Rick88888888 - Invidious

Rick88888888

Hi, I live in Leidschendam, The Netherlands. The main purpose of this channel is to provide restored historic film footage, primarilly from before WW-II for viewers to learn from and enjoy. A lot of historic film material has been digitized with outdated scanners, resulting in wobbly, faint and blurry footage. Nowadays a lot can be achieved as regards enhancing such footage by means of sophisticated software tools, including Artificial Intelligence. This involves motion-stabilisation, speed correction, contrast, brightness and sharpness enhancement, noise reduction, dust and speckle removal, and upscaling to HD with A.I. and recently even colorization!
It is my hobby to get the best possible film restoration results, using my 15 year long experience and knowledge in combination with the latest software. Most films on my channel have undergone a paintstaking and time-consuming four-stage process before uploading the results to youtube. Many of my films are accompanied by CC captions.

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15:45

D-day, the Harbor that went to France: The spectacular rise and fall of the Mulberry Harbor (color)

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Shared 1 week ago

15K views

29:51

Wonderful Dresden - Then and Now (1930's - 2024) in 4K

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Shared 2 weeks ago

4.8K views

1:00

Amazing: The Titanic knocks a funnel off a tugboat when leaving Southampton harbor [A.I. generated]

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Shared 2 months ago

9K views

24:23

D-day, Then and Now: A wonderful and emotional visit to Normandy, 1944 - 2024 [HD]

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Shared 2 months ago

56K views

21:33

Spectacular D-day in super HD and color: Commemorating 80 years of D-day, 6 June 1944 - 6 June 2024

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Shared 4 months ago

966K views

19:19

From D-day to Arnhem, Spectacular use of Gliders during Operation Market Garden in 1944 in color!

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Shared 5 months ago

89K views

32:08

Amazing China in 1917 in color [AI enhanced and colorized]

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Shared 6 months ago

1.7M views

31:46

Beautiful Amsterdam a century ago in the 1920s in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 7 months ago

119K views

12:24

The destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-5: Arnhem, Nijmegen, East NL a.o.

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Shared 10 months ago

20K views

13:09

The destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-4: Zeeland, Brabant & Limburg (1945)

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Shared 11 months ago

13K views

12:42

The destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-3: Rotterdam and its harbour (1945)

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Shared 11 months ago

15K views

11:08

The destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-2: The Hague (Den Haag) (1945)

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Shared 11 months ago

49K views

6:43

Unique footage of the destruction of the Netherlands during WW-II in color, Part-1 (1945)

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Shared 1 year ago

50K views

12:13

Paris: Impressive footage of how The Rich and the Poor lived in the 1920s [AI enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

226K views

19:54

Stunning and very rare footage of Scheveningen in the Roaring Twenties in color! [A.I. enhanced]

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Shared 1 year ago

160K views

5:52

Emotional film about the sad Hunger Winter (1944/1945) in The Netherlands during WWII in color

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Shared 1 year ago

88K views

10:24

The wonderful Dutch Fishing village of Scheveningen in 1928 in color with added sounds [AI enhanced]

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Shared 1 year ago

23K views

15:42

Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project: The real thing! Splendedly A.I restored and colorized (1945)

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Shared 1 year ago

13K views

33:27

Dutch Heroes, Collaborators and Traitors during WWII: A deep analysis using great colorized footage

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Shared 1 year ago

326K views

31:14

Splendid footage of the Dutch Army during WW1 in 1917 in color! Part-1 [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

75K views

8:00

The sad fate of Dutch cart pulling dogs around 1920 in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

12K views

13:42

The wonderful town of Aalsmeer, capital of the Dutch flower trade in 1930 in color [A.I. colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

12K views

31:50

Spectacular colorized film of the beginning of the German occupation of The Netherlands during WW-II

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Shared 1 year ago

6.1M views

4:29

Great colorized film about London's buses and taxis in 1924 [A.I. enhanced & new method colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

17K views

15:08

The flooding of Zeeland "Watersnoodramp" (NL) in 1953 as never seen before in color! [AI] Part-1

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Shared 1 year ago

21K views

36:14

Is ChatGPT the Best or WORST thing that has happened to humanity? A critical view using WIKI GPT

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Shared 1 year ago

8.2K views

55:34

What glorious London really was like during WWII (1939-1945) in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 1 year ago

616K views

17:48

Dutch Steam trains Galore! Back to Yesteryears with the VSM: "Terug naar Toen" in 4K (2022)

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Shared 2 years ago

8.5K views

2:20

In fond memory of Queen Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022), an introduction to three much longer films

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Shared 2 years ago

20K views

6:31

A great time travel trip back to the Tobacco culture in the Dutch East Indies around 1920 in color!

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Shared 2 years ago

14K views