I love all the hats. Just about everybody’s got a hat.
Amazing how ordinary folks dressed back then vs. what you see today.
What a difference a century makes!
Wow, they must have done a great deal of digital cleanup on the footage. Looks pristine!
Lots of road apples to clean up every night.
Great film! The quality is outstanding.
Treated water and sewage
Antibiotics (~1940)
Suppression of parasitic diseases
Adequate surgical techniques
No, 1910 was not a great time to be alive
But it was an improvement over the 1800's
Even spotted the power plant made famous in “Conspiracy Theory”...
The added sound contributes to the ambiance, but my understanding is that the first actual movie w/ sound was made in 1927.
Somebody help me out; at ~7:30, what is that rocking device on the boat - some kind of pump??
Noticed the John Ericsson statue, with him holding the USS Monitor. It stands in Battery Park.
Noticed the John Ericsson statue, with him holding the USS Monitor. It stands in Battery Park.
Bump
bfl
In 1911 my paternal grandfather was a five year old, in Panola County, MS. He once told me that, whenever an automobile would come into town, all the kids would chase it to get a good look. They were that rare.
I like how they corrected the film for frame rate. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film of that age with natural movement. That adjustment really brings those scenes to life.
Every adult in that film was born in the nineteenth century, and some of them lived to see the moon landings on television.
I first saw this last year at MOMA in the basement, in a completely deserted hallway with a floor to ceiling screen. You could walk right up to it and it was like being there in old New York.
So cool. As if folks weren’t familiar with camera....most didn’t even notice. Those who did notice barely smiled at it.
The Flatiron building, with carriages riding past, is great.
Thanks for posting.