Wuppertal Schwebebahn 1902 & 2015 side by side video

When I found these two videos:
I realized it might be possible to line them up side by side to get an impression of what have changed after 113 years.

The left video is left intact and I tried to line up the corresponding scenes in the right one by cutting and manipulating framerates. The duplicated frames in the right video are also present in the original and makes it a bit jerky.

I made this just for fun and did not aim for a 100% match but it is still possible to see how buildings etc. have changed over time.

[trueblue]

Old looks like a dream. The cleanliness and the architecture is outstanding.

[Danucd]

Dynamic range of 1902 camera is twice better than in 2020 :)))

[MagnusVonBenz]

How beautiful it was in 1902: no cars, trees, beautiful buildings

[jiraph]

My god, the buildings were so beautiful.

[timrohrbach]

Before: Trees on the road. No trees on the river.
Now: No trees on the road. Trees on the river.

[CRZ_PL]

modern architecture is so depressing i don't understand what happened, why can we not make these gorgeous detailed buildings anymore :((

[eiffe]

When the 1902 film camera still has better dynamic range than modern technology...

[Ahmed-N]

German architecture used to look so distinct. It's a shame that such character has since been erased and is only brought to life in time capsules such as this, such a loss.

[WendyLopezGazquez]

We lost so much beautiful architecture.

[Pokenopoly]

Lovely. 1902 architecture much preferred to The stone block we see today.

[saarbrooklynrider]

the two worst things that happened to the city: ww2 and the car

[shinjunkang]

It's so amazing the sky train is still working over 100 years!

[Elr]

Just imagine how a citizen of this town would react when you show him her the 2015 footage

[HiCZoK]

It's crazy. Only the railway is still there. Most buildings are gone

[Einstein]

That is a wonderful idea to place the two videos side by side, and the realization in your production is really well done. 👍👍👍 Thank you very much. The planners and constructors of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn at about the year 1900 have built an extraordinary technical masterpiece of public transport, using the streets and the river Wupper for the line route. 👍👍👍

[LOL-gnoh]

Left: Nice aesthetics, cool atmosphere, breathtaking scenery.
Right: Bad remaster, don't buy.

[kanister]

No cars, no street signs, no commercial advertising signs, no plastic built things, cities back then were so much more beautiful

[Naelt]

Old cities look better all around the world, makes you wonder what the hell todays architects are doing. Nice video, thanks for the upload.

[Darkk]

You matched the old and new very well. I've spent some time going through the old and new videos to see what's been changed. Sadly most of the buildings in 1902 along the tram line no longer exist today as it was damaged in WWII.

[Eza_yuta]

1:15 The saddest part of the video you can no longer see this majestic view.