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 A lot of historic film material has been digitized with outdated scanners, resulting in wobbly, faint and blurry footage.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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12:03

Beautiful Dresden before its destruction at the end of WWII in color: Watch and weep!

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Stunning footage of the construction of New York's Empire State Building in color (opened in 1931)

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San Francisco: Twin Peaks Tunnel Construction & Opening in 1918 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

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9:02

De Haagse Dierentuin tussen 1920 en 1942 in kleur! The Hague Zoo between 1920 and 1942 in color!

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The great Holland America Line SS Statendam III between 1927 and 1940 in color! [AI enhanced]

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12:10

The bustling harbor of Amsterdam over a century ago in 1919 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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7:29

Pre- Fidel Castro Cuba in the late 1940s in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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9:57

Beautiful Zürich, Switzerland in 1914 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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6:47

Dutch Submarines, Part-5: Submarines in Indonesian Waters, in 1938 in color! [AI colorized]

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31:44

Unique footage of the Kingdom of The Netherlands before 1930 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

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Old Lausanne in Switzerland in 1924 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

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6:52

Beautiful but damaged Vienna (Wien) just after WW-II in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Amazing Egypt and life around the river Nile in 1931 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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2:53

Amazing documentary about constructing the Dutch Afsluitdijk in 1929 in color! [AI colorized].

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7:19

The picturesq Dutch town of Zaltbommel in 1921 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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13:38

Broken Dykes: The Netherlands flooded during WWII in 1944 in color! [AI enhanced & colorized]

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3:06

Beautiful Bolsward & Sloten in Friesland, Netherlands in 1924 in color! [A.I.enhanced & colorized]

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9:44

Amazing New York in 1910 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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New York: Manhattan's awesome waterfront in 1937 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Introduction of new Series: Indonesia under Dutch rule in 1926 in color! [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Den Haag: Gevangenpoort en sloop panden langs Hofvijver in 1925 in kleur! The Hague in 1925 in color

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15:20

Ellis Island, a unique documentary about immigration into the USA, for the first time in color!

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Shared 3 years ago

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The "Forgotten Bombing" of Rotterdam by the Americans during WW-II in 1943 in color! [AI colorized]

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9:22

De prachtige Gelderse Vallei in 1928 in kleur! The Dutch province of Gelderland in 1928 in color!

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10:55

Russia around the period of the Russian Revolution in color! (1917-1919) [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

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Shared 3 years ago

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13:22

Is restoring and colorizing old films with Artificial Intelligence acceptable to historians?

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Shared 3 years ago

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8:10

Stunning views of New York's Skyline from the river Hudson in the 1930s in color! (A.I. enhanced)

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Shared 3 years ago

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Pittoresk Edam en de kaasmakerij in 1920 in kleur! Picturesque Edam in 1920 in color! [AI enhanced]

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Prachtig Zeist en omgeving in 1930 in kleur! Beautiful town of Zeist in 1930 in color [AI enhanced]

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Heavily damaged Verdun and surroundings towards the end of WW-I in 1918 in color [AI enhanced]

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