INCREDIBLE high definition video of life in New York filmed in 1911 - and one of Paris in 1896 too!
I've said it and i say it again: the only "time machine" which exist ( and will ever exist ) are documentary movies of long bygone eras. If you look at them on the bigger screen possible with your mind "IN" the movie you'll be able to be transported in the era, "feel" it, and receive endless informations about it. And these two movies, one showing life New York in 1911 - Main Street U.S.A "turn of the century" era - and the other of life of Paris back in 1896-1900 are the perfect examples.
Recently, many people on Twitter shared clips of the one of New York in 1911. The definition quality of the document is truly incredible, so clear, so well preserved, that some even doubt of its authenticity. Especially because no source was indicated by the users who shared it on Twitter. It is in fact a true historical document, and the video was posted in full on the Youtube account of New York MoMA. "This documentary was made by a team of the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern, who have been sent around the world to take pictures of famous places," says the MOMA.
We witness the life of the city as if we were there, with its passers-by in front of Chinese grocery stores, its carts, its cars, its kids intrigued by the camera, its trams and its sky train. Don’t miss it and definitely watch it FULL SCREEN!
And to don't make any jealous here is another one of Paris filmed in 1890. Very good definition too, even if the New York one is better. Of course the sound effects have been added as sound for cinema was not invented yet!
The Paris World Fair just happened and you'll be amazed of how many horse carriage were running down Paris famous Champs-Elysées Avenue!
Watch also this Paris video in full screen mode!
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