Real 1920s Flappers on New York’s Fifth Ave 1927 – AI Restored Film

February 13, 2022 105701 Views

Time travel back to 1927 for a New York minute down Fifth Avenue.
The roaring twenties brought to life with AI neural networks
Chorus girls from a Broadway theater go for a stroll down East 50th Street past St Patricks Cathedral and Saks Fifth Avenue.
The women were chorus singers and dancers from the Earl Carroll Theater Broadway review. These outtakes were from a Movietone newsreel presumably to promote a Broadway show.

AI restoration by Glamourdaze.com
Old silent film outtake, now AI enhanced with colorization, definition and sound.
Original Footage courtesy of Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
Title: Chorus girls in NYC–outtakes.
Filmed March 11th 1927.
(Fox News Story B8972.) Fox Movietone News Collection.
https://digital.tcl.sc.edu/digital/collection/MVTN/id/5980/rec/1

AI Enhancement Process

1.Cleaned noise artifacts
2.Increased resolution and frame interpolation to 4K 60fps
3. Applied color using Deoldify and “Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization” and Photoshop.
4. Created ambient soundtrack for an immersive experience.

For more on “Deep Exemplar-based Video Colorization”:
https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_CVPR_2019/papers/Zhang_Deep_Exemplar-Based_Video_Colorization_CVPR_2019_paper.pdf

Music :Contemplate The Winter Day (Looped) – P5 43050415 Music ErickMcNerney. Licensed by Pond5.

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