# Colorized 19th and early century videos **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-19th-and-early-century-videos/971039 "2022-09-06T07:10:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-19th-and-early-century-videos/971039/6 "2022-09-06T12:47:33Z")
Very cool video. I like this stuff. > [@AK84](#): > > When I look at the kids, I wonder how many died in the trenches. How many of these bright-eyed boys fell at the Marne, Verdun or on the Somme. [I made a similar post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/travel-back-in-time-to-san-francisco-april-14-1906-4-days-before-the-earthquake/963171) ~~a few months ago~~ almost a year and a half ago?!? Wow …of a video I found of 1908 San Francisco, just 4 days before the earthquake struck. Like you, I wondered at the fates of those people on the street going about their business, with no idea what was about to befall them. I thought the frame-smoothing and colorization of the 1908 SF video were very well done, although the frame smoothing results in some weird artifacts, like wagon wheels that don’t appear to turn properly- they sort of stutter back and forth. The added sounds of wagon wheels on the street, horses whinnying and car horns honking give it ambience and adds to the feeling of being there. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-19th-and-early-century-videos/971039)._