch one of his movies to truly feel "touched".

[@luli1234]

Lo único que veo es la posibilidad de ver mujeres abusadas por los maridos y demás, y el normalizamiento de todo eso, repugnante

[@dagg310]

@Dawson Davis lol...especially at 3:08. looked like those 2 guys were ready to start a fight ...lol

[@christophepena2212]

​@@luli1234 n'importe quoi...

[@dekuuchiha9990]

@@dagg310 and yet the camera quality for the fight would be better than any steet fight today

[@earlybird7770]

When they look into the camera and smile at you from a hundred years ago, feels very human and relatable. Great work on the footage.

[@louisecoffey9843]

its mad to see how they alll stare at the camera, its so new and strange to them.

[@sonnytopboy4975]

I wonder what they would think if they could see us the world we live in now, when politicians say we're destroying the planet "no" you've done this and your kind have done this, and here's the proof.

[@dans9463]

I don't get the same response when using my smartphone video camera. 😕

[@maneatingtiger8676]

But they are human?😂

[@toxico8067]

@@maneatingtiger8676 people back in 1922 are the same people in 2022

[@scotey]

The most valuable aspect of these restorations is the motion cadence. I don't care if the colors are off. But to see people moving in life-like fashion is what makes this feel like time travel.

[@chamade166]

I think any American who believes in racial equity and diversity would find this uncomfortable to watch.

[@maxpis4412]

@@chamade166 what?

[@Devin7Eleven]

@@maxpis4412 I think he is trying to say that seeing a homogenous France is off putting to a modern American who believes white = bad

[@dominaevillae28]

😅That makes more sense as black Americans were moving to France in this time period because they could live on terms of greater equality than in the US.

[@vicksenful]

@@maxpis4412 Hahaha ... that's exactly what I was thinking when I read your comment. Maybe they can do some further colorization for those Americans losing sleep about racial diversity in 1920s Paris :)

[@writerforlifeify]

I just adore watching any videos of real-life people WITHOUT cell phones in their hands. It somehow comforts me. It also seems no one had any notion of, or options for, 'casual' fashion as we understand it today. Everyone is wonderfully elegant. I love it!

[@sashasvengali1187]

The architecture, the cleanliness and the amount of people . A simpler looking time and absolutely stunning .

[@briangonigal3974]

I wouldn't put too much stock in the "cleanliness", I've a feeling the restoration process has smoothed out a lot of the grit & grime not just on the film stock but on the streets as well; everything has something of a flattened, painted-over look.

[@sashasvengali1187]

@@briangonigal3974 haha. I never thought of that. I could see it now . Let me live in the fantasy that it was cleaner , I demand .😂

[@angrynorman8378]

@@briangonigal3974 Compare this video of Paris, with post-modern Paris, the current Paris is an absolute shithole now.

[@danny-xp4el]

@@angrynorman8378 its such a shame that all the most beautiful cities are either filled with bigots, littered with ugly modern skyscrapers or absolute shiteholes now :((

[@jtz3563]

They're all mostly so ugly though! Why do most of them have such weird looking faces?

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

It's just amazing to wrap your head around the fact that is a hundred years ago. I was born 60 years ago, so 40 years after this film was taken. And now, 60 years later, the film is 100 years old. Time is such an amazing thing, and to be able to have windows into the past like this are just utterly amazing. Thank you!

[@lisatate5559]

I was thinking this same exact thing as I am near to the same age.

[@wvmom2727]

It is crazy to think that every single one of them are now dead. Great video.

[@jackaloum9245]

You spoke my mind

[@cevanille1104]

France is an islamic country now, most people under 30 are not even European.

[@vicentejouclas2518]

@@wvmom2727 ; talvez alguns ainda estejam vivos!

[@Vejur9000]

There’s something about the restored footage and speed, that normalizes these people. Brings them into our time. Amazing.

[@FedeArgentina]

I think it's just because our brain relate: Black and White image = Old

[@brett6905]

It's like looking through a window back in time. It reminds me how weird life is... How we all are just here interacting with our environment, doing what we know, and time just marches on. We don't know why.

[@FloatingOer]

The speed isn't restored though, put it at 0.75 and it will looks closer to real speed, might still be slightly fast.

[@davedaddy101]

I was thinking the same.

[@boofert.washington2499]

Is this your first video experience?

[@LRho]

It's like time travel!! Travelling in time. Like a time machine. Time, time, time.... We get it! A beautiful piece of recorded history is what this is. Bringing an era of history to us and making it real. Thank you, uploader.

[@chanellee9762]

Today no one would even know these people ever existed if it weren’t for this video. And my heart goes out for so many of them. The man with the dog puppet. The guy who seems to think to himself “oh screw it” before he kisses the lady on the shoulder. The lady who just got kissed on her shoulder but remains sprawled out like she didn’t even notice. The man in uniform getting his shoe polished as well as the shoe polisher (that was a thing!). The incredibly stylish women and girls as well as the older lady selling newspapers with the Victorian era updo.

[@mardenblanco]

A moving portrait.

[@jadawin10]

"Victorian era" apply only for anglophone countries. In French speaking countries it was "la Belle Époque"...

[@inhocsignovinces1327]

@@jadawin10 Victorian is also a style of architecture in anglo-saxons countries. In France this style is named Napoleonian. (this type of style which modernize ancient greek and rome architecture, came from first french Empire).

[@jadawin10]

@@inhocsignovinces1327 The "Napoleonian" style doesnt exist in Francophone countries. Ils called "Empire" style and it was not the same period.

[@inhocsignovinces1327]

@@jadawin10 Style Napoléon III, style Second Empire, its exactly same thing... Also this style has been much more used under second Empire because of great renovations in all country, but it was already this one during the first Empire.

[@r.a.539]

I've been living in Paris for 17 years now, it's crazy how the city - at least from an architectural point of view - is still extremely similar to this video. Almost no change. This is a great preservation of History.

[@DaveHonkles]

But only architecturally.

[@Rahul_ke]

Does it scare you

[@AGDinCA]

R.A. - please tell me the name of the beautiful building at 2:53. I would definitely appreciate it!

[@DaveHonkles]

@Jonah Whale The culture and people.

[@moonbzh7170]

@@AGDinCA Opera Garnier

[@herenyahope8745]

5:07 that moment he moved her jacket so she wouldn’t sit on it, such a simple but sweet gesture! And him giving her little smooches afterward, I hope they had a good life.

[@ilyesk.340]

bro's probably dead already lol

[@labmar7243]

@@ilyesk.340no way …

[@ilyesk.340]

@@labmar7243 lol sarcasm?

[@ian42069]

@@ilyesk.340 nooooo, surely not

[@Grace-tc1lq]

@@ilyesk.340Your point? Strange to put the lol in there……

[@Adonis-z7g]

A lot of people in the bars, so calm and respectful without a smartphone, yes I would have liked to live in that era.

[@claudiomeza6429]

Yo no, crisis de 1929, segunda guerra mundial

[@dblackout1107]

It’s as if you’ve been contracted by the past for an editing gig. This cameraman back then had to capture all this and say “this everyday life is worth capturing. People will appreciate these little things one day if it stands the test of time.” And 100 years later you have shown your appreciation by restoring what would have seemed like insignificant footage back then. My point is the variables at play for that film to be made, developed, and survive for over a century to find its way to your care is just mind boggling.

[@futurefox635]

such a thoughtful and then I looked at your pfp and just laughed at the juxtaposition

[@MrMoogle]

Excellent observation. I never really thought about what the person filming this at the time would have been thinking. Likely exactly what you point out. Someday, someone will appreciate this and make it wonderful.

[@dblackout1107]

@@futurefox635 hahaha that’s me being a goober

[@deedt8279]

Nothing much has changed since than

[@sketchur]

Gah!!! 100 years ago??! Thanks for making me feel old! I was thinking the 1920s really wasn't that long ago...

[@getsnapple9811]

I read a lot of classics, many taking place in 1890-1930s. This sets the scene for many of those novels. Its beautiful to see it in color.

[@somaomori7966]

any recommendations?

[@alainrosso568]

It is amaizing

[@getsnapple9811]

@@somaomori7966 The moon and the Six Pence or Human Bondage both by W. Maugham take place in early 1910s France.

[@somaomori7966]

@@getsnapple9811 I appreciate it! I’ll definitely check those out.

[@QuinnValetine]

@@somaomori7966 the sun also rises by Hemingway way takes places in the 1920s I believe, perfect reference video

[@opufy]

The most MVP cameraman and whoever saw value in preserving this. It’s a gift for all of that you can’t put a price on.

[@standingwhilepooping4685]

Too bad, the people of France didnt see the value in preserving their culture. Now it belongs to somalia or whoever bothered to show up.

[@schmakibaki]

@@standingwhilepooping4685 just paying the price of their colonialism.

[@standingwhilepooping4685]

@@schmakibaki "colonialism"... in case you havent noticed, a majority of the world is non-white. Europeans are responsible for some of the greatest advances in human history. Meanwhile majority non-white countries struggle to manage to exist. Sounds like colonialism is an attempt to break free of dead weight.

[@taiwan0323]

Ancient street photography film restoration of the originator of the beautiful Street photography video from Asia and Taiwan to pay tribute to the time you can come to see

[@astronotics531]

@@standingwhilepooping4685 France is led by its humanism and considers itself the country of human rights. Naturally, when you want to expand your territory, you will have to accept that newcomers become full citizens with their own culture and values.

[@maggie2759]

They all look very elegant.. very well dreesed..

[@blooddragon805]

Those are the nicest parts of town. Not everyone seen here is rich, but they are at least well off, or middle class. They can afford looking nice.

[@whitegoodman7465]

@@blooddragon805 the point is what is fashionable and looking good was much better back then compared to today, ppl dress like clowns today.

[@Nunya24]

compared to the fashion now yes...people think they are fashionable but dress like hobos

[@Nunya24]

​@@whitegoodman74651000% Some of the people I know think they are so hip, but they are brainwashed

[@deusmuerte6832]

​@@blooddragon805middle class using an city transport? Stop telling lies. Middle class drive a car and it's a lot them in video.

[@LernerMara]

I have my headphones on watching this, and the sound on this is incredible. I literally feel like I’m in a time machine, very cool.

[@kikoredog]

ya imagine imagining this is real and thats what you imagined

[@CurtisGabrielMusic]

@@kikoredog imagine that.

[@townsley2]

the sound is fake. Camera couldn't record live sounds in the 20s. It was silent

[@BMarie774]

I really do wish we had the real audio. But that’s part of this day that’s just lost to time.

[@davida7229]

Bruh, this isn't the actual sound from that time lol...it was added to it to give it that extra life

[@kenkarsonn]

Fascinating to see paved streets without any painted lines or traffic control

[@Zetsuke4]

Yes

[@CH-zp2rh]

I noticed very same thing

[@Jesus_All_Alone]

really nicer

[@gc0009]

this proves that the more humanity does things "to make life easier" is actually dumbing people down more and more.

[@michaelh.1262]

@@gc0009 of course

[@mathias369]

My grandpa was a teenager at that time, it’s amazing to think that that was how he saw the world, it’s like I’m seeing through his eyes, Amazing Thanks for another great video

[@LovebugASMR222]

Same, kinda. I am not sure what year these clips are from, but my grandpa was born 1922. It's weird to think that one of those kids near the pond could have easily been my grandpa. He'd obviously be younger then they were, even if this was filmed in the late 20s, but still. It's heart warming :)

[@HM-xi5zi]

Is he still alive? He must’ve had some really interesting stories!

[@LovebugASMR222]

@@HM-xi5zi He is sadly not. He passed away in 2015. He was only a kid in the 20s, so I don't think he has to many memories. He is also not from France. He was from a small town in Poland :)

[@HM-xi5zi]

@@LovebugASMR222 oh I’m sorry to hear :( Even from a small town in Poland, it was a different time and so interesting in general. RIP to your grandpa xo

[@LovebugASMR222]

@@HM-xi5zi thank you kind stranger 🤍🕊

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I'm so happy our ancestors had the forethought of recording these, these films truly amaze me at how far we've come since then.

[@BMarie774]

*400 years from now your distant relative is telepathically commenting that very same thing on a video from 2022*

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@JoshTheTechnoShaman yip...mine were born in 1908

[@mcbba6906]

Du chemin parcouru en mieux ou en pire !!!

[@ghoch3]

You mean how deep we fall to this day

[@martianprince3299]

it's not "your acenstors"... it's just some rich dude... Now their grandson is probably an ig influencer taking selfies in nice hotels and yachts everyday

[@wreday720]

I always found it hard to see these people as "real", they're just so far removed from the world today that it feels like something out of a storybook, where everyone was just walking around in this silent, black and white world. But man... this video and others like it really puts things into perspective, they were just people enjoying, struggling, loving, mourning, exploring and just living their lives. I will never, ever know any of these people, I will never know their unique stories, I'll never know their names - but here I am just watching them 100 years later and they'll never know it either. And all because of a little colour - it feels more real. It is amazing and at the same time scary - especially when you realise that one day, 100 years from now someone might be watching a video of you without you ever knowing - they might even read this comment some day, when the internet gets replaced with something more advanced and they look back at it to see how we were so many years ago - and just like these people, they'll see it but they wont ever know who I am

[@angelrueda3]

boy i’m tripping this, nice

[@litebrite8993]

nicely said! I feel the same way watching them and yet somehow as far removed as we are from each other we're still connected. That's pretty incredible when you think about it

[@flatridefanatic]

It just proves that even though these people were in a different time, at the end of the day they were still…people. They were just like us, living near identical lives to us. And I know that sounds obvious but when we look at black and white footage it makes us feel far removed from the scenario that is playing out in front of our eyes. It makes us forget that at a certain point, everyone on the earth was here and living this precise moment.

[@AlexBonesJones]

Alex jones sounds like he's constantly holding down an alcohol burp

[@sarmadbaloch432]

Don’t think too much that’s for sure we won’t be there in next 70 years

[@Triple259772]

The roads look very smooth, I can’t believe how much traffic there is already in 1920

[@R_JT69]

They're so good at driving around and swerving in between each other. Weird not seeing someone control the cars and stuff. Like now we have traffic lights but back then everyone went when ever. 😂

[@LeKain08]

@@R_JT69 Actually you can see there are some "policiers" doing the car traffic signalisation at some point of the video. I guess they were there where the car traffic was the most intense :-)

[@UnivegaSuperSport]

It's as if bicycles disappeared overnight.

[@foreverwander0320]

I visited Paris in 1999 and these roads and buildings look familiar! It’s amazing how well-preserved the buildings and cafe culture are. What a fun trip into the past.

[@asgerms]

Dear NASS, I have earlier stated that I find your work important but I couldn't quite explain why. Then it hit me. Because your restorations are of such incredible quality, it suddenly becomes shockingly clear to everybody that everything on this planet runs in circles. The stage and story is almost the same but the cast of characters get replaced periodically. Which also means "us" (the viewers). We always "knew" but your quality means we now suddenly also "understand". Given how briefly we are here and that we are just one link in the long chain of life, what is the point in taking ourselves too seriously? And can't we manage to be nice for this one short gig? I think everybody watching your restorations will get some variant of this sentiment. So your efforts might actually have a real peace-keeping effect and that is why I think your work is important. (and entertaining as beep)

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much! 🙏

[@Annarocks1969]

Spectacular footage! Watched it on big TV screen and was beyond captivating. Well done, want more please!!👌

[@cosmic4037]

could you rephrase that thankyou

[@gerhardwasowski]

Read "The mind in the making" by James H. Robinson, and you'll understand even more

[@ТатьянаСмолич-ч1з]

Спасибо за это удивительное приключение!

[@sevchyk]

The most amazing thing of these videos is not the horses riding on the streets or the architecture, but the close-up view of the people. Watching a bunch of friends drinking something at the table, and that's the 1920s. You see the faces and understand that the people are the same in every epoch, what is slightly different is their moves and mannerisms.

[@PrincessAfrica3]

Fascinating!’

[@jameswalker6864]

"People are the same in every epoch". No, they aren't. Social evolution makes changes in their views and personality. Here they genuinely enjoyed the moment and the company of each other. Nowadays many are obsessed with their smartphones to chat or create video "vlogs" for their social media and care more about looking as if they're enjoying the moment than actually enjoying it. They care more about the opinion of others than living the present.

[@sevchyk]

@@jameswalker6864 Now how can you prove that the desire for appreciation, showcasing and caring about others’ opinion didn’t exist in the twenties? The rest is just technology development.

[@jameswalker6864]

@@sevchyk It's not "just" technology development. It changes the way people behave. Obviously, the opinion of others has always mattered, but with the rise of social networks people care MORE about the opinion of others than anything else, thus creating a more supeeficial society. So, in sum, technology and cultutal changes do change people. There's such thing as cultural evolution. We're not the same as we were in the Pleistocene. We're not the same we were in the X century and we're not the same we were in 1920.

[@sevchyk]

@@jameswalker6864 Incorrect. The human nature is always the same, and an example to that is the ancient Greek philosophers’ studies that show the same traits, feelings, and emotions etc. You may read Aristotle’s Politics and easily recognise human’s behaviour and motivation for that, remained unchanged until now. What you get with social media, is the same desire for appraisal from others only exaggerated due to lack of real life grumpy face-to-face criticism. Outside internet, you got the same human with the same set of psychology and feelings and instincts that they had for thousands of years. For example, the women still search for a stronger and wealthier man, still maintain the household tasks, men try to find a beautiful one. And in the 1920s they had their social media, poetic and other arts societies, where they groomed themselves, attended, showed their works and appearance and cared for others’ appraisal exactly like they do now. The only difference is the internet as the new technology and a medium for that showcasing. How can human instincts change, how can, say, a desire to be rich change over thousands of years? That’s obvious, nothing changed for thousands of years. And the cultural evolution that you talked about is nothing more than a slight change of the fashion, mannerisms, moves and trends, whereas the nature and the psychology of human is always the same. And now the people of the same age as it is in the video enjoy the company just as much, despite the internet, and young people as well. No one meets with friends specifically to make selfies, they still search a company in them.

[@ayla7308]

The elegance, the class, the tastefulness, the careful effort in attire, behavior, architecture, and conversation is so admirable.

[@vegahimsa]

Is it?

[@ayla7308]

@@vegahimsa In my eyes yes

[@vegahimsa]

@@ayla7308 I just think about how fake it is. Class is fake. The careful, deliberate effort to paint a picture of yourself- it’s not authentic and I think that’s one great way society has grown. Society is less up tight & think that’s much more admirable

[@ayla7308]

@@vegahimsa I see what you mean and I’ve also felt the same way up until recently. I do think it can be taken too far and be uptight/pompous but I think there is a lot of beauty in putting your best foot forward in your attire, body language, manners, work, conversation and so on. I feel like a good balance would be the freedom we have today and individuality blended with the elegance of the past

[@vegahimsa]

@@ayla7308 that I can get behind 😊

[@LadyPapaMayodora]

Thank you so much for preserving this ❤️

[@roskar]

0:20 Notre Dame de Paris 0:45 La Conciergerie 1:00 Going across the Jardin des Tuileries (The Louvre) ending on the other side Rue de Rivoli 1:40 Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Elysées 2:02 Le Grand Palais 2:07 Les Invalides 2:10 Église de la Madeleine 2:17 Place Vendôme 2:34 Avenue de l'Opéra 2:50 Place de l'Opéra 3:00 Café de la Paix 4:40 Suresnes: La Belle Gabrielle 5:10 Café du Dôme 5:50 View from the Grand Hôtel at Place de l’Opéra 7:10 Arc de Triomphe de la Porte Saint-Martin 7:40 Parc Monceau

[@lalalalalala8108]

Yoo, what is the building on 0:41?

[@roskar]

@@lalalalalala8108 Notre Dame, I did not start from the beginning.

[@lalalalalala8108]

@@roskar 👍, thanks, i like this view

[@여보-t7v]

Thank You!

[@Flup2]

What is being built at 2:10? At first I thought it was The Panthéon, but that already existed...

[@AntsCanada]

Crazy! I've totally eaten at the restaurant location at 3:07, and it has NOT changed much over 100 yrs! Incredible!

[@goncaloferreira8543]

I didn't expect to see you here, what a nice surprise

[@karenwilliams4152]

That's awesome!

[@ZorexZockt]

What’s the restaurant called?

[@kneesocks9406]

@@ZorexZockt Café de la Paix

[@smashyboi6887]

Yooo it’s you! How are the ants?

[@taejun9017]

It's amazing to see the joy on people's faces when they spot the camera. Odds are they never saw the footage, but they knew for a few seconds their actual moving image was being recorded and just that idea made them giddy. It must have been mind-blowing to live in an age when this technology was just being developed, and to one day finally see footage of yourself if you were lucky. There's the other side of it though, where it feels like a new presence has emerged in society, this device that records you, and creates this self conscious anxiety.

[@mrbojangles9841]

You're a creep who likes watching people 👀

[@peek-a-boos]

"There's the other side of it though, where it feels like a new presence has emerged in society, this device that records you, and creates this self conscious anxiety." Very true! No matter how much we try we're very self conscious.

[@rosetyong]

Because they are rich people, they had seen the device before

[@MBM1117727]

Moving film technology had existed since the 1880s, but yes film cameras were still an exciting thing that you didn't see everyday.

[@VivaVictory]

These people are civilised and beautiful to watch. We've definitely lost a lot over the past 100 years.

[@NASS_0]

yes! 100y ago!

[@bolochev2705]

Наверное потому что там одни белые

[@dippledopple]

More like gained.

[@jhonjhonson5787]

@@bolochev2705yup, Paris is full of foreigners now. They need to go back.

[@OMagoBranco]

Os colonizadores amam essa época

[@evadcarz978]

We are looking at the past, and they are looking at the future. What a sight to behold!

[@Diamond-b8t]

interesting perspective

[@twosinister]

Nice

[@nooraqueen2716]

Technically they never saw the future

[@dharmallars]

@@nooraqueen2716 of course they did. Unless they died the second after the camera stopped recording they definitely saw the future

[@nooraqueen2716]

@@dharmallars the never saw the future they just saw a man holding a camera recording them they didn’t know about the internet not anything

[@UsernameSaraWithNoH]

You’ve just about made time travel possible. Thank you for these videos, they mean a lot to me.

[@sdgdrfzhr435]

Fast we need to warn European leaders of the 👃

[@sdgdrfzhr435]

Adler, interesting name

[@UsernameSaraWithNoH]

@@sdgdrfzhr435 it’s “Alder” read it again.

[@UsernameSaraWithNoH]

@@sdgdrfzhr435 and I’m not sure what you mean by the European comment?

[@grandgaminghd2306]

@@UsernameSaraWithNoH You're a cringe normie

[@Satuneonred]

I love footage like this because it reminds me not how much things change, but how people are just people still. Wearing fashions, going out to eat, breaking into a smile when you realize the camera is on you, people just being people, as they always have been.

[@blueweirdo719]

Right! That’s what I love about these videos.

[@dlelllfkdlelel5459]

Ehm...compare the fashion pleaseD in the good old days, people wore beautiful clothes and today...just trash (jogging outfit)

[@hw5091]

It's really not that long ago.

[@thehomesteadingharlet688]

What a stunning video. It really makes you look around and wonder, what around me will outlast me? Especially in today's realm of fast fashion/furniture. So interesting ❤

[@jonathanfoster4202]

It’s one thing to see a historical movie replicate and realize this era, it’s another thing entirely to watch real footage of it. It just struck me how *normal* everything seems! Ik that sounds weird, but just seeing how everyone pretty much has been the same then and now, just in different clothes and different cars. I’m in Gen Z, and so eras like the 80s or 70s or 60s already just feel other worldly. This was just such a treat to see life 100 years ago, a time that now seems weirdly familiar

[@carolinnebeauty1198]

It's amazing to finally find someone who being also gen Z put into words exactly the same thing that I have thought since I discovered this type of old footages. Personally, I really enjoy watching them because as you said, they show that the people back then were the "same" as us, just with different technologies, clothing, makeup... (Yeah, it may sound weird, as it's of course obvious they were also humans, but meaning that that era is not as far as we sometimes may think when we talk about it or read about it in the books, those can literally be our great-grandparents, talking about age). And although with the historical movies right now we have the capacity to imagine how was the world 100 year ago, it's not the same feeling when you're *LITERALLY* watching a casual day in Paris, with people who actually existed and that were there just living their daily lives, and who had for sure a family, hobbies and their own problems (not just a bunch of "politic-socioeconomic" information as some people may think about when we talk about the "boring" history). Also, the fact that no one is talking, gives the sensation of being there as someone else looking the city, making it look as a time machine! It's a huge treasure for me :)

[@danielpaananen3698]

Totally agree with you!

[@jonathanfoster4202]

@@carolinnebeauty1198 absolutely!!

[@DM-kv9kj]

@@carolinnebeauty1198 And then think about THOUSANDS of years ago. All of those people and the rest...

[@piggnant]

the men are in pretty similar attire to what's worm today

[@rationalcynic8416]

The fashion of the time was incredible. The men's suits are so classy and the women's cloche hats are a dream. That one woman sitting with the fur coat and the cloche hat, staring at the camera, looked so elegant and timeless, her makeup was amazing as well.

[@bestaghenbertkeushtad7201]

My favorite. The 20's fashion

[@misterwhyte]

Really? The men look classy but the women's fashion is atrocious IMO.

[@rationalcynic8416]

@@misterwhyte I like elements of womens 1920s fashion. I love the hats and the makeup, the patterns and materials used to make the clothing (natural fibers). I do not like the drop-waist silhouettes or the extremely short hair though. The beauty standard for women back then was a "boyish figure" which is why womens clothing from the period is so square and shapeless, which is also why it looks so unflattering, it works against womens natural curves.

[@MJIZZEL]

The woman are beautiful. People always wanted to look classy in public back then.

[@bestaghenbertkeushtad7201]

@@misterwhyte the women look particularly cool. Ton opinion tu peux t'asseoir dessus, really.

[@MyMelody5]

This was the Paris that was so romanticized by people… Those days are long gone though.

[@jean-christophebriolin8989]

As a former citizen of this godforsaken city, i can say you’re damn right. Paris sucks nowadays, it’s a shithole…

[@rerogam9943]

@@jean-christophebriolin8989 I would be interested to know why it is a shithole and what made it a shithole. Is it the people (who?) who made it a shithole or do you not like the modern age?

[@jean-christophebriolin8989]

@@mablesfatalfable6021 unfortunately you’re right young man…

[@vehement.]

The entire world isn’t as it once was

[@zoldyck3839]

@@vehement. yall are acting as if thats a bad thing

[@RussTillling]

They look so impeccably dressed and groomed! Quite serious mostly, however lovely when they break into a smile. Thank you!🤩

[@RainbowStarOracle]

I live in a small city that’s been around since the early 1800s, and maybe I’m just weird but I regularly imagine the people walking around back then, especially when I go down to the river, I imagine all the different kids through the years that used to hang out there and skip rocks. It touches my heart for some reason. And seeing videos like this makes me feel so connected to these people. It almost feels like this is just a movie

[@lunsoit]

oh, I can relate ! Imagining the generations of people who were living their lives just like you creates a sense of connection to the world, to the reality

[@davidcharles5191]

J'ai aperçu Jeanne Calment petite😄

[@jehudavis5422]

Not weird just sentimental

[@THETRUTH694]

I get that! I will say though, your city really isn’t that old but I guess it’s still nice imagine.

[@Christophe-pl5xu]

Imagine i was found a coin of 1694 in my garden.

[@deesnuts2791]

This is easily one of my top 5 channels on youtube, it's just like you say, a time travel. Beautiful work again.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much!

[@jeremyraglin8170]

Being an artist, when I watch videos like this I think of all the great artists, writers and poets living in Paris during the 1920's. The color and sound bring that period to life!

[@Suitzenx]

Cest vrai qu'a paris il y a beaucoup de personnes artistes tout comme peintres et écrivains dans les années 20e et plus!

[@Muzakman37]

What a remarkable place Paris was at that time, the cultural capital of the World.

[@georgeplattlynes11]

oh yes, surely! For reference, read Man Ray's diaries!!

[@jeremyraglin8170]

@@georgeplattlynes11 I'll do that, thanks for the idea. :)

[@farrukhahmad555]

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[@lucythruthelookinglass4340]

Amazingly clear & colourful! Well done! ❤

[@NASS_0]

Thx!!!!

[@chandlerbing9333]

It’s crazy to sit here and watch these people look into the camera and smile, a hundred year old smile from a hundred year old moment in time. I’m sure they never would have imagined us watching them

[@lkym2481]

kinda makes me feel voyeuristic, like i accidentally see my neighbour come out of the shower :\

[@lumpynehar1581]

Its crazier to me that Im talking to Chandler😍😍 Its a weird thing to think about for sure

[@rashoietolan3047]

As I laugh In eternity

[@parasiteprem]

Nice words chan chan man

[@DavidAusman]

I like the way the seats in the cafes are arranged so that everybody at the table is facing out toward the street so they can watch the people going by. I enjoy doing that, too.

[@ikealamp53]

In Holland this is normal seating. It's also because no one wants to sit with their backs to the sun. They want to enjoy the sun in their face.

[@lil_swarlette]

That's still the way in Paris! One of my favourite things about the place. So good for people watching

[@dolphinswilltakeover]

U mean outside seating? there’s a bunch of restaurants that have chairs outside 💀

[@nataschaadama9363]

That’s why I love Paris…..it’s still the same

[@nataschaadama9363]

@@ikealamp53 yes…we sit smak in the sun…

[@AlgoCurioso2.0]

It’s crazy to think that they never imagined this will be on a thing called the internet, viewed by more than a million people, over something named KZbin, using a device that is able to play videos without any cables and receive information from satellites.

[@qmarceloq]

um pouco específico mas compreensível

[@GorlyPopHecticQueen]

Nice original comment love to see it

[@fatvegan4621]

Yeah as another comment stated 11 days ago.

[@petermontgomery2874]

Someone who would say such a thing is an idiot.

[@kennethtodd3251]

What is it that we will never have imagined occurring in the next hundred years?

[@kissbela4936]

Beautiful , clean, safe and white. The real Paris

[@Gaby-j8m]

And white?

[@cthylla5804]

​@@Gaby-j8m Yes, white

[@kissbela4936]

@@Gaby-j8m yes, the colour of the residents skin.

[@hewhosays7979]

based

[@Gaby-j8m]

@@cthylla5804 Nah

[@BigBoogookie]

I wonder about every person in this video. Their childhoods, their jobs, their dreams, their fears, how they died, who they left behind... sooooo many people, all of them gone now. The boys at 6:45 grinning at the camera made me grin. Imagine a smile you gave in passing one day still radiating out, long after you're gone, and making a stranger smile 100 years later! Everything we do here counts in ways we can't imagine. It's so important to be good to people while we're here.

[@farrukhahmad555]

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[@ggbel3320]

No you don't

[@MK-ft3qt]

Unfortunately that will not happen. Too many people will remain monsters.

[@tfkdandsvkc]

And we will be like them in 100 years and the cycle continues but it's beautiful to see how life was then truly amazing

[@groovejunky2549]

A beautiful thought

[@dk.punk.88]

"I see dead people"... seriously they did a great job on this video, it really feels like you're traveling back in time.

[@mattsvoid]

“You hear that? Ch ch ch. Ch ch ch. Ch ch ch”

[@KL9702.]

I thought I may be the only one with that thought..... about dead people. Lol.

[@santiagocarvajal2195]

Not the only one, even the baby' hat born that day is dead and in 100 years we all dead too

[@jjsunshine4188]

What a stupid comment they had valued lives I’m sure they wouldn’t like to remembered like that 😏😏

[@AbdulashkaKZ]

@@santiagocarvajal2195 maybe some of children is still alive, who knows.

[@jedrekwrzosek6918]

It's amazing how everybody is so elegant!

[@IamAndreSmall]

Yes, but did they want to be?

[@Sokkes]

@@louhxmnd2485 >:l ???

[@lemasculin8831]

@@louhxmnd2485 they ruined all la francophone

[@IcyBrown]

@A why did they let this happen? If youre weak af, part of it is definitely your fault.

[@sictransitgloriamundi8178]

@@IcyBrown Same question to you. You need Muslims to populate and pay your pensions because your women like muslim men and don’t want to reproduce with feminine French men

[@michaelnefedov9178]

There is something magical about watching retro chronicles. On the one hand, you envy such moments, that calm, simple time, as it seems to you. On the other hand, you feel sad when, unlike these people, you know what will happen in 20 years. How many small universes have we been able to photograph? You ask yourself the question - how did life turn out for these people smiling at the camera? Everyone has their own story, experiences and hope for happiness. Есть что-то магическое в просмотре ретро хроники. С одной стороны, ты завидуешь таким моментам, тому спокойному, простому, как тебе кажется, времени. С другой стороны тебя не покидает грусть, когда ты, в отличие от этих людей, знаешь, что произойдёт через 20 лет. Сколько маленьких вселенных удалось заснять. Ты задаешь себе вопрос - как сложилась жизнь у этих улыбающихся на камеру людей? У каждого своя история, переживания и надежда на счастье.

[@deterior8ing]

It's honestly really terrifying how much everything and everyone has changed in 100 years

[@afridgetoofar1818]

Think how much different it'll look in another 100 years. Very few white people will be left.

[@michelzenner7282]

you can be terrified in today paris , its the third world now !

[@missingno88]

yeah and not for the better lol

[@TheFlukeDude]

​@@missingno88 not really, theres always going to be issues in our society because human beings are flawed by nature. its easier to look at the negatives more now because of the internet and media being in your face 24/7

[@Sam-vn9jm]

Immigration will do that.

[@yuki_ninomiya0418]

They really looked so elegant. Everything is so clean and well-maintained.

[@jonathanlandau-litewski7405]

You're right in saying that. I've noticed in videos from London and my own city of Edinburgh during this time that the buildings are absolutely black with soot from chimneys, factories and railways. I'm not sure if it's because Paris has a lot more open spaces with smaller built-up areas further away from the dirt but the difference is huge.

[@Skkzlee]

@@depechexoui c’est assez triste de voir ce que notre pays est devenu. Je suis nostalgique d’une période que je n’ai jamais vécu.

[@aureliengdt5932]

​@@depechexTrue and i m french

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Everything besides the people were clean.

[@dmzzz35]

​@@Skkzlee Pas moi non me dire que 20 ans plus tard c'était la guerre et que nombreux d'entre eux ont fait la 1ère et d'autres ont péri même pas 10 ans avant, rien à envier.

[@odietamo9376]

What you do with old films is simply brilliant. You turn them into time machines. On each occasion I fall down the rabbit hole to the place and time presented in your films, and I am THERE. It is incredible. Thank you.

[@NASS_0]

thank you so much

[@gigicolada]

Such a cool video! I would not like to have lived back then. It looks so stuffy. I love that these videos exist. It’s like you’re there.

[@ThunderPants13]

This is so neat, thank you for posting it! People seem fascinated by the camera, probably quite a novelty back then. Everyone is so well dressed. I didn't realize that cars had proliferated that much by the 1920s, but I did see quite a few horse drawn carriages too. This is the closest thing we have to a time machine, very cool.

[@esperago]

Speaking of cars, notice there are no traffic lights nor stop/yield signs? I'd be curious to know what the road rules were back then. Watch an intersection in this video, they all manage to make it through.

[@JD-ku6vd]

@@esperago Check 1:33 & 2:11. You will see the gendarme posted under the center light of the street divider. He’s directing traffic.

[@larion2336]

If you see some pictures of the 1900s and 1910s it is evident how common horses used to be, and are very rapidly replaced over 2-3 decades. I wonder if it's possible gasoline cars will be replaced by electric in a similar fashion.

[@fQsfHi]

Its all white people's privilege. People should burn this disgraceful stuff.

[@TriStarIII]

@@larion2336 I don't think so, there's not enough Lithium on this planet and too many issues with EVs charging time, huge loss of charge in cold weather etc, hydrogen maybe, fuel cells something like that

[@jamielawrence4749]

Wow. The cafe scenes were especially mesmerizing. I don't tend to glorify dressing up but seeing this, I have to say it's really cool to see everyone looking so fantastic in the city!

[@k.s.k.7721]

At the time this was filmed, The Great War had only been over for about 18 months. Most of the young men you see had fought in that war, and you see many military service uniforms in some scenes. Paris did not suffer as much damage as some cities did, during that conflict, and it's amazing to see how quickly people "got back to normal" afterwards. This was also the time when American artists and writers were flocking to Europe and Paris in particular. F Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway would visit in 1921, Josephine Baker would move there at age 19, and Gertrude Stein lived there from 1903 until her death.

[@drodrigues3451]

Wonderful nuggets

[@softbass21]

Yes. The midnight in Paris shows it

[@DemsW]

I didn't see much military uniforms, just a couple gendarmes.

[@phajeb001]

@@DemsW At 6:55… would these be sailors?

[@DemsW]

@@phajeb001 I missed them, you are probably right on these guys. Though I still don't believe they are connected to the war directly.

[@JokeriPokeri17]

Breaks my heart to watch this how this beautiful city turned into the disgusting and twisted nightmare we have today.

[@An-lv9vw]

😅😅

[@JAKCELERE]

Don't exaggerate. There are tons of cities worst than Paris all over the world. Included in Europe or US.

[@Disgruntledbellyz]

All of Western Europe has been destroyed by them.

[@dagmar1101]

I always have trouble processing black and white films as 'this really happened'. It always seems unfamiliar to me. The colours in this video help me SO MUCH to interpret this as reality. Thank you!

[@limitedhangoutlive]

Hollywood actually does a really good job of representing those times as well. It's easy handwave it off because it's so unfamiliar looking to what we know of the past due to being as vibrant as real life, but oftentimes the films are INCREDIBLY accurate. Well, that's what my great grandparents use to tell me anyway.

[@egosumfedchenko]

Yes!!! It's so hard to perceive old videos, they're more like an alternative universe.

[@nomorepartiezz]

i know right? i love watching old film or exploring ancient human history for that feeling.

[@valentynvorobec7834]

I thought wrold was all in grays when I was kid XD

[@MarceloGomes-bn6qh]

@@valentynvorobec7834 Me too😂😂😂

[@TheOrnithorhynchidae]

I’m from Paris and it’s mind-blowing to see that, a hundred years later, not one of these spots/streets/places have changed. Le Dôme and Le Café de la Paix are still there, even, and look almost exactly the same. Only difference is they added a forecourt in front of Notre-Dame. That’s it

[@carldesrosiers7153]

C’est exactement ce que je me disais, avec une meilleure qualitée d’image on aurait dit une photo de la semaine passée, spectaculaire

[@scottphillips3008]

A very good thing imo, seeing as the beauty and ornature of that age has yet to be exceeded

[@depechex]

@@luckyluk2864 I'm Spanish and according to the Spanish genetic map, our halogroup is r1b, Celtic descent like all of southern Europe, including France as well. The video you just watched is proof enough, lol, tell me what sort of connection or "strong bonds" can you see there with Africa. None. You have been indoctrinated and know NOTHING about European history, that's all. Btw, is it racist for you to stay black in Africa and asian in Asia? Why don't you travel there and say ot? To keep your culture and traditions is racist? Crazy.

[@AlshainFR]

@@depechex Most of them yes. There are some ethnic (think Chinatown or Little Italy in New York) neighbourhoods in the city proper but most extra-european people are in the Northern and Eastern suburbs, outside of the city limits. We're not London.

[@ala_dine2709]

@@depechex no but its racist to go killing people in algeria,and africa etc in 1920 hundred of millions people of those (non caucasian) are died !! You can talk about it

[@charmcat123]

I love that if you look up all these cafe, they are still in business. I hope someday I can go back and visit Paris again. It is beautiful historically and archaeologically.

[@harrydavey9884]

Good luck these days. It might as well be a Slum in Somalia these days.

[@mcbba6906]

lls existent encore , je confirme ! Mais Paris a perdu un peu de son âme !

[@LS-ti1rz]

Not anymore, you have so many foreigners that moved there and refused to acclamate to the very country that gave then refuge. Instead they made areas in France that they will attack a french person that dares enter his own homeland. They have ZERO respect the city. Sorry to be so negative but Paris is no longer like this at all I'm pretty sure..

[@uzeir7082]

@@LS-ti1rz after France fucked up their country, Calling out foreigners while turning blindly on France f** out here man

[@Ven_de_Thiel]

@@LS-ti1rz no go zones aren’t a thing, stop trying to stir shit up…

[@Reiki-Qi]

Just found your channel, am obsessed. Thank you for your beautiful & hard work 🎉🎉🎉

[@beneddiected]

4:58 I love how this lady seemed so shy when she realized she was being filmed lol. She seemed so stern at first but when she became shy she looks so sweet

[@LaurenWoz421]

Yes She had a warm, beautiful yet bashful smile! I loved that moment!

[@Resilience93]

damn fugly though

[@Hodoss]

And then this guy is like "oh you’re filming? Let me show you how I kiss my woman!"

[@bevygaines]

The woman at 5:06 looks like a guy!

[@bevygaines]

Let me show you how I kiss my man!

[@hobbymanx9200]

Looks surprisingly modern even from the perspective of the 2020s

[@dave.8]

Because france kept alot of its older architecture to this day so the style is relatively simillar, minus a couple skyscrapers and modern residential areas.

[@sunb5738]

There's a lot of factors that makes it feel that way, the old buildings and monuments are still there, the pavement too, it's a version of Paris that's relatively new; it was modernized from 1853 to 1870 under Napoleon III. Plus I think you can't build stuff that's higher than the Haussmanian buildings in the center, that helps too

[@Muckylittleme]

It is incredible how Western society has devolved despite notions of progress due to technological advances and labour saving devices.

[@xxxxxxxxxxxxxOxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

@@Muckylittleme devolved?

[@Muckylittleme]

@@xxxxxxxxxxxxxOxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Devolve, as in degenerate, worsen.

[@elenabernasconi5137]

Whenever I look at old movies or photographs, I find myself wondering who those people were, what they did in their lives and after this video and I wonder how their lives went. Those kind of things make me feel so nostalgic and at the same time they make me realize how fast time flies. I imagine those people getting ready to meet their friends and have a drink at that table and now it's already been 100 years since that time! How could that be possible? Life is a fast succession of unique and fleeting moments, but we don't fully realize it as we live

[@LC-jq7vn]

Yes, it makes me sad to think about it as if I need to know, or as if they’ve been forgotten and don’t deserve to be. Can’t really explain it. I identify with them, soon my name will be forgotten as fasts as theirs was, forever, never to be brought up again. Our name will go with us to the grave.

[@elenabernasconi5137]

@@forx28 😂😂 well, your point of view makes sense too

[@elenabernasconi5137]

@@LC-jq7vn yes, you're right. It's sad to think that one day we will be forgotten, but I think we have to live a life that is memorable for ourselves not for others

[@DOSRetroGamer]

Little did they know they had a second world war in front of them

[@EvilestGem]

and now they're long dead but you're watching them, an alien being from the future!

[@tony.5211]

It looks so beautiful it's crazy.

[@loekfelten548]

Absolutely fantastic to see what life in Paris looked like, around 100 years ago. The people, the beautiful city views, the nature, the way the people went about doing their thing and (luckily…) not knowing what was coming. Incredible.

[@theresesoeters4885]

This luxurious life was only for the happy few. Most people all over Europe had a hard life with poverty and bad housing facilities. And all those rich people didn’t know that the big “ crash “ was coming.

[@ShadowSumac]

@@theresesoeters4885 Which had impacted poor people the most.

[@KingJohnMichael]

@@ShadowSumac didn't helped them during ww2

[@KingJohnMichael]

@@theresesoeters4885 or ww2

[@ShadowSumac]

@@KingJohnMichael What?

[@emma-gg6dj]

this got me goosebumps. you see a different society, people don’t look all connected by medias and stuff, they live life as it is.

[@Theundisputedelite]

😂😂 honey that wasn’t that long ago, i was born in the year 1990 BELIEVE me society might not have been perfect back then, but at least we understood each other, we had face to face interactions and didnt get so offended all the time because we didnt care what others thought of us and werent out for validation like this society is so desperate for, now you cant even go out and see people connecting to each other without some sort of device, technology really fucked you guys uppppp….

[@loveaintfree1409]

@@Theundisputedelite born in 1990 ur a kid hahahahahaha

[@angelito2336]

@@Theundisputedelite So like what you're doing right now? Oh the fucking irony!

[@Majestic8573]

you see it's a white society too... Nowadays hlaf of Paris is african...

[@Max.44]

@@Theundisputedelite Yeah you are definitely not connected to the people you are talking about. It's a small extreme you are referring to and even for those it is only one part of their lives. Simply using the tools you grow up with to connect with your peers is what any society does. Ofcorse, you can dismiss them as inferior to whatever you grew up with but that behaviour will definitely proof your point for you, excluding yourself.

[@Fantasvale]

They were so elegant and yet simple...

[@TheSpawol]

Wealth from conquering others

[@Braver.]

@@TheSpawol Always your type, hating on white people lol

[@TheSpawol]

@@Braver. am i wrong to point that out?

[@AA-pv6mi]

They were also racist and classist! Wowee!!

[@faemkhize2188]

@@Braver. ……

[@wolff4033]

5:10 this is actually so cute, I hope this beautiful couple is resting well together in heaven.

[@one-seventeen.rev310]

I was so confused, I thought he was kissing a little boy but saw the earrings. The style that was in was so weird, to have boyish women. Yeah I hope they are too, but just my thought.

[@quazar912]

so you don`t think back then weren`t golddiggers?

[@jodokustigerschelle3670]

Nice to see people hanging out, chatting randomly. I'm born in the 1980s and I remember my parents were talking to complete strangers on the streets, having real conversations, laughing. People on the streets were talking to us kids, if we did something stupid, trying to give us a lesson. I see how convinient everything became through the internet and I appreciate it. But I am afraid it is not healthy for us. Future generations could be living completely without social contacts. This scenario only makes a couple of companies happy.

[@RomkaPomka123]

Thank you for your warm comment!

[@Dozen.]

Someone is gonna get butt hurt by this comment and argue that you’re typing this on a phone so you’re “no different” but looks like it hasn’t happened yet, I agree with you every bit we’re losing sight of any organic interaction which really sucks I mean not for me but it’s very obvious when you actually try to talk to someone, it’s usually “weird” at least where I live

[@davidfromamerica1871]

Try to imagine what it would be like today if there were never any wars from the 1800’s through today. Wars disrupted everything from architecture, social advancement, financial prosperity, many undiscovered technologies and advancements for that time period. Tens of millions of people died from wars. That interfered with population growth moving into the future. What would the population of Earth look like today.

[@DReed1945]

This still happens. Depends on the location. For example, one city I used to live in was mostly all internet relationships but then I moved to another city where no one cares to be online. Everyone talks to each other and makes friends.

[@mrphauker]

I’d say this is why people are becoming more anxious and depressed, we’re social creatures and we’re suppressed

[@barbeej12]

I just came from Paris, and the tradition of sitting outside and people watch during a meal still holds true some 100 years later.

[@carterclaire8862]

Everyone sits outsides when they eat and people watches 😂😂 not just a Paris thing ya cornball

[@barbeej12]

@@carterclaire8862 I know that genius. Still, in Paris I saw everywhere all the time. Here in the states most of the time the inside would be preferred and the outside is treated like overflow. Often times in Paris I would see the outside packed and fewer people on the inside. The outside seats are treated like the prime seats in my estimation.

[@cassw5388]

@@barbeej12 you’re definitely right, in paris i also noticed how much more people sit outside

[@johnnysmith7109]

@@barbeej12 That's because in Paris they have nice views from the outside of a restaurant. I always wanted a table outside when I was there. I also enjoyed outside tables in other cities such as Madrid , Instanbul, Athens, Seville and Barcelona. Unlike in most cities in the States where there is nothing beautiful to look at when you sit outside, and it's even unsafe because of the homeless problem most major cities in the States have.

[@barbeej12]

@@johnnysmith7109 Paris like most major cities has its good tourist places and Nad places. When I took an uber trip to Versailles I saw the not so good run down areas of Paris. But still, Paris is a beautiful city. When it comes to homeless population the greater Los Angeles area comes to mind as #1. Still, one go to Rodeo Drive, Manhattan Beach, those are two nice places with great views for almost anyone to sit outside and enjoy a meal. All I am saying most people will decide to sit inside. LA is a major City like Paris that have plenty of places that is safe to enjoy oneself, with great views. I'm saying it's just a major part of French culture to eat outside

[@bk341]

The guy at 1:10 tipping his hat is quite interesting. Most of the people seem to look at the camera with curiosity and question exactly what they are looking at. This guy knew right away that people would be watching at some point. Fascinating.

[@Vestu]

Time traveler.

[@jkrock6635]

I loved that politeness.........long gone, these days

[@willywonky7544]

He’s probably tipping his hat because there is a man staring at him pointing something towards him. Maybe the cameraman waved or smiled. He couldn’t of possibly fathomed what you’re stating.

[@YourDailyRedditor]

@@willywonky7544 You act like these people don't know the definition of a camera, sure some do not but you can see who does, even 2 little kids smiling at the camera, they know.

[@atom8248]

@@willywonky7544 cameras existed for quite some time at this point, I think most of the younger people in this at least knew what a camera was or did even if they hadn't been photgraphed before. I don't think it's impossible that he would tip his hat specifically towards the camera, as there seems to be some people doing things specifically to catch it on camera later in the vid (guy who's kissing the woman on the bench)

[@maevedevoe]

This is so unbelievably incredible

[@phoebe_buffeeyy]

everybody looks so elegant and distinguished, I feel kind of nostalgia while watching this video, like I was living in that times