This is some archival footage from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), featuring a 1985 news segment of skiers versus snowboarders. According to the quintessential 1980’s ski patroller seen above: “Quite a lot of them are uncooperative. Some of them had a little bit to drink and, uh, smart alecks. You
This is a video from Youtuber NASS, who took some vintage footage of Los Angeles from the 1930’s and remastered it in high definition, boosting the frame rate to 60FPS, improving the sharpness, blur, and noise, stabilizing the images, adding color (not historically accurate), and ambient noise. The result, like
Just in case you’re recovering from a blow to the head and forgot where you were (SPOILER: the internet), these are two edits of the 1960’s Batman theme song in which they only say ‘bat’ (the first video) or ‘man’ (the second video). Are they any good? No, but the
This is a film believed to have been shot by early cinema pioneer Georges Méliès around the turn of the 20th century of the beaches of Normandy, France that’s been AI enhanced for your viewing pleasure. Some more details while I further zoom and enhance the footage myself looking for
This is some rare (possibly explaining why we hadn’t seen in before) 16mm footage captured in the props department at London’s Elstreet Studios in 1976 of actors Kenny Baker (R2-D2) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) trying on their droid costumes and getting used to moving around in them. There’s also some
This is ‘You Had To Be There’, a five minute clip from the MTV Vault Youtube channel featuring footage from the 1985 Video Music Awards after party. Despite the title of the clip, I’m not sure you actually had to be there to feel like you were, because my desk
This is some surprisingly decent quality handheld footage (complete with mosh pit and crowd surfing!) from a 1994 No Doubt concert at Cal State’s Fullerton campus, about a year prior to the release of the band’s ‘Tragic Kingdom’ album. Granted a tripod for this camera would have been nice, but
Apparently Bill Nye attempted some standup in the early 80’s because he wasn’t sure if he wanted to go the science or comedy route, and this is the result, courtesy of Seattle Public Access TV channel 29. The first clip is just a single joke from the set, the second