Unseen Color Footage of England 1918 | Remastered

[@ronaldzent6321]

Absolutely beautiful and clear restoration, most films from that earlier era of film making are scratchy, fade in and out. Whoever put in the effort and hard work, thank you for bringing history even more to life!

[@krishdasgupta7313]

Frame rate makes a huge difference. This was expertly done! Peter Jackson’s “They Shall Not Grow Old” did similar good work.

[@--legion]

Jackson's colourisation was professional, unlike today's freeware colourisation rubbish that has infected YT posts - apart from the blue of the sky and the green of the grass and the orange of the faces, everything else is mauvish grey. You'll notice that the pillar box red in the thumbnail is not in the film.

[@MarkWhich]

No quite there some remaining vertical black lines at times, yet they could of very easily of been removed with today's software.

[@spacelemur7955]

The technique is highly computerized, which is great, because it means many old films can be restored now and we'll get to see much more of what those film makers had in mind despite their technology's limitations.

[@avryllsixtus3429]

To think we went to war in 1918 and we still had horse drawn buses

[@MoonSpinners]

This is simply amazing. To see Winston Churchill so young too! Thank you for the wonderful restoration ❤

[@tancreddehauteville764]

Yeah, strange to see Churchill young and slim.

[@andrewlilley3660]

Who'd want to see that bastard?

[@willshad]

@@tancreddehauteville764 He was already in his mid 40s here.

[@jakelynbrook]

He’s not in uniform but I think he was still in at that timeframe?? This was just after his ill fated Turkish Exposition with ANSAC troops??? 9:29

[@ajthecat2]

I did some research and found this Baseball match take place on the 4th of July 1918. It was called the Great War Baseball Match, the Day Wartime London Stopped for Baseball, July the 4th 1918, by Anglo-American Baseball Project. So those of us who thought the Lemon Squeezer hats belonged to New Zealanders, like me, are wrong as the Americans also had a Lemon Squeezer hat similar to ours.

[@vividhistory2092]

Wow, thank you for the effort :)

[@fredbrowning6747]

Played at Stamford Bridge, home of chelsea fc.

[@davidfogarty2220]

Yes I thought it could have been Stamford Bridge.

[@ajp8941]

@@fredbrowning6747I thought it was Stamford Bridge - changed a little since then though but the old main stand featured here survived until 1972.

[@fredbrowning6747]

@@ajp8941 ironic chelsea fc now owned by owners of LA dodgers baseball team! 😉

[@carolinewood6527]

Wow. The year my granny was born. She passed away in 2022 aged 103. The things she saw within her lifetime is astounding

[@bobbysands6923]

My God, I have seen George the V in pictures, but to see him that clearly, and a young Churchill with that detail...I am speechless.

[@3589546]

I agree. I thought I would have heard about this footage on the news o something. Quite incredible.

[@RealGyoukai]

Funny you say that because I only have seen him in this footage 🤣

[@jody6851]

And I believe he is chatting with an officer in the US Marine Corps. The officer is definitely not in a British uniform just by looking at the collar and the rank on his shoulder epaulets. 95% sure it's an American uniform and it looks like he has the Marine Corps globe with anchors on his tab collar. There'd be a "US" label on the collar if he was in the Army. I don't see that.

[@brianrodney712]

We also saw Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra.

[@donniebrasco99]

​@Jody I think this was a baseball exhibition game played possibly by US soldiers and witnessed by the King and the public. This must be during WW1.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

This is just mesmorising footage. Quite overwhelming but fantastic. It reminds me that life here is so short, we are really a mist that appears for a short time. A gentle reminder to be kind to those around you.

[@Westwoodii]

So true. Your reminder sadly still goes unheeded by so many...

[@martinwebb1681]

Sadly in the time this was made there hadn't been much kindness in the world for four years, over 670,000 British soldiers were killed between 1914 and 1918 and over one and a half million were wounded.

[@Ronald-o9x]

I'm not too religious, but if god says "you will never die if you believe in me" it does make you realise that life is short, so let's live it well ! Is there life after death indeed? Yes, we all go back to the earth but where does our soul go?

[@deborahrobertson8606]

Amazing!!! My Nan was 18 years old when this was taken. Born in 1900, she lived until 1994. She lived very much in the present, but I treasure her memories of her youth.

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I love how far technology has come. This is as close to time travel we've got so far and it stuns me.

[@darkgreenambulance]

Your comment is so true!

[@Ronald-o9x]

I believe time travel will come at some point in the future.

[@johnminshell6532]

My Grandad and my Dad Fought in the same War Dad came home with Bullet Wounds Grandad Father of 11 kids Died , I m lucky to be here Aged 86

[@Audit-The-Auditors]

Eleven kids? No wonder your grandad died.

[@davehoward22]

Common in them days

[@arriesone1]

So you were only two Sir when 2nd WW broke out, were you living in a relatively safe place or did you get evacuated? Yes, and how lucky we all are to hopefully be avoiding a third WW. What does it all boil down to - devastated cities, millions of lost lives and crippled men returning, what a strange race the human one is.

[@Audit-The-Auditors]

@@arriesone1 Which other races are you comparing it to?

[@arriesone1]

@@Audit-The-Auditors I’m not - they call us the human race.

[@Thereishope664]

The people who do this deserve so much credit.

[@dudebro3250]

It's depressing to see how the country has been ruined with diversity.

[@G6JPG]

If only they'd be HONEST, and not call it "Unseen Color Footage", which sounds like it's been DISCOVERED. It hasn't. I have the greatest respect for what they do - it's amazing! Not only the colour (it would be coloUr if of London), but the general picture improvement - steadying both in dimension and brightness. I just wish they wouldn't title the clips so dishonestly; what they do is phenomenal enough without needing any lies.

[@isotropisch82]

@@dudebro3250 People like you are what is wrong with modern Britain. Small minded fools did not make Britain what it is, these people have consigned Britain to the dustbin of history. The Victorians didn't hark back to the Elizabethans. People like you have nothing to do with the former greatness of the UK.

[@martinwebb1681]

@@dudebro3250 ... 😂😂... You're having a laugh, life today is so much better than it was for those poor unfortunates back in 1918.

[@Namer2488]

yeah mate im sure acid attacks, stabbings, drug gangs bordering being classified as cartels and little english remaining is better than "muh coal lungs" ​@@martinwebb1681

[@stevehearne]

Incredible and an honour to see so clearly the people who gave so much. There's some really cheeky grins there too, history totally brought to life. Thank you.

[@valproton3841]

My grandma was a school child in 1918. When she was an old lady and I was at school, she told me that so much had happened in her life, we went from horses and carts to men on the moon.

[@admiralbenbow5083]

My Grandpa was born in 1890. He remembered reading the report about the Wright Brothers first recorded flight. Many decades later he found himself on a Concorde flight to NYC. He didnt quite make the moon, but never mind, you cant do everything!

[@carmenbrown3437]

My Grandma grew up in Magog, Quebec. In an evil nun institution. When she, (she told me stories of how it was a prison), finnally turned 18, she ran so fast away from the catholic church jail. That was my Grandma. She would have rather died than become a Nun. After growing up in a monestary. She wanted no part of church life. but, she still went to church until she was 96.

[@seanodwyer4322]

@@carmenbrown3437 were they lesbians there ?????

[@BoltRM]

​@@seanodwyer4322Search on: "More than 150,000 indigenous children were taken from their families and placed in residential schools" estimated 6,000 children are believed to have died, with some later buried in unmarked graves

[@mogznwaz]

I don’t think we’ll ever see its like again. Astounding progress made in such a short time, thanks largely to the legacy of the British empire. Such an extraordinary society, to influence the world so profoundly

[@jacquievickers1229]

Wow! That's really clear restoration work. Very nice! Thank you!

[@AnneWhyte-c7t]

How smart everyone looks. Amazing film . Brings the past to life.

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

They didn't smell very nice. They hardly bathed in those days.

[@Simonsvids]

@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb Once a week is good enough. Any more and you wash all the good bacteria away from your skin.

[@mujemoabraham6522]

@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb What was the reason behind not bathing ?

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

@@mujemoabraham6522 Cost....it was expensive to heat a bath of water. So much so, large families would share just one bath tub of water, every month or so.

[@FormulaProg]

​@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hbbecause it wasn't necessary. Bit of muck doesn't harm ya

[@voyaristika5673]

This was England the year my mother was born (in the US.) She lived to age 97. It's like a trip to her past. Thank you.

[@woooster17]

The quality of the enhancements is incredible.. It truly brings these people and their surroundings to life. The detail, the faces, just amazing. A time long gone….

[@Thorny5718]

UK before ‘the invasion’ . The liberals hate this old footage, they’ll try have your believe it’s all fake. Britain wasn’t mainly built by the indigenous British, but by foreigners!!

[@hana.the.writer5074]

I agree only it needed more colors and to be a tiny bit slower. The flowers they placed I believe had several colors but because sunlight was strong everything looked white in old filming gear the same goes to ladies outfts. Great it is yes, but not incredible. Personal opinion.

[@grahamhgt6468]

Thank you for taking the time and making the effort in restoring these films, you deserve more credit than you get. Wonderful work 👏

[@ernestwilson5591]

What an incredible restoration job, beautiful!

[@EricLehner]

Hello from Canada. A handsome people, with style in abundance. The body language and facial expressions bring these persons, who are all gone, into our hearts. Magnificent work!

[@philipchretienkarlsson8157]

This looks like the first post victory public game. It obviously was so important that even the king and Queen were in attendance! A beautiful restooration and colorization of this unique footage !

[@Boudi-ca]

Wow incredible! I’ve never seen video of George V before or Churchill so young. Fantastic footage! I wish hats would make a comeback. They look so smart and sophisticated.

[@stlbusker3025]

Hats have been the style for quite sometime, they've transgressed to baseball caps, but still, they are a form of hat. Personally, I have never worn a hat. Aside from my time in the military, wearing a hat just wasn't for me.

[@darkgreenambulance]

Although there is a school of thought that is against the use of the various processes, I have to say that I cannot disagree more! The whole idea of these films was for people to see them. O K - there is an atmosphere generated by the films in their original state - and they can and should be preserved anyway, BUT, I am willing to bet that, if the original camera people were alive today, they would be thrilled to bits to see their footage treated like this! Thank you so much for , as one contributor has put it, helped us to "Time Travel"

[@JamesDeemons]

It's amazing how much the world has changed in only just over 100 years, all those wars, inventions, fashion etc etc

[@leavemyrightsalone]

Thing is, it hasn't changed that much.

[@rogbow69]

Fantastic restoration work..I love how they are fascinated by the camera.....its like they are looking into the future at us and are amazed

[@chrisvowell2890]

And most of those cameras were hand cranked at that time. Amazing how improving the frame rate and picture clarity can create such stunning images!

[@donofon1014]

My father was born in August of 1918, just months before this war memorial events. It is ASTOUNDING how the crisp and coloured enhancements give more individual character that one glimpses in the shakey B&W originals. Personalities just reach out through time. It is a powerful tool and I hope this is used on many more "antique" films.

[@Robby334]

You have done a great job remastering this, it will be now on the internet for years to come.

[@dixiefallas7799]

Brilliant restoration. Well done!🇬🇧

[@AllensTrains]

All the people look quite relaxed and happy at events following the First World War. There is a very sad scene at the end when all the war wounded are paraded along in their wheel chairs. Thanks for doing the restoration work and uploading.

[@andrewlilley3660]

How could anyone be happy after witnessing that carnage?

[@AllensTrains]

@@andrewlilley3660 Maybe they were relieved that it was all over?

[@andrewlilley3660]

@@AllensTrains It was over for a couple of decades, that's all.

[@AllensTrains]

@@andrewlilley3660 The title says the footage dates from 1918

[@andrewlilley3660]

@@AllensTrains Yes, that's what I mean, two decades later it all starts again! I suppose it's because they hadn't got rid of enough people the first time around.

[@elshadjafar2437]

Absolutely beautiful and clear restoration, most films from that earlier era of film making are scratchy, fade in and out. Whoever put in the effort and hard work, thank you for bringing history even more to life! I AGREE WITH RONALD. BAKU CITY

[@muttsareus]

I did a little Googling. This is the King's Game, a baseball played by US Army and Navy personnel, on July 4th. 1918.

[@keithnaylor1981]

Overwhelming!!! Like looking through a window into the past. Everyone celebrating the end of the war, and honouring those who didn’t make it. Very moving.

[@bernarddavis1050]

It wasn't the end of the war, though the worst of the crisis on the Western Front was just about over at this point (July 1918). The great German spring offensive had ground to a halt, more or less, but nobody in this crowd at the time would have thought it would all be ending in November with the Armistice.

[@Kidderman2210]

Excellent production. No irritating narration or incidental music. Reminds me a bit of Humphrey Jennings work

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

My great grandparents and their three children emigrated to Australia just after the First WW. It was fascinating to catch a glimpse of the world they left behind.

[@spacelemur7955]

Also left behind from that war are millions of corpses, amputated limbs, widows, orphans and shattered psyches. Then the leaders of the _Entante_ so fumbled the peace, that a much worse replay took place one generation later. It's hard to see see King George and other bigwigs and not see the incompetence. Thus these restorations are valuable if they remind us of the failures, potential and lost opportunities too.

[@seanodwyer4322]

my ancestors from brit had surnames off- Fletcher/ Walton/ wathan/ Farr/ Challannor

[@Simonsvids]

Yes but why on earth did they think it a good idea to go to nearly the end of the world? (New Zealand is the real end)

[@christophercook723]

@@seanodwyer4322 do not forget Jones and Smith. Keeping up with the Jones now the Kumars, Patels, Singhs and Amheres !

[@elowishusmirkatroid4898]

@@Simonsvids Because they could own land stolen from the first peoples.

[@neinkalando2519]

I have never seen video like this before, I'm so glad they had the mind to preserve it way back then

[@gaynorhorsefield8986]

That was so lovely especially with the sound, thanks.

[@Thilindel]

When I was a first grader, I found a penny in a field. After cleaning it, I saw it read '1919'. I couldn't believe (at the time) they had money back then...let alone it still was in really good shape. Now to see that this video is older than that is so impressive! Such a different world, wish I could have been there!

[@jody6851]

??? As a young child, I remember quite well my grandparents, grand-relatives, and friends of theirs all born in the late 19th Century preceding that coin by 25 years. And my grand-uncle who served in the US Army in World War I. And my neighbor who let me come over to play on her piano, whose grandfather had fought for the Union at Gettysburg.

[@L4AH4N1889]

@@jody6851 Thank you Jody! It definitely doesn’t feel like this very old if you’ve already seen and lived with those great people! Marvellous!

[@stlbusker3025]

Could'nt believe that they had money back then? What else could have been used for commerce and transactions, shells & beads?

[@Thilindel]

@@stlbusker3025 Proposing that to what was then a seven year old, what are you wanting?

[@lindaireland2751]

Yeah I know what u mean wish I could go back seems alot nicer world apart from the war but life was better in a funny way

[@Eazy-ERyder]

A young Winston Churchhill and King George in PERFECT Clarity...amazing!

[@michaelverbakel7632]

Amazing, very clear video of King George V and Queen Mary and the King's mother Queen Alexandra who died in 1925.

[@raoufrumjaun8356]

One of the best I've seen to date. And the fact that it features my home city makes it even better> well done!!

[@frankfowlkes7872]

Incredible footage though the sounds effects are a recent addition. This must be from sometime in the Spring or Summer of 1918 since the weather looks very pleasant. American troops were arriving in Europe a rate of around 100,000 a month by mid 1918. My Grandfather was in the AEF and did not arrive until the Fall of 1918 as the war was winding down. He was 19 and disappointed to miss the action but we are possibly here because of his late arrival, many of the early arrivals perished. He used to tell my Mother that the Germans heard he was coming and surrendered!

[@chandermohan1134]

Yes, England France and Germany dissipated their energies in thoughtless mutual suspicions, tensions and WWs. Otherwise, they could still be major world powers. SriRam

[@ragarse3]

Seems more like spring, summer 1919. Surely in 1918 the war was very much in the balance and such public spectacles would be premature. The mix of memorial respect and celebration on show was very much a post-war phenomena. Neverthless, the results are truly incredible.

[@sally-annmanvell5529]

Absolutely loving this! Thank you !

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

Amazing restoration.King George V was 1910 to 1936.

[@Amcor09]

I don't think I've ever seen footage of King George V, let alone in colour. Good video.

[@scotnick59]

Even though the sound isn't authentic, it makes for most enjoyable viewing - as does the excellent colorization

[@christophercook723]

Also the Colourisation.

[@mujemoabraham6522]

@@christophercook723 Colorization = American Colourisation = British Kulurschaft = German 😁😁

[@christophercook723]

@@mujemoabraham6522 coloured = English Colorization= A made up USA word misspelled in English . The other word is a WW2 loser expression.

[@ndie8075]

Sorry for that harm in WWI from Germany....Saxons and Anglosaxons should not fight each other we are one blood...

[@alanbeck7093]

Blood quantum. Britain and Germany are multicultural.

[@manmaje3596]

@@alanbeck7093 Since 1948 yes. Before? Not really. Now? Hellhole waiting to implode.

[@tonkerdog1]

Not your or the current Germanys fault. I have a good few German fiends and we all have lots in common, not so many French ones!

[@kiwitrainguy]

@@tonkerdog1 Oh dear, you edited your post but still left the r out of friends.

[@tonkerdog1]

@@kiwitrainguy Oh no, the ceiling will fall in and we will all die.

[@alunevans380]

These gems should be preserved for eternity.

[@tracy6568]

This restoration is amazing!!

[@MrDaiseymay]

Excellent, given the strides in technical improvment, of the last ten years, I would not be suprised if there was more to come; but, who could not be thrilled with the current achievements. Just one question--When was this filmed? if it's 1918, I'm guessing that , the war is still on, or the Summer that year was exceptionally long, ( it looks so sunny withLeaves and flower's in abundance. or everyones celibrating wars end, the following year. ?

[@ajthecat2]

To answer your question, the baseball match was July 4th 1918. A google search will tell you all about it.

[@MrDaiseymay]

thank you.@@ajthecat2

[@VLMTSM]

Wow! It looks like it was filmed yesterday, great job 👏

[@yum8666]

crazy how much changes in such a short time

[@markwilson8002]

Crikey they all looked so fit & well...

[@helmethead72]

I was waiting for the first fat phobic comment. How dare you. I’m shocked, shocked I say, at the despicable lack of diversity in this footage. What a load of far-right bigots our ancestors were, and I bet they were transphobic too! 😉🤣😅

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

Life expectancy then, was 20 years less than it is now.

[@helmethead72]

@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb What matters is the amount of life in those years, not the number of them. People looked far happier back then than the number of obese, morbidly obese and depressed youngsters we have now, and many of them are less active than their grandparents.

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

@@helmethead72 People 'looked' happier because they had no life expectation and aspirations back then. Working class people's lives in 1918 was pretty horrific. I studied Economic & Social History at University, so I know in detail how bad it was. They worked 6 days a week 12 hour days, often in dangerous places like mills and factories. They shared bath tubs of cold water and lived in cramped, damp, overcrowded slums. Working class people's lives are a 100 times better than they were then. People are far more educated now and have choices and can expect lives similar to the elite. Then, only the elite had decent lives.

[@seoulavi]

omg it’s amazing remastering! Great video, thanks for sharing. 👍🏻👏🏻 like 108

[@vividhistory2092]

Thank you :)

[@Ryan-on5on]

I believe the man on the extreme left with the open coat and fedora at 5:40 is future US President Herbert Hoover, who directed American relief measures for Belgium and would manage the nation's food supply chain following the US's' entrance into the war as director of the United States Food Administration. His visit to England was probably in relation to his latter official capacity, though the close of the Great War would by no means mark the end of Hoover's involvement with humanitarian relief; relief missions to Europe, White Russia , and post-WWII Germany would follow. Though by most measures a low-ranking to poor president whose ineffective handling of the Great Depression serves as his most notable legacy, very few can credibly accuse Hoover of using the awesome powers that come with high office solely for pernicious ends like personal enrichment and self-aggrandizement, charges a great many of his peers cannot with probity exonerate themselves of.

[@davidcouch6514]

Yes it is. HH was such a resourceful and efficient administrator early on he came to the attention of another future President, FDR, who remarked that HH “would make a fine President “

[@cherylbean5881]

He was an engineer. His handling of the Bonus Rallies not too commendable.

[@modgodel]

Yep, his face is pretty recognizable!

[@jontyb123]

A fantastic piece of work. Well done.

[@cherylbean5881]

WWI Era. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@catherineaiello7136]

Amazing footage. Thanks.

[@jasongoodacre]

I never knew Winston Churchill used to be so thin. What a fine gentleman.

[@emilybemily4397]

Utterly amazing! What a treasure trove.

[@lauralaladarling3775]

Thank you all so much who made this marvellous and very moving history, after the The Great War, with colour and restored film. I could imagine I was there watching these great occasions of 1918. Thank you to all the brave allied armed forces and our own courageous boys' men and women who sacrificed so much to make this celebratory and moving memorial to the lost with hope on the faces of the injured the returned and civilians for a new peaceful future. How desperately sad to see the aftermath of the 1914 war with all its death and suffering to know another world war would follow 25 years later begin by the same country. With so many wars and conflicts in the world may peace reign supreme. Xxxxx

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

They haven't finished with us, yet they still want us gone.

[@eastlondona.m.w2886]

1918 I just think about the all the boy's that never came home WW1 changed England for ever we lost so many skilled men we never recovered from it hence the state this country's now in.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

One of the wealthiest and most powerful in the world, despite a relatively small population?

[@LouDeVere]

Certainly part of the reason I agree. The nails in the coffin have been immigration both legal and illegal from countries that cannot possibly share the British identity and mindset. It started after WW2 with the mass immigration from what is now India/Pakistan/Bangladesh and continued through the 50s from the Caribbean. Many arriving from the latter did assimilate into British culture but their offspring were largely another factor of why we have such a bad, lawless society as we do today. What is happening now, is the death knell for the UK as we know it. I am privileged to be able to say I remember Britain as it was and have such happy memories from the 60s and 70s.

[@gulzarahmed1632]

Wow ...very clear and nice video....thanks 👍

[@tatianapodarevskaya]

Keep going, amazing channel❤❤❤

[@vividhistory2092]

Thank you :)

[@pameladache3872]

This is amazing! You are a genius! Thank you so much.

[@IamNotANumber]

Thank you for this footage, I'm a fan of Upstairs Downstairs and it's incredible to see footage from the time period in which it was set.

[@cherylbean5881]

Same here or Downton Abbey.

[@christophercook723]

Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey would be sanitised by the woke feminists and Nancy Boys ,like Wooster and Jeeves shamefully have.

[@paulakelly467]

Love this! Thank you! The camera is our time machine!

[@gavindouglas7020]

Wow No Drugs No Stabbings No Shootings No Grooming gangs When Britain 🇬🇧 was Great

[@johnross2924]

But plenty of slaughter during the world war that was just around the corner.

[@helmethead72]

@@johnross2924Our Blitz spirit saw us through that horror, and build a future that was real and tangible for people to experience and flourish. People now lose their minds over nothing. It’s pathetic and an insult to the fallen of both World Wars.

[@motivationinspiration-wu7sw]

@gavindouglas7020 "No stabbings, no shootings". No, no-one was ever shot or stabbed back then. It's just a modern phenomenon. And for drugs, there definitely was drugs, just not the ones which are popular today. Finally, while there may not have been "grooming gangs", there was without doubt, rapes taking places.

[@aJones-hv5ny]

No 3rd World Invaders

[@philipdove6987]

Lots of 3rdworld people helped fight the war. Indians, Chinese, Vietnamese, Africans, Nepalese, Black Africans fought as full soldiers in the US army in WW1. Opium was legal and openly on sale in dockland areas, the rich bright young things took cocaine, murders took place. Homosexuality and sexual coercion were common just utterly taboo or spoken of in euphemisms. Your view is as rose tinted as the film.

[@rory4605]

I think i'm right in saying that having a camera so close to the monarch in 1918 was quite a major thing. Whether they knew it was filming or not, who knows? If you remember the BBC were told not to show a close-up of Elizabeth II during her coronation. This is 35 years before that and this is pretty good footage of George V, his mannerisms, his body language and (if there is a lip reader out there) his speech.

[@weejim48]

A time in our history when people were proud to be British. These old folks went through a lot in their life times and yet today everyone has an axe to grind. My grandfather & some of his brothers fought in the First World War. They never spoke about it. Great restoration job. 👍👍🇬🇧

[@markhalton8]

Absolutely beautiful and very interesting. Small factchecking issue - there is a scene from Trinity College Dublin - which is also very interesting but definitely not footage of England however broadly it could be during this time defined.

[@mastercommander4535]

The soot blackened buildings are worth noting . It used to be terrible in London I remember in the early fifties we had many smog ridden days when you couldn’t even leave the house and it’s incredible now how clean they all are since banning of coal fires .

[@rivergladesgardenrailroad8834]

indeed, now we need to ban ICE VEHICLES as well.

[@racheldoesacrylic4089]

coal fires yeah remember them ,glad they got smokeless options now ,as their is something magical about having a real open fire in your home on a cold winters night x

[@MrTimg12]

Strange as so many comments in this thread refer to the 'good ol' days ' 🤔 Not only are the buildings filthy outside with soot , they're similarly toxic inside with the lead paint and open fires and little if any internal sanitation;25 million people died of the H1N1 influenza virus worldwide; the total military/ civilian deaths during the First WW are estimated to be about 40 million; there were no antibiotics ; it was a grossly unequal society as the wealthiest 5% hoovered up 40% of the nation's wealth ( talking about hoovers most households couldn't afford the new fangled domestic work saving devices); after the war women were demoted back to their 'place' in the home or low paid jobs; equal voting rights for men & women was still a decade away. These are but a few stats on how life in 1918 was infinitely worse than today. But the comments on here opine , the good ol' days eh? Why is that when the data shows us it's complete nonsense? Why not be honest? Don't hide the prejudice. We all know it's dog whistle stuff.

[@jameswalkden7499]

Ignorant see you next Tuesday. There's always one that has to spout B.S. without studying the true science and facts. I suppose you also believe in tooth fairies, sasquatch and believes Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes ? Grow up.

[@houseyUK]

More fantastic content, great job! It would (for me) to see some updated and colourised film of the Grand Fleet around WW1 if at all possible :)

[@huporhaha1]

Great remastering. I don't think I saw footage of a single obese person in any of the scenes - I wonder why?

[@Teapot-Dave]

Food would still have been rationed, but there were no fast-food outlets then apart from fish & chip shops.

[@BlackGriffin195]

There's another group missing too!

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

They were all starving....

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

That was fantastic.....Well done. Subscribed.

[@stevendavis2122]

Great Britain as it should be.

[@colinluckens9591]

People just had more common sense than they seem to in the UK nowadays.....

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

@@colinluckens9591 That's because there are so many non-UK people here now.

[@00lh02]

​@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb another xenophobic person, I see.

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

@@00lh02 Not xenophobic, just HATRED, PURE HATRED for trash ruining my country.

[@stevendavis2122]

@@00lh02Another bedwetter I see.

[@jillsimmons5089]

This is a wonderful film, thank you for sharing with us.

[@DMAN-ey1nb]

Amazing quality! I wonder what the people from 1918 would make of our society…

[@Gallo_1.6]

i dont.

[@lindaireland2751]

I would hate to think

[@DavidGreen-wp7ok]

They would jump back into their graves.

[@davidfogarty2220]

Medically and health wise we have come on leaps and bounds, but I think our souls have been diminished due to our fast lives.

[@bobbysands6923]

they would run away...

[@stevecunningham5598]

Fantastic footage of a bygone age , you can almost imagine being there the clarity is stunning wish i could lip read the conversations.

[@GearoidMacGearailt]

Brilliant footage and great quality for the time.

[@gerardmackay8909]

Queen Alexandra (2.30-40) aged 73 looking about 15 years younger. Her exquisite youthful beauty lingered long into her senior years. Deaf as a post by then but by all accounts a very sweet lady

[@briandelaney9710]

And Queen Mary

[@patsybaby]

Marvellous! Thank you. A great way to look at History.

[@sunnypilar1919]

Hi there sir. It's amazing picture. Sir where are you from uk

[@LarryFleetwood8675]

It's fascinating and in a strange way, almost what it'd be like to suddenly find unknown footage of Henry VIII... 👑

[@fredneecher1746]

If we don't get authentic sounds with the authentic images, then what is the point of the soundtrack?

[@iloveanimals1964]

This is absolute gold👌🏻👏🏻🤩

[@stevehein7884]

great great video like it was filmed yesterday

[@ahmadjonikromov7943]

Live footage of that era amazing

[@jiggermast]

Amazing restoration job. at 5.01 is that a Roston Bed Socks player?

[@foolonthehill731]

Amazing to see all of these people brought back to life.

[@janjapolanec9426]

Pure England. A wonderful restoration. Thank you.

[@PeterPanMan]

I've watched the footage over and over and I think the American officer talking to Churchill @1:31 is USMC BGen. Smedley Butler. He's obviously a senior officer (in spite of what appear to be lieutenants' bars on his shoulders) and his cover and collar insignia look like the Marine Corps' Eagle, Globe, and Anchor emblem. Also his face and profile seem to match the appearance of Butler.

[@scottnyc6572]

Gen.Smedley Butler would’ve appeared much younger during this time.The link below shows how he appeared during that timeframe.

[@scottnyc6572]

USMC Gen.Smedley D. Butler kzbin.info/www/bejne/maPJaHRtrZKkeZo

[@PeterPanMan]

@@scottnyc6572 I have to respectfully disagree, though of course it is a strictly individual judgment call. People did age faster back then, plus the rigors of military life do exact a toll, I can tell you from first hand observation. I think the appearance of the man in the video fits within the time frame.

[@Pimlotts]

I agree with you. The resemblance is spot on.

[@colinluckens9591]

Wow you know a lot!!😃👍👍👍.....

[@jlyseller]

That baseball match was held at Craven Cottage, Fulham!

[@Puzzoozoo]

Everyone there was wonderfully white, but sadly 105 years later none of the people in the film is now with us. 😔

[@MrAndroidData]

brilliantly done, it brings us in the current world to vision life in the past, that should be kept alive

[@chsmith1969]

Amazing, the footage at 5:24 in is from the front square of Trinity College Dublin. I would love to know where this originated from if you can tell me, thank you

[@projectilequestion]

Thanks. Something productive and useful on here for once.

[@teleamor]

No 3rd World Throwbacks. No blue-haired Land Whales. No sloppy dressers. BEAUTIFUL.

[@Hsjsjshshshs]

Grow up, the world changes.

[@princebuster93]

@@Hsjsjshshshsyes, and not for the better

[@mrcockney-nutjob3832]

@@Hsjsjshshshs I bet your land hasn't, Ali?

[@Hsjsjshshshs]

@@mrcockney-nutjob3832 my ancestral land hasn’t your right there!

[@dumptydo]

great work! Still movement is a little too quick. Dropping it in youtube to .075 is just a tad slow - if it was at 0.85 it would be at the sweet spot

[@brucejones7307]

The screaming from the crowd is a new phenomena imported from America. In those days it was considered vulgar to scream at the top of your voice in public.

[@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb]

Screaming at the top of your voice in public, is still considered vulgar today. Are you the Coronation St actor I interviewed for a newspaper in 1998

[@brucejones7307]

@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb No, not that Bruce Jones. And I don't watch soaps, or TV coming to think of it.

[@tonto716]

What a beautiful film I could not take my eyes off it well done

[@qed456]

The ladies especially looked so smart and refined unlike today

[@AffectionateArcticFox-vu3gs]

What a charming and elegant society then compared to the present polluted society.Very sad to think that people we see in the video are no longer with us.Yet this is strong testimony how people lived then.Gratitude for the wonderful footage

[@sandgrownun66]

What's needed here is a lip reader, the same as was used in "They Shall Not Grow Old".

[@Ur_Quan]

Honestly it was impressive like five years ago. What would be impressive today, is to see a colorized video where men of the past are not wearing strange iridescent green-and-purple suits (@1:37). But instead are wearing black suits like they actually did back then.