Vancouver, Canada 1907 (New Version) in Color [VFX,60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added
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Published 2022-11-15
0:00-2:29 - Downtown Victoria, finishing in front of what is now the Empress.
2:30-3:52 - Vancouver, northbound on Granville to Hastings.
3:53-6:12 - Vancouver, eastbound on Hastings from Granville to Carrall.
6:25-7:11 - Vancouver, westbound on Cordova from Carrall to Cambie.
7:12-7:26 - Vancouver, southbound on Cambie from Cordova to Hastings.
7:27-8:16 - Vancouver, westbound on Robson, unknown cross streets, but going down the hill at the end.
Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔added sound design only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
✔ SKY Visual Effects (not historically accurate)
Please, be aware that colorization colors and SKY Visual Effects are not real and fake, colorization and VFX was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: Library and Archives Canada
All Comments (21)
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Which City Would You Like to Visit in The 1900s ??
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2:45 theres something so incredibly surreal about being waved at by a person from 115 years ago. She could never have known she'd be waving at people over a century into the future.
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Would be fascinating with a split screen street view of the same route today.
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1907 feels like m watching ghosts in their own world wow. This more than a century and their city looks so modern, colourful and peaceful. This ancestors are all dead but this clip makes it feel like we were there with them at the time. This was my great-grand father's era, cos he was born in 1896 as at 1907 he was 11. My grandfather wen he was alive told us alot about him. Time travel is beautiful. I wish to see more, I love history ❤️ thanks for sharing.
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My great grandfather spent the summer of 1907 in Vancouver and he built the sewer system in North Van between 1910 and 1912. Amazing to see what the city looked like during his time there.
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Who says time travel is not possible? Every time I watch these videos I feel transported back to another era.
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I quit watching these videos months ago, and here I go again. They are so addictive.
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Restoring and enhancing vintage film is about the closest to a time machine you can ever get. Love it!
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Those old cities had so much more charisma and charm. So much details and art in every way you look. Old cities look absolutelly beautiful almost fairytale compared to new boring, flat, uninspired empty fields of concrete, glass and composite materials.
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To think that all these people never knew they were filmed, yet we can see them over a century later and get to experience a moment of their daily business, is incredible.
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The young lady who waved at the camera at 2:50 could not imagine that 115 years later we could wave back at her.
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Wow look at how fast the pace of life was back then. I am sure that minus the sort of technology that we have today, it was still fairly busy and active. It's nice to see how civilization moved 116 years ago and how organized it was. Videos like this make you feel like you visited this time. Thanks for the time travel.
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Hats off to whoever recorded these kind of videos, They're much appreciated
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To help Vancouverites get their bearings, the video starting at 2:30 is Granville going north just before Georgia. The building at the extreme left is the first Hotel Vancouver which was a charmless structure. Van Horne complained that the windows were tiny which is evident in this clip as well. The second Hotel Vancouver was a massive improvement which makes it a massive loss that it was torn down. The building at the extreme right at 2:49 actually still exists nestled next to the Bay. It has the bands of stone and brick, and the building at the extreme left at 3:38 is the lower part of the Post Office building that is now part of Sinclair Centre. The tram turns right on to Hastings and actually there are a few buildings still around. Still it is sad to see the attrition of buildings that has degraded the pedestrian experience.
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The woman at 2:47 steals the show. Her wave 115 years later made me smile.
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The year this was filmed marked the birth of the oldest living person who is still alive today. That's crazy!
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I keep imagining our great-grandchildren looking at our videos and imagining what life was like in our time
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I love how you can cross the street anytime because nothing is moving fast enough to hit you.
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No way we built these complex beautiful cities. So much details on these buildings. Thank you Jon Levi 🙌🏽
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Wish I could slip back in time. Watching all those people walking and J walking is the norm. Keeps one in shape.