Three girls apparently Irish step dancing to music from a barrel piano in 1896. Short but sweet.
Filmed in Drury Lane London in early 1896 for the Lumiere Company.
The gentleman in the top hat, carrying an umbrella is Jules Fuerst, the London agent for Cinématographe-Lumière. He was also an able cinematographer and most probably directed this film.
The other man who appears at the end under an umbrella is French entertainer Félicien Trewey, who appeared in several early Lumiere films.
The identity of the women is not known. They may have been Irish, English or French, but the dance steps appear to be of the céilí Irish form, which was a popular style in London in those days.
Original Film
Danseuses des rues
Restoration process:
1. Cleaned noise artifacts.
2.Increase from 16 fps to 60 fps using Dainapp.
3.AI upscaling from 360p to 4K
4. Colorize using Deoldify
5. Soundtrack added.
This short AI enhanced film is published here for preservation purposes and to add an immersive experience to the work of early filmmakers.
It is free to view and not commercially available on DVD or for republishing elsewhere.
Published here under the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video as outlined by the Center for Media & Social Impact.
