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Upscaled Film of a 1899 Beach Day Is a Wild Peek into History
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:23 am
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:23 am
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Vintage fashion film archive Glamour Daze recently posted the above video to its YouTube channel. The channel, like Shiryaev, says that it has enhanced its footage using artificial intelligence. The channel doesn’t go to into depth, however, but does note that it deploys neural networks to perform the upscaling.
In the video, we’re treated to a glimpse of a day in 1899 at the beaches of Étretat and Le Tréport in Normandy, France. The film, which French illusionist, actor, and film director, Georges-Jean Méliès may have produced, begins at the train station. A few dozen or so people board onto the train, and then the film cuts to the beach.
At the beach, hundreds of people mill about in some of the hottest-looking clothing ever. And that is in the most literal sense of the word “hot” you can imagine. Nearly everyone in the film is wearing Victorian suits and dresses, which cover everything from ankle to neck. Plus they’re all wearing hats, although at least those protect against the Sun. (And make all the kids look like little, curious sailors.)
Glamour Daze notes in the video’s description that the French folks in the film are on vacation, and that, at the time, Parisians headed to the sea fronts of Normandy to relax. Apparently relaxing also involved swimming in the ocean, although only a handful of people appear to be wearing swimsuits. Which still cover up pretty much their whole bodies anyway. Literally, they’re swim-suits.
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:25 am to saintforlife1
Get your three piece suit on, Chester, we're going to the beach today!
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:28 am to saintforlife1
Probably the first bath those smelly frogs had in months
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:45 am to saintforlife1
Nobody likes a sunburn, baw!
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:52 am to saintforlife1
Drove past there. on vacation.
Fixed it
Fixed it
This post was edited on 6/23/21 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 6/23/21 at 10:57 am to Alyosha
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Drove past their
Their what?
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:06 am to saintforlife1
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the beaches of Étretat and Le Tréport in Normandy, France
Both beaches have beautiful background scenery. The first with the sheer rock wall cliff. Then, the second with the picturesque lighthouse on the point.
Pretty cool.
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:08 am to saintforlife1
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1899
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France
They enhanced it so much I can smell the B.O. through my computer screen.
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:11 am to saintforlife1
30À on the carriage.
This post was edited on 6/23/21 at 11:12 am
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:13 am to saintforlife1
The warmest the water gets is about 66 degrees. The English Channel near Normandy isn't great for swimming.
Street view of Etretat shows most of those buildings are no longer there. I'm assuming the world wars took care of them.
Street view of Etretat shows most of those buildings are no longer there. I'm assuming the world wars took care of them.
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:14 am to saintforlife1
The Lumeire Brothers captured a lot of really cool film in France in that era too.
Guy Jones has a ton of old videos stabilized and speed corrected from that era.
Guy Jones has a ton of old videos stabilized and speed corrected from that era.
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:14 am to saintforlife1
Can you imagine a modern day hottie cruising down the water line in a thong ? Chaos
Posted on 6/23/21 at 11:16 am to saintforlife1
Everyone in that video is now dead. Happy Hump Day!
Posted on 6/23/21 at 12:42 pm to saintforlife1
This was cool. Reminded me of They Shall Not Grow Old
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