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The internet is filled with things. Here is one of them.

Footage from the world in 1896 2024 Apr 29
This YouTube channel has posted a video taking old Lumiere Brothers footage shot in cities around the world 1896 to 1900 and colorized it, upscaled it, and converted it to 60fps. This seventeen minute trip into the past feels like viewing the world through a time machine, seeing common people doing everyday things in a way not usually available to us beyond a few decades back.
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