Scenes from Oslo, Norway, 1912-1914 in Color [AI Colorized, Denoised, Speed Corrected, Remastered]

The film shows different scenes from Norway's capital, Oslo in the years 1912-14. You will see the life in the streets, Adults and children engaged in play and work, the fruit and vegetable market stalls, trade in the Oslo city center and departure of one of The Norwegian America Line's cruisers.
Restored the original black and white footage to color using Neural Networks.
* Colorized using AI.
* Denoised video to remove dirt and grains.
* Frames interpolated from 16fps to 32fps.
* Increased the video sharpness
* Added Commentary and Sound.
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Original B&W video credits: (no) Omkring jubilæumsutstillingens aapning - www.europeana.eu/item/08607/8.... Nasjonalbiblioteket - urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digifi.... Public Domain Mark - creativecommons.org/publicdoma...
Note the original video is in the Public domain. Please check the link for the license information.
Music: Sad Minuet - Sir Cubworth from KZbin Audio Library
#Upscale #60fps #AIColor #machinelearning #oslo #norway

[@mortenkalland]

Min oldefar dro ofte med hest og vogn til Oslo på torget. Han kunne sove i vognen på vei hjem mot Kolbotn for hesten kunne veien selv.

[@brusse]

Though many buildings have been replaced, I still recognise the places. Strange to think this is how the city looked when my grandparents were children.

[@pinglemjau]

I've visited Oslo from time to time, I live on the West Coast of Norway. I clearly recognise Youngstorget (the fruits and greens market). It is mindblowing to see the small differences!

[@feonor26]

So strange to see Youngstorget in this old movie. I sat on that very spot yesterday and had a beer.

[@iblis9329]

Im a Norwegian, grew up in Oslo, my family is also from oslo. This brought tears in to my eyes, i dont know why tho. Thanku for the video.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Love the hat tipping @ 1.50. Jeg boede i Oslo 1988 - 2000. Var ansatt paa Grand Hotel . Mange gode minder. Unskyld min Norsk er blevet vaerre men flytted til Kobenhavn bagefter og idag lyder jeg mere Dansk - eller en blanding af begge to ! Som ingen forstaar..!

[@aaa84gt]

I've lived in Oslo, many of these buildings are still there 🤯 Thanks for uploading this!!

[@heno02]

Yep, apart from the period clothing and traffic this felt very similar

[@BRYCONIC]

They all looked so content

[@SnorreEgebergJohnsen]

Locations seem to be: Spikersuppa, Youngstorget, Police station (building looks down on Youngstorget), Fire Station(?), Stortorvet(?), Bjørvika og Vippetangen.

[@HistoryinColor]

Thanks for the info.

[@chrisaasan]

It looks like the police station is the one in Møllergata 19, next to Youngstorget. This is also the very same stairs that Vidkun Quisling would surrender after the German capitualtion in 1945. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B8llergata_19

[@brusse]

Stortorvet is correct. The building in the background burned down in the late 1950's and was replaced by a very modern one for Christiania Kredittkasse (later Nordea) and now just shops & offices.

[@TayWoode]

Why do people say “it’s weird to think these people are now dead” No it would be weird if they were still alive

[@geirrosset]

Not a Norwegian America Line ship, SS "Eskimo" belonged to Wilson Line, Hull, UK. Sailed Oslo (Kristiania) - Kristiansand - Hull.

[@Spooky_man]

When this footage was taken Norway had only been completly independent for 7 - 9 years...

[@MrSociophobia]

If this had been Bergen instead of Oslo we might have seen my great-great-aunt who was about 13-15 years old when this was filmed. I remember celebrating her 100 year birthday when I was 4, sadly she passed just before her 101 year birthday in 2000. Having lived in 3 different centuries and 2 different millennia. Seeing both world wars and an absolutely massive leap forward in technology.

[@petrino]

det må ha vært noen rare 100 år å leve gjennom!

[@feonor26]

@@petrinoSyns det er noen rare år vi har levd gjennom til nå jeg. Grugleder meg til å se fortsettelsen.

[@SinaFarhat]

Cool! :) Thanks for sharing! Have a nice day!

[@ivandinsmore6217]

Sad to think that all these people, even the children, are long dead.

[@TayWoode]

Why do people say things like that? How far back do you wanna go? It’s sad that all the people who built the pyramids are now dead? 🤦🏾

[@mortenhallangen1933]

Reincarnated, and dead again, and so on. No one ever dies.

[@beyeseparateswe3425]

yes THAts true, thats h0w a pers0ns fami1y c0ntinues 0n, s0me 0f the pe0p1e 0n the vide0 is here t0day but have n0 mem0ry 0f their past 1ife, @@mortenhallangen1933

[@Mr.Monta77]

@@mortenhallangen1933Hm I’m not sure if you quite understand the concept of reincarnation? People do actually die. Reincarnation in the buddhist sense is a concept of spiritual and karmic continuation. Physical bodies die, but of course the life forces continues on.

[@klemmetv6875]

And reborn❤❤❤

[@klemmetv6875]

The Oslofjorden was clean and full of fisk.❤❤❤

[@MiracleFound]

It's amazing how many of the buildings are still there!

[@MrSquareart]

Great video. Found your video on the reddit post.

[@HistoryinColor]

Thank you :)

[@mistydunes]

4:02 the kids were so cuteee😭

[@svennrgaard8289]

Fantastisk!!!

[@HistoryinColor]

Thank you.

[@motordude67]

My grandfather would have been the same age as the lads at 4:22. He was born in 1903 in Hardanger on the west coast of Norway.

[@IoIocaust]

I recognize the vegetable market, it's Youngstorget or Young's square. Building are still up

[@catohansen7333]

Great to see an old film in color. Technology is going forward, no doubt. Thanks for releasing such videos for us all to see, for free. It really brings us closer to the past. Then lets talk feedback on the conversion to color: The color palette is rather limited. Carrots are green, and other vegetables dont have any color to speak of. Most of the mens clothing is blue or purple? Girls dont wear colors? Skintones are to warm, most people back then would probably be more pale. But remember -these are minor complaints on an otherwise great video.

[@hepphepps8356]

All of my 8 great grandparents was young adults and living within a 10 minute walk from the locations in this film at that time. Trying to spot mildly familiar faces;-) The woman at 1:48 could easily be my father mother’s mother.

[@INTUITIVENORSK2303]

Egentlig har du utallige forfedre, og hvis du går langt nok tilbake, ville ikke alle dine forfedre ha vært Norskfødte og bærer Norske gener. Jeg er Norskfødt, men selv i familien har vi mange etniske blandinger. Vikingene pleide å handle over hele Europa og over hele verden, så deres gener finnes nesten overalt. De var sjøfolk og handelsmenn, og de blandet seg med mange andre etniske grupper. Det var her tidligere historikere gjorde det veldig galt, for i motsetning til populær tro hadde ikke Vikinger på seg hjelm og de var ikke alle 6 fot høye og alle Nordiske blond. Dette er så falskt og i dag, mer ærlige og åpne historikere og arkeaoligister finner mange nye fakta angående Vikingene. Sannheten er nå at de fleste Vikinger bare var ca. 5 fot 7 tommer høye, og mange var mørkhåret og mørkere, med mange til og med mørkere hudtoner. Hvorfor? Kanskje på grunn av deres opprinnelige Samiske forfedre og også fordi de blandet seg med mange andre Europeiske og ikke-Europeiske etniske grupper. Dette gir da mening for oss.

[@1Skordon]

0:47 the woman to the left. Is she using a short tie? I actually like her style

[@drdal]

The life was much harder in Norway in 1912 -14 than it is today. But it ws a nice movie.

[@jeremybeau8334]

I love the hats.

[@abosalemalansari8312]

Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, peaceful European countries, far from international conflicts .

[@O-townplaya]

Sorry to burst your bubble but Norway, especially Oslo has seen a rather big increase in crime such as stabbings, shootings, problems with drugs etc. Also Norway has been involved in several conflicts

[@niccolocoletti7507]

@@O-townplaya Yeah. Because of the immigrants, blacks and muslims

[@orangentage]

switzerland? are you serious?

[@Vingul]

@@orangentage Ye. Switzerland was certainly not far from the wars -- it was, however, neutral.

[@LocatingWord]

1:46 Some distinguished gentlemen

[@kimcavagna2082]

RIP to all those in the video.

[@Janern98]

What is the building in the back of video? Time 4:46-5:03. I am very curious to know this

[@Linda-tc5zd]

It is Havnelageret. The adress today is Langkaia 1.

[@FreezeMathias]

@@Linda-tc5zd Nei, det er den gamle kornsiloen på Vippetangen. Revet i dag

[@fernandolander328]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@HelenEk7]

1:30

[@elgasalme9331]

I was wondering when we lost this nice habit to wave with a little white cloth. Oh little boys are still same nowadays. Our clothes today are not made of high quality fabric any more. Are we actually poorer now?

[@mwol5473]

It's pathetic... Our ancestors would HATE modern day Scandinavia

[@bestchannelintheworld]

I don't think they'd hate paid vacations, crystal clean air and water, super strict food standards, being able to take a train from Oslo to Bergen, or fly to Spain etc etc. If you on the other hand mean they were 100% white, well they were probably opposed to being white anyway lol, all ancient European nations imported as many migrants from Africa as they could, it was just harder to do back then. Whites hate themselves.

[@themaicky3209]

It's weird to think that all these people are dead

[@TayWoode]

Why is it weird? It would be weird if they were still alive. Do you think it’s weird that people from 200yrs ago are dead as well? Or people who built the pyramids? 🤦🏾

[@stillcursed5168]

@@TayWoodeNo..its weird to think that everybody’s gonna die. Everybody you ever loved is gonna die. That is whats weird, and this movie makes you think about that fact.

[@TayWoode]

@@stillcursed5168 it’s not weird, that’s what happens to everyone, what’s weird is people thinking it’s weird these people are dead 🤦🏾

[@user-pi8uv8wm5u]

Look closely at view in back left a dark figure moving super fast to the right. I screened shot some of the views and am dumb founded

[@user-pi8uv8wm5u]

0.57

[@nextoliver]

I think we all should start wearing dapper hats again.

[@rainbs2nd957]

Why all these videos are never wide-screen? It's so easy to just put black bars. These videos are completely unwatchable on TVs.

[@redditsucksyo]

Din Hjemstavn, Bonde! er en hellig Jord: hvad Norge var, det maa han engang vorde paa Land, paa Bølge og i Folkerang

[@artsurfliteratura]

"Children back the used to have so much better behaved" Chindren back then: 4:24

[@mr.deanmartin6836]

in that time every western country dress like peaky blinders or italian mafia

[@hansennilsen]

Alle er døde nå

[@trinadhkumarbejjanki]

ఓల్డ్ యిస్ గోల్డ్

[@faridlotfi5283]

All these people have perished back to their Creator Allah. Man, how life is just a blow of wind.

[@rohithkumarsp]

Love the atmosphere, no pollution as these days.

[@Mosern1977]

Pretty sure it smelled way worse then than now.

[@andrewhill336]

5:30 - the pollution was really bad back then...

[@rohithkumarsp]

@@andrewhill336 still a lot better than now

[@adufh]

@@rohithkumarsp Absolutely not. Imagine all the food prepared over fire, and heating by burning wood and coal. Industry at the edge of the city limits with no modern standards. Barely any sanitation. Just look at the ship towards the end of the video.

[@lagresomadsl]

Yet another co2 apologetic

[@israelalvesnegrao6115]

All these people are dead

[@TayWoode]

And people comment that’s weird, when it’d be weird if they were still alive

[@shadeover]

Not a fan of the ai voice

[@turritopsisdohrni4681]

OMG.... I wondering this..era..in our India we don't have proper dress to wear but they are with good dress and look healthy people in that century...

[@Vestlandsguten]

Living-standards varied greatly between living in the upper class of the city and being a poor farmer on the country or being an industry-worker in the poor quarters of the town.