Unseen Color Footage of Denmark, 1920 | Remastered

Remastered version of a long film captured all around Denmark in 1920.
"The beautiful Denmark, the country by the Sound and the Belt, - the smiling beaches, the bright forests, the lush farmland". A kaleidoscopic journey through Denmark. First, a tour of Copenhagen, including Tivoli Gardens, City Hall Square, the Marble Church, Amalienborg Palace, Dr. Louise's Bridge and the normal busy everyday life in the capital, as well as the nature in Dyrehaven just north of Copenhagen. From Zealand, you can see Stevns Klint with Gammel Højerup Church, the Goose Tower in Vordingborg, Fredensborg Castle, Nakkehoved Lighthouse in Gilleleje and Kronborg Castle. There is plenty of footage of beach life on the beaches of North Zealand and the rocky coast of Bornholm. On Funen you can see Christiansminde near Svendborg and the ferry to Tåsinge. From Jutland you can see The Silkeborg Lakes, Himmelbjerget, Aalborg, which is connected to Nørresundby by two bridges, Skagen with Holger Drachmann's grave, the west coast of Jutland (probably Thorup Strand and Bovbjerg), Esbjerg with its fishing port, Fanø, Ribe with its cathedral and old houses, Møgeltønder, Schackenborg Castle, Dybbøl and Sønderborg, Galgebakken and Brundlund Castle with the castle mill in Aabenraa, Gråsten Castle, Haderslev, Aarhus Cathedral, Koldinghus and the traffic hub Fredericia, which connects Funen and Jutland, and Vejle.

Vivid History is dedicated to restoring old black and white footage and creating high-quality colorized versions to give you an authentic and vivid experience of the past.

The video has been restored and colorized using state-of-the-art machine learning methods.
The restoration steps included:
- motion stabilization
- noise reduction
- colorization
- frame interpolation for increased FPS
- upscaling to 4K
- adding ambient sound

Please note, that the colorization is not perfect and so does not always show the true color.

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[carstenf]

1:10 You can still take a ride in that exact rollercoaster today. Nothing changed.

[JM-lwnx]

I always wanted to go back in time to visit old Europe. Now, it has been made a reality. Thank you to all of the wonderful restorers of old film out there!

[markxl]

My father was born in Copenhagen in 1921 - he often told me of his visits to the Tivoli Gardens.
Many thanks for posting this.

[SviraSvi]

I'm from Denmark. This is nuts! 40 minutes of footage from this tiny country 103 years ago 😱 Just wow!!! Thank you so much for making this, looking very much forward to seeing all of it 🙏😊❤️ Tak!

[marinedrive]

"Beautiful Denmark" is a very appropriate description of this film. I would go further and say Idyllic Denmark as much of the architecture is magnificent and the people are so well-mannered. Superb restoration of the film - very natural.👍😄

[HuggetFisk]

I'm happy that so many of those buildings still exist, and you can still ride Tivoli's classic rollercoaster "Den Gamle Rutsjebane" seen at 1:01. I've stood where those smiling people were waving at the rollercoaster from, and tried the ride several times, and the only distinctive change in that scene is how people are dressed. It creates a deep connection to the past, to think that we share many sights and attractions with people who were there over a hundred years ago. Times change, but some things didn't change much at all. Some things outlived people, and connected us over time. If that rollercoaster could transport me to the past to meet the people seen in this incredible restored footage, I'd be sure to have something experiential of Copenhagen in common with them.

[mksundstrom]

Gotta say, I live in this city and the places depicted here really haven’t changed much

[mauiskater]

Turn this into VR and you my friend have a TIME MACHINE!!! This feels like the first time I saw the internet. I didn't truly comprehend what I was seeing. This is truly remarkable. It brings the past to the present!!

[NordicbyNature]

Thank you for the trip back in time, to see beautiful Denmark.
As a modern day amateur YouTuber making high quality walking videos from Denmark, this is fascinating.
It would be cool to make a comparison video side by side with these old clips, from the exact places, 103 years ago 🤔🙂
Again, thank you for the restoration of this incredible footage 🙏🏻

[mnilsson]

Astonishing film. Beautiful city. Lived there in the 1980s, still really pretty 2023.

Thanks for a few minutes of pure joy.❤

[pernilleg.]

Our beautiful Denmark....thank you so much for this lovely video ....103 years ago
Amazing ....❤

[JD-rfxc]

I won the lottery being born in Denmark! I love my country, thanks for this beautiful restoration.
Many of the views in this video is still present to this Day in its exact form, the old rollercoaster as example is still rideable and copenhagen central station has not changed thst much either.

Edit: my hometown Fredensborg is also present in this video! Wow 😊 the castle of Fredensborg and the Kongebroen 12:49

[biodiva]

Magnifique époque ! Films remarquables ! Bravo pour ces archives ! De vrais tableaux vivants .

[gardengeek]

Absolutely the best enhancement I have ever seen! Especially on a few segments that look to be from 1900. As if they were filmed yesterday!

It not hard to see why sunny, southerly CopenHagen was admired by all Scandinavians. Without this film it would be impossible to imagine a city where horses worked in tandem with cars, trams and bicycles.

No signs of half-starved, overworked horses that show up in similar vintage films from some other countries.

I wonder if viewers fully understand how much work goes into getting these enhancements so realistic. It's not just a matter of apps and a few clicks.

Out there somewhere on YouTube is a spot that shows details of colorizing. If I understand it correctly, there's an easier way with one or two layers.
But, the most realistic results come from applying more and more layers, with patience and a good eye for what's most natural.

Of course all of this compilation predates the advent of sound, 1927. What has been added here is close to perfection: crashing waves, sounds of an outdoor market, birds singing in a park, the music of an amusement park ... yust every possible detail.

Thank you again. Looking forward to every new instalment.

[Cla_Disney]

Thinking that I'm watching people who were born around mid to end of 1850s just blows my mind! This is the closest we get to a time machine! Really amazing ❤

[alterfalter]

Danke für die Arbeit und Zugänglichkeit, eine schöne zeitreise in eine iwie schönere zeit ❤

[elenarosamary]

Какой фантастический, светлый, умиротворяющий мир.
Благодарю❤❤

[_Dibbler_]

Streets full of people, cyclists and streetcars, almost no cars. A century later people believe its a human right to go by car everywhere. Thanks for the restauration of these films.

[polhokustaa]

Beautiful Denmark! Greetings from Finland!

[Boxtermaiti]

I've always loved these AI upscaled and enhanced old footage, but i've never clicked faster on a video when i saw it was my own country! I watched the whole thing in awe and i recognized most of the places! Thanks for sharing!!