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Lumiere films from the very early days of film, subjected to various ML refinements and coupled with foley sounds, and you've got some amazingly modern looking movies from 125 years ago! 21 old films from 1895 to 1902 colorized and upscaled in 60 fps, with sound runs 22 minutes, with the first 4m33s describing the upscaling process.
From Denis Shiryaev's YouTube channel:
A few months ago I found an amazing YouTube channel with some Lumiere films uploaded with great source quality. It was hard to resist not doing some Machine Learning magic with them, aaaand here is the result of a few months of processing and sound editing.
Films used in this video: 🎞1895 France, Lyon, place des Cordeliers, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/place-d... Factory outlet, France, Lyon, Monplaisir, chemin Saint-Victor (today rue du 1er Film) https://catalogue-lumiere.com/sortie-... The Landing of the photography congress in Lyon, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/debarqu...
🎞1896 Launch of a ship, France, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/lanceme... Switzerland, Geneva, National Exhibition, Swiss Village, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/rentree... Westminster Bridge, Great Britain, London, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/pont-de... France, Lyon: Quai de l'Archevêché, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/lyon-qu... Panorama of the Grand Canal taken from a boat, Italy, Venice, Grand Canal, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/panoram... Arrival of a train in Perrache station, France, Lyon, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/arrivee... Broadway, United States, New York, https://catalogue-lumiere.com/broadway/....
....MUCH MORE