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| GIF animation 'time machine.' Original movie camera film of 1897, startlingly modern! (Page 1/1) |
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rinselberg
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NOV 11, 05:51 PM
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GIF-animated video of a snowball fight on a French street from 1897.
https://vp.nyt.com/video/20...owball3_wg_1080p.mp4
| quote | | The footage was captured in Lyon, in 1897, by the Lumière brothers, who were among the world’s first filmmakers. It was originally black and white, of course, and herky-jerky because of the low frame rate. But this snowball fight has recently been colorized and smoothed, and the result is shockingly modern. |
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"Watch This Snowball Fight From 1897 for a Jolt of Pure Joy"
Sam Anderson for the New York Times; November 5, 2020.
I can't provide a link to the text in the New York Times. If there is someone that really wants to look at Sam Anderson's article, they could Google or search-engine their way to the report. Even if they're not a subscriber to NYT online, it might appear in their browser as a "freebie."
I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before. Not from as far back as 1897.[This message has been edited by rinselberg (edited 11-11-2020).]
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Jake_Dragon
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NOV 11, 06:31 PM
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Snowball fights were different back then
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Patrick
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NOV 11, 10:14 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by rinselberg:
I don't think I have ever seen anything like this before. Not from as far back as 1897.
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There are quite a few examples of this on YouTube. I can't get over how good the quality is. They've certainly made tremendous strides in the ability to digitally clean up, sharpen, color, and increase the frame rate of old film footage.
Original...
[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 11-11-2020).]
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Wichita
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NOV 12, 04:50 AM
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The weird thing to think about is that everyone filmed are dead.
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Patrick
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NOV 12, 09:45 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Wichita:
The weird thing to think about is that everyone filmed are dead.
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Heck, I've got home video of family get-togethers from 20 years ago that are like that. The Grim Reaper never rests.
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maryjane
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NOV 13, 05:44 AM
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I am the oldest male survivor of my extended family (those born with the same surname as mine) that isn't an offspring of mine or my brother.
I can remember some years ago, sitting at the table with my 2 older sisters after an uncle's funeral in North Texas and telling them and one of our cousins "Well, you know what this means don't you? We're officially the Old Folks now."[This message has been edited by maryjane (edited 11-13-2020).]
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