California 1950 in color, San Fernando Road Remastered video.


Ted Larson
 

I recall that in the late 50s, the dark colored 40s cars had faded to an iridescent look, depending on viewer vs Sun angle.  




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Ted Larson
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GN in 1965


Bruce Hendrick
 

Several such amazing videos are on YouTube featuring varied time periods and locations, often with railroads & trolleys, including others shot in Southern California. 

Did anyone else notice that on this particular film the street location starts over with a slightly different camera angle? It is apparent if one looks for certain landmarks such as the XIBIT-MART near the beginning and again at about 4:30. Note the parked autos are in different positions in relation to the mart’s windows so multiple two trips were made, not doubt by a professional film maker, as opposed to a home movie. 

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Thanks for sharing this trip into the past. 

Bruce Hendrick 


Chris Ellis
 

The person who posted the video said it was colorized, the cars color shifting is probably just a glitch of the colorization process.

He even said in the video notes:

Video Restoration Process:

✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second 

✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD 

✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness 

✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)

✔sound design added only for the ambiance

✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur) 

"Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data"

Still a really cool video however!

Chris Elis


Paul Doggett
 

Jerry 

Yes I noticed that .

Paul Doggett.     England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 


On 28 Dec 2022, at 06:42, Jerry Michels <gjmichels53@...> wrote:


Did anyone notice the automobiles changing color as they were panned by the camera?  It seems to me to be a great example of how sunlight and angle makes colors shift.  I saw gray autos changing to yellow and greenish.  The number of autos that shift to a purple color is remarkable.  Jerry Michels


Jerry Michels
 

Did anyone notice the automobiles changing color as they were panned by the camera?  It seems to me to be a great example of how sunlight and angle makes colors shift.  I saw gray autos changing to yellow and greenish.  The number of autos that shift to a purple color is remarkable.  Jerry Michels


Paul Doggett
 

The Erie and IGN boxcars were of interest.

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On 27 Dec 2022, at 21:48, Matt Smith <flyn96@...> wrote:

Here is a great remastered video along the Southern Pacific. Great shot of a Standard Oil dealer and more industries along the road towards the end. These AI remastered videos are amazing!

https://youtu.be/dirXWkjKCfc

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Matt Smith
Bloomington, IL


Matt Smith
 

Here is a great remastered video along the Southern Pacific. Great shot of a Standard Oil dealer and more industries along the road towards the end. These AI remastered videos are amazing!

https://youtu.be/dirXWkjKCfc

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Matt Smith
Bloomington, IL