Oct 5, 2020
Someone Colorized and Upscaled a Snowball Fight from 1896 and It’s Amazing
Original footage by Lumiere from Lyon, France in 1896
Original footage by Lumiere from Lyon, France in 1896
The bill features Grover Cleveland, the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms
The footage is almost as impressive as the feat of engineering it captures
Life in color over 100 years ago
‘Ambidextrous’ Andy Varipapa (March 31, 1891 – August 25, 1984) was a legend
I find the quality of the original footage just as remarkable
It accelerated the railcar to 230.2 km/h (143 mph) setting the land speed record for a petrol powered rail vehicle
An uncut 18-minute clip taken in 1990-1991
Drake’s “talk box” would be later used by Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, Roger Troutman and Jeff Beck
You’re looking at some of the earliest known footage of Germany ever
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