Below: Paris, and the arrival of a double-decker rail car in France, 1897.
Oh Wow: AI Restored And Colorized Footage From Cities Around The World In The 1890’s

This is some breathtaking footage from various locales around the world as filmed in the 1890’s and recently restored and colorized via artificial intelligence. It really is something to see. Timestamps for all the locations visited in the film so you can skip around and pretend you’re a jet-setting time traveler:

0:00 April 1897 – Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem
0:20 1897 – Group leaving church in Bohemia, Czech Republic
0:50 August 6, 1899 – Varese Launch from Italy, Livorno, Orlando shipyard
1:25 May 1896 – Tverskaya Street in Moscow, Russia
1:40 1897 – Nihonbashi, Tokyo, Japan
2:05 1898 – Early Rollercoaster, Britain (Restored Film)
2:20 Feb 20, 1896 – Street Dance in Drury Lane, London
2:40 June 1899 Victorian Era – Ladies Cycling Display in London
3:15 1899 – Town Parade in Selkirk, Scotland
3:40 November 3, 1896 – The Melbourne Cup horse races in Australia
4:25 May June 1896 – Group in Geneva, Switzerland
4:40 1896-1901 Visual tour of New York City
5:15 1896 – Frederick Street in Berlin
5:25 Summer 1896 – Visual tour of Italy Milan & Venice
5:40 1898 – Ice Skaters
6:15 Late 1890s – A Trip Through Paris, France
6:50 1897 – Arrival of a Two-Stage Train in France
7:20 Apr 11, 1896 – High Street in Marseille, France
7:50 1898 – Avenue du Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France
8:10 1898 – President Félix Faure and crowd in France
8:25 1896 – Lyon, France
8:55 Italy
9:10 Venice
9:30 The Hague
9:40 Venice and visit with Pope Leo XIII

Amazing, right? I thought you’d like that. You know you and I — we have very similar taste. Like what’s your favorite cake flavor? “I prefer pie.” OMG that was a test and you past! “You mean passed.” This bestie friendship is over, I hate people who correct me. “Even when you’re wrong?” *throwing half-heart BFF necklace into ocean* Especially when I’m wrong.