THE VIDEO SHELF · ai video restoration
[4k, 60 fps] A Trip Through New York City in 1911
Footage shot in New York City in 1911 by a Swedish film company, upscaled to 4K and 60 fps with neural networks and optionally colorized. The creator notes the colors are artificial and added only for ambiance.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as an impressive example of ML-based video restoration, and as the test case in the debate over whether upscaling historical footage is respectful or misleading.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Denis Shiryaev
- Topic
- ai video restoration
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Somewhat related, there have been some impressive ML-powered video remasterings recently (colorized and upscaled to 4K at 60 fps): - Footage Of The First Flying Machines 1890-1910: [LINK] - A Trip Through New York City in 1911: [VIDEO] - Views of Tokyo, Japan, 1913-1915: [LINK]
rbinv on Hacker News · 2020-08
In The German front in rare color photos, 1914-1918As an African-American it was actually useful to watch some of these colorized videos and get a better since for how African-Americans integrated into the society at that time. Having it in color with sound made the video seem much more real and relatable. For …
ijidak on Hacker News · 2020-10
In YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K, but historians want them to stop
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.