Tag: black and white

May 11, 2022 at 2:21 am

Iowa TV Station Transitions From B&W to Color for the First Time on the Air in 1967

Iowa TV Station Transitions From B&W to Color for the First Time on the Air in 1967

That moment when…

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November 15, 2021 at 4:59 pm

A Photo of the Tallest Man in Recorded History with His Family ca 1935

A Photo of the Tallest Man in Recorded History with His Family ca 1935

An 8’11” Robert Wadlow (Feb 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) with his parents and 4 siblings

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October 13, 2021 at 12:02 am

A 7 Year Old Yo-Yo Ma Performs for JFK and Eisenhower in 1962

A 7 Year Old Yo-Yo Ma Performs for JFK and Eisenhower in 1962

He performed the first movement of the Concertino No. 3 in A Major by Jean-Baptiste Breval

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March 22, 2021 at 4:30 pm

How Special Effects in the Silent Film Era Were Achieved

How Special Effects in the Silent Film Era Were Achieved

An amazing compilation of famous silent film scenes and how they were filmed

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February 3, 2021 at 4:31 pm

Amazing Footage Restored and Upscaled from a 1939 Ski Jumping Comp in New Hampshire

Amazing Footage Restored and Upscaled from a 1939 Ski Jumping Comp in New Hampshire

“Big Nansen” is a steel trestle tower jump in Milan, NH built a couple years before this film was shot

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January 27, 2021 at 3:19 pm

A Mirror Selfie from Japan circa 1920

A Mirror Selfie from Japan circa 1920

This photo brings an instant smile to my face

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January 4, 2021 at 2:59 pm

The First Foam Finger Prototype, 1971

The First Foam Finger Prototype, 1971

The OG, constructed out of mesh and papier-mâché by Steve Chmelar

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November 19, 2020 at 2:06 pm

This Guy Found a 120 Year Old Time Capsule and Developed the Photos Inside

This Guy Found a 120 Year Old Time Capsule and Developed the Photos Inside

Mathieu Stern develops 120 year old glass plate negatives using the cyanotype process

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October 5, 2020 at 5:13 pm

Someone Colorized and Upscaled a Snowball Fight from 1896 and It’s Amazing

Someone Colorized and Upscaled a Snowball Fight from 1896 and It's Amazing

Original footage by Lumiere from Lyon, France in 1896

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August 24, 2020 at 4:38 pm

This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle

This Smoke Curtain was Used During WWII to Hide Naval Ships During Battle

Titanium tetrachloride (FM) rapidly creates dense white smoke when it comes into contact with damp air

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