I colorized , restored and I added a sky visual effect and created a sound design for this video of Vancouver, Canada 1907, Filmed from the streetcar, these are the oldest known images of the city. See people in 1907 walking to work, shopping, biking. You can see the Hotel Vancouver, the Carnegie Library, the Hudson's Bay Store and more.
0:00-2:29 - Downtown Victoria, finishing in front of what is now the Empress.
2:30-3:52 - Vancouver, northbound on Granville to Hastings.
3:53-6:12 - Vancouver, eastbound on Hastings from Granville to Carrall.
6:25-7:11 - Vancouver, westbound on Cordova from Carrall to Cambie.
7:12-7:26 - Vancouver, southbound on Cambie from Cordova to Hastings.
7:27-8:16 - Vancouver, westbound on Robson, unknown cross streets, but going down the hill at the end.
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)
✔added sound design only for the ambiance
✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,cleand,deblur)
✔ SKY Visual Effects (not historically accurate)
Please, be aware that colorization colors and SKY Visual Effects are not real and fake, colorization and VFX was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source from: Library and Archives Canada
