A Trip Through 1890s Paris in Full Color
A collection of high quality remastered prints from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900. Slowed down footage to a natural rate, added in ambient sound, and colorized. These films were taken by the Lumière company.
0:08 – Notre-Dame Cathedral (1896)
0:58 – Alma Bridge (1900)
1:37 – Avenue des Champs-Élysées (1899)
2:33 – Place de la Concorde (1897)
3:24 – Passing of a fire brigade (1897)
3:58 – Tuileries Garden (1896)
4:48 – Moving walkway at the Paris Exposition (1900)
5:24 – The Eiffel Tower from the Rives de la Seine à Paris (1897)
May 8, 2019 @ 1:53 pm
Wow, just fantastic. Neat to see the moving sidewalk. Imagine the fire brigade dealing with such conflagration of recent Notre Dame Cathedral!
May 8, 2019 @ 1:39 pm
Love watching the items that you show on this website. Thanks .
May 8, 2019 @ 11:10 am
Love it! Every man for himself or get run over by a horse. Moving sidewalks, WOW!
May 8, 2019 @ 9:58 am
Wonderful. Do more of these!