Scenes of daily life in Paris in the 1890s - full color, sound, and speed restored.

A collection of high quality remastered prints from the dawn of film taken in Belle Époque-era Paris, France from 1896-1900. Slowed down footage to a natural rate, added in ambiance sound, and colorized. These films were taken by the Lumière company.

0:08 - Notre-Dame Cathedral (1896)
0:58 - Alma Bridge (1900)
1:37 - Avenue des Champs-Élysées (1899)
2:33 - Place de la Concorde (1897)
3:24 - Passing of a fire brigade (1897)
3:58 - Tuileries Garden (1896)
4:48 - Moving walkway at the Paris Exposition (1900)
5:24 - The Eiffel Tower from the Rives de la Seine à Paris (1897)

The original restored black and white video is from Guy Jones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjDclfAFRB4
Support his work: https://www.gofundme.com/support-guy-jones-history

Colorization is made using DeOldify (https://github.com/jantic/DeOldify)