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Canada 1907 (Vancouver)【4K 60Fps Colorized Stabilized】with Sound

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1907 Tram Ride in Vancouver (Granville Street). #Restored in #4K, #60FPS, #Colorized, #Stabilized with Sound. Information: This film footage shows the early days of #Vancouver — it is the earliest film footage of the city, whose population was only 27,000 in 1901. It was shot by Seattle filmmaker William Harbeck, who was hired five years later to film the maiden voyage of the Titanic; he died at 44 when the ship sank the night of April 14, 1912 Original Source: /watch/s9yz2Hy0kqT0z Software for Restoration: 1. #Dainapp (60FPS AI Frame Interpolation) 2. #After Effects (Stabilization + Deflicker) 3. #Deoldify (AI Colorization) 4. #Gigapixel (#AI #Upscale) I worked on the restoration of this clip for three weeks.

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@Colspex3 years ago Lady crossing starts waving to us with her white handkerchief. She knew this would end up on YouTube!! 22
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@thomaslorenz_eu3 years ago Granville & ~Georgia
Right on Hastings
Victory Square, slight left
Pigeon Park, Carrall
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Carrall & right into Cordova
Cordova & 307 Cambie
City of Victoria ... 142
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@bridgecross3 years ago If you've ever lived in a city with streetcars, you know the joy and beauty and sheer convenience of it. I miss them so much.
But look at the pace of that street. People on foot, kids running, bicycles, carriages and street cars can all use the street safely, because of the measured pace. When cars arrived they changed everything. ... 43
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@darylfn3 years ago My grandparents were married in Vancouver in 1909, so this was their world! 97
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@generalmortars75573 years ago Man, the amount of horse dung on the street was something to behold. 35
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@thetaco11393 years ago Love how everyone dressed back in the day. Really cool footage. 23
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@martinaller-stead38983 years ago My Dad grew up at 1925 Pendrell street ... born in 1913. My grandparents would have known this Vancouver! Dad told me about the 1 night the streetcar switches all had to be re-set for driving on the right the next day. Grand-dad drove around Vancouver in his Stanley Steamer. ... 8
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@Geodendronitrian3 years ago I kind of like how you can see two dogs crossing the street by themselves. 2
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@jgp74144 years ago This gave me goosebumps, feels so real and makes me wish i could travel back in the past. 34
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@fingersmcginty3 years ago Starts off heading North on what I presume is Granville, then a sharp right turn to Hastings. Vancouver used the British convention of driving on the left side of the road until 1 January 1922. " conversion delayed a year due to the time it took to retrofit the streetcar system, so it wasn't until 6 A.M., January 1, 1922, that finally made the to the right. the distinction of being the last city on the continent to abandon the British - system." (ScoutMagazine) ... 36
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@AWSVids2 years ago You know what’s really crazy to think about? The entire area of downtown Vancouver was pretty much just a big field with some small buildings sparsely dotting it just like 20 years prior. In fact, the Great Vancouver Fire pretty much leveled the entire place in 1886. EVERYTHING we see in this video was built in a period of 20 years.
We can barely even get a couple Skytrain extensions and some new condos built in 20 years nowadays. They built the entire city. ... 1
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@ReeferGenesis3 years ago Rest In peace to everyone in the video!!! 12
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@HomeARoam3 years ago This is amazing! And apparently people on bikes were pretty bold back then too! 😀 11
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@paulmoore76353 years ago My great grandfather came to Vancouver from Italy in 1906. Thanks for putting this together! 4
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@kingpurplestudios18333 years ago Seeing that p burns and company sign is really cool!
Patrick burns was a self made wealthy businessman in the meat packing business. Was also a senator .
Very cool. 1
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@Steven_Beddall3 years ago This is so cool, really enjoyed watching. Have always wanted to travel into the past and this is as close as it comes. Vancouver has changed so much even in the last 15 years but there's hardly anything left from this time. Thank you to the person who filmed this! ... 12
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@carolwong33994 years ago Awesome to go back into the past like it was just yesterday! Love this film footage of Vancouver in 1906! I was born in Vancouver and grew up in Chinatown--not far from here. 7
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@rickrickrick53173 years ago Starting is along Government Street in Victoria from north to south. At you could also see Challoner and Mitchell Jewellers which is at 1017-1021 Government Street. is showing Weiler Bros building at 921 Government St. At on the left is, I think, where Hotel Fairmont Empress stands today (construction started in 1904 and opened in 1908, you can see it was almost finished here but very briefly) and on the right in the background might as well be legislative assembly of BC, which somehow looks a little different from how I remembered it. ... 8
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@janicemaclean86772 years ago Sooo cool! It would be great to show a Google Map in the corner so we know what streets we are on and direction travelling! 2
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@hoogara3 years ago I love the people catchers on the front of the trams. 1
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@ChrisHaas13 years ago Amazing restoration! Thanks for all the work that went into this! I love living in Vancouver! 6
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@DuluthCentral2184 years ago This is excellent work! Thank you for this!! 3
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@krbourne3 years ago This video is really cool. It's like virtual reality. Almost feels like you're actually there. 2
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@jurjenvanderhoek3163 years ago Amazing. So nice to see (and hear) this! 1
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@boundaryzero2 years ago THAT, was completely mesmerizing and riveting - thanks
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@iansimpson70583 years ago Wow like stepping into a time machine. There is some definite footage of Victoria by the end. 5
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@AllenFoto3 years ago This is impressive, great work :)
Would love to see more films of the era restored like this 1
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@RCVlogs4 years ago Wow you just gave life to this footage 6
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@susanmanley10293 years ago This is amazing! Thank you for sharing!
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@jaelsilk3 years ago Very cool. Thanks for your efforts. They really paid off. 1
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@HytekFred3 years ago Bravo, I've seen this and its companion from Victoria (also on YouTube) many times and hoped for a restoration. Great job apart from the bars on each side that make it look like a cell phone. Hopefully if the other one is done those could be eliminated. Thank you for the worthy effort. ... 2
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@stageselectca3 years ago seeing the regent and metropole hotels is cool. didn't recognize much else of hastings street. 5
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@bflaminio3 years ago The girl waving at - Adorable! 1
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@MrRleb3 years ago That’s amazing! They must have dubbed in the sound effects when they colorized/stabilized the footage. 1
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@onstore-online62243 years ago Fantastic! I just love the time travel aspect of these enhanced movies- really show how ordinary daily life wasn't much different then... except for different fashions & different cars !! 😄 1
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@khriz3424 years ago I haven't seen anyone who was obese 38
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@windowsxp91203 years ago How did we end up driving on the right? I'm surprised we didn't stay on the left after watching this. Also pretty neat to see pre ww1 downtown Vancouver, what great footage. 2
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@whereirun3 years ago Incredible, great work. Looks like down Granville, right on Hastings, slight left passing Cambie, first shot ends at Carrall. Next clip? 1
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@OneLife7253 years ago Absolutely COOL till the cows come home.Thanks for working with this moment from 1907! 1
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@bernmcnicholl83453 years ago This is a blended version of Vancouver and Victoria BC. It clearly ends on Government Street Victoria approaching the Legislative Buildings with the foundations of the Empress Hotel under construction. Misleading for people to think this is all Vancouver. ... 1
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@broadkast4773 years ago " I'd love a time machine " they said. Technology replied " hold my beer ". . 5
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@LouBaldin3 years ago For some people, this could bring back a few memories. 1
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@jamesmanning75103 years ago This is amazing! A little cross section of time: Vancouver! Imagine being 18 years old at this time, to live to the Summer of love 1969 to have lived to see all that change!
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@jgp74142 years ago i did some research on the automobile at . License plate belonged to J.N Elford who lived on 1119 school street. I think school street is now Ormond street? ... 4
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@Dan-nt2yb2 years ago The clip ends with the construction of Victoria’s Empress Hotel on the left and with today’s BC legislature on the right. This would be travelling south on Government Street.👍🏾
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@Darrbc3 years ago very cool video to watch. However I noticed the Regent Hotel on Hastings street (on the right of frame from around onward). The Regent Hotel was built in 1913 so that had to be filmed after 1907.
Still, the video(s) are obviously still from waaaaay back in that era. :-) Thanks for posting this! :-) ...
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@codyevans64543 years ago Woah, water front down Hastings through Cambie , Pidgeon park, than?? And than Main st out by viaduct? That was amazing. 1
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@citibear573 years ago That was awesome. How far we've come in just one century!
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@bobhoskins95954 years ago So its going north on Granville then right at Hastings?
Interesting to see how slim people were then.
And just think: Every single one of them has died.
Time's short! 14
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@NetiNeti259203 years ago Owl Drug Store on Hastings x Main! 3
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@Colspex3 years ago You can see what time it is on the street clock. This means that they probably started filming at around 11.40 am that day and ended at 11.50.
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@psychochunlast year I live near Chinatown area across from Pacific Central Terminal.. Very close to the location shown in this video .
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@sawtanang3 years ago Classy and sophisticated at that time. Before mass………
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@timtwoface3 years ago - Is that the Empress under construction right at the end? I think I safely identified we are heading south on Government Street towards the Legislature at this point. ... 3
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@timtwoface3 years ago That giant building at the end of Granville Street for the first minute or so of the film, what is that? The original Waterfront Station? 4
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@AndrewGorny3 years ago pretty amazing what technology can do. Couldn't you program a drone to do the same route (if it exists) and then superimpose the two 2
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@stephaniedickinson43673 years ago Fantastic footage to put things in perspective. You'd think time would've improved standards. Could you imagine what those people would think of Vancouver streets today?
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@I_Cypher_I3 years ago Would love if you added small captions on the bottom labeling street name and direction of travel. 2
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@tracezachdaniels42643 years ago SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide}
soooo cool...
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@jeskoumm4 years ago Amazing restored footage where the audio seems improvised? Wonders which areas in Canada were filmed as I cannot read the street or avenues on post. Finally, there exists stylish designs worth exploring into future designs around @-@. ... 8
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@reccesixty63223 years ago Near the end the camera switches to Victoria. 5
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@DMBMTBr3 years ago absolutely fascinating... man, think of the waste issues we'd have with out industrial vehicles.
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@loftsatsympaticodotc2 years ago Nice. Noticeable:
Almost zero cars,
people drove on the Left side!
Everyone vertical in this video-
. . . Is now horizontal. ; -) ...
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@carolwong33994 years ago Is that the Granville bridge? Trams going down hill and one uphill?
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@KOZMOGRAFX3 years ago This really is amazing to behold! Horse poop, and pre-crosswalk free-for-all! 2
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@solomonjenkins95052 years ago are we sure this is 1907? The regent hotel was built in 1913 says everything I can find on it and it's in this video. The sign is up, it certainly looks open
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@digiternst3 years ago From on is Victoria, not Vancouver. 3
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@captcorajus3 years ago The amount of anxiety watching this with all the people running in front of the trolley car. lol. It would be very cool if someone would refilm this, going over the same streets in modern day.
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@_ee752 years ago cool ich hab diesen channel damals für marlene mortler clips abonniert aber das hier ist viel besser :D 1
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@deborahwallis86513 years ago Can you just imagine the footage William Harbeck would've have shot onboard Titanic? Too bad that he (and it), didn't survive! 1
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@FreeManFreeThought3 years ago Starting Victoria BC: Starts on Douglas Heading south, then head west on View Street, before heading south down Government Street; ending right in front of the Empress Hotel (Still under construction at the time). ALSO; I know it's Deoldify, and it's... okay... for filling in background stuff. But it's not the best. I've dabbled a bit with it myself, it's okay, but it's not there yet IMHO.
My big pet peeve: The Streetcars should all be a dark forest green rather than red. The iconic BC Electric Red wasn't used until a decade after. ...
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@Jay-kc1ql2 years ago Wow! Is this the true sound or was it added for effect?
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@leannewalsh83693 years ago The video won’t play when shared on Facebook. I directed Facebook friends to look for it on Youtube as it is very interesting to watch. Is there a way to make the video shareable so that it works?
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@deanprice8673 years ago had a chuckle at the woman at 6.37. Stopping to wave a hello with her hanky in front of an oncoming "bus". Do that today in Vancouver....you're road pizza.
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@WhirlOmar2 years ago Too bad synchronized sound recording wasn’t around yet. But good job on its recreation. 1
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@bettewoodland11573 years ago Horse dung everywhere and no traffic lights at all. No automobiles! People cross the street so casually. 1
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@Turko73263 years ago All these people passed into the next existence.
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@Frosty7082 years ago Is this ACTUAL audio?? I didn't think many videos captured audio back then.
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@Johnny_Guitar3 years ago The eeriest part of this video.......every single person......is now dead! 1
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@msmarplepsychicinvestigato16923 years ago how do they blur out the edges, anyone know?
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@EduardoSalamanca19603 years ago This reminds me of Saint Denis in Red Dead Redemption 2 1
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@OgreProgrammer3 years ago What is the function of the little building on the left at about ? Anyone know?
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@andrexadoh3 years ago Interesting how the road system was still the British system of left hand side. Street cars, horse and carriage. All left side.
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@jimmyzhao26733 years ago Did anyone else spot the time traveler ? I won't spoil it for everyone. 1
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@dwdavies9992 years ago From seconds to the end, I can say with certainty that these images are of Victoria BC
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@skub22do4 years ago Funny how the aspect ratio is only outdated by about 10 years 2
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@canman50602 years ago to the left. Could be the Mayor of Vancouver Oppenheimer.