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[60 fps] The Flying Train, Germany, 1902

Denis Shiryaev · demo · Watch on YouTube

World historyTransit, cities & urban planningComputer vision, speech & NLP

What it is

Neural-network upscaled, 60 fps, stabilized and colorized version of 1902 footage of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn suspended railway in Germany. The source film comes from MoMA. It gives a vivid view of an early-1900s city and a train system that still runs.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters share it as a favorite example of upscaled vintage footage that makes the early 1900s feel present, though some find the colorization off.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “My personal favorite is”

    Favorite upscaled vintage short, loved by commenter's family

    peteforde, 2023-12 · Strong recommendation · in “They want you to forget what a film looks like”

  2. “I've really come to enjoy these sorts of upscaled videos that allow a view of various cities in the early 1900's.”

    Upscaled early-1900s footage of Wuppertal, Germany

    GeekyBear, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “The Hindenburg disaster denoised, upscaled, and colorized using ML [video]”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: 1902, upscaling, colorization, wuppertal, schwebebahn, 60 fps

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