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[60 fps] A Trip Through Paris, France in late 1890s / Un voyage à travers Paris, 1890

Denis Shiryaev · other · Watch on YouTube

World historyComputer vision, speech & NLPDocumentaries & storytelling

What it is

Denis Shiryaev's neural-network-upscaled, colorized 60 fps version of film footage shot in Paris between 1896 and 1900.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it for the look of pre-car city streets, with pedestrians moving freely among carriages, and as an example of AI film restoration.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “this fascinating video of Paris in late 1890s”

    Footage showing pedestrians walking freely in 1890s Paris streets

    duchenne, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “When cities treated cars as dangerous intruders”

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Topics: paris, 1890s, ai upscaling, colorization, street life

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