Colorized Footage Of New York City In 1911

YouTuber Denis Shiryaev took a piece of well-known footage of New York City in 1911 and, by using neural networks, upgraded it to 4K and increased the frame rate to 60 frames per second while also colorizing it. The result is definitely perfect!

YouTuber Denis Shiryaev, known for restoring vintage videos, has brought footage from 1911 New York to life

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The video shows Battery Park, the Statue of Liberty, the Flatiron Building, and the New York Harbor

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The original footage was shot by a Swedish production company and was titled “A Trip Through New York City”

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The upscaled video was created using neural network-powered algorithms

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Thus producing a colorized and sharper version of the original black and white footage

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Watch the original, speed-corrected footage of “A Trip Through New York City”

To compare it with the one restored by Denis