I colorized, fully restored, and added sound design to this rare footage filmed in 1924 in the occupied Rhineland, offering a valuable glimpse into daily life in Cologne and Krefeld during a pivotal moment in European history. Just a few years after World War I, the region remained under Allied occupation as required by the Treaty of Versailles, while Germany was recovering from the devastating hyperinflation crisis of 1923 and beginning to stabilize its economy with the introduction of the Rentenmark. Amid political tension and economic uncertainty, everyday life continued, trams moving through historic streets, workers commuting, merchants trading, and families gathering, capturing ordinary people during the early years of the Weimar Republic.
🛠️ Video Restoration Process:
✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution enhanced up to FHD quality
✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness with my own AviSynth scripts
✔ Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
✔ Sound design created for immersive atmosphere
✔ Full restoration: stabilization, denoise, cleaning, and deblurring made with my own AviSynth and VapourSynth scripts
Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
B&W Video Source:
title:La Rhénanie occupée
id:AI89168
Operator:Sauvageot, Camille
Musée départemental Albert-Kahn et son appartenance au Département des Hauts-de-Seine
https://albert-kahn.hauts-de-seine.fr/
Albert Kahn, born Abraham Kahn in Marmoutier, Alsace, on March 3, 1860, and died in Boulogne-Billancourt on November 14, 1940, was a French banker and philanthropist. He amassed a major iconographic collection entitled Archives de la Planète, the world's largest collection of autochromes (color photographs on glass plates) and black-and-white films, housed at the Musée Départemental Albert-Kahn.
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