Belfast circa 1900 in colour!

Filmed from the top of a tram - a journey through the centre of Belfast in around 1900. I've recolorised this with #Deoldify - I think it looks pretty great! Please note: I make NO copyright claims in relation to this material.

[@marianmasterson8871]

Just lovely it's great how everyone looks sojeat and tidy

[@Teasy1705]

Thank you so much for posting this, fascinating to see.

[@jasbegs1258]

Thanks for this - amazing.

[@Patrick-gf5xg]

Final few frames seem to be at Albert Clock.

[@brildidge9523]

This film is excellent though it's a shame that throughout, the camera is tilted in a downward direction, and you really can 't recognise many shops, buildings or really tell where you are. Spotted Robinson & Cleaver's store though, which I remember. Many thanks for posting.

[@gerryadams2011]

Ah the good old days when a man could raise goats in peace and quiet.

[@RobertK1993]

Yeah Ulster Protestant Loyalist ruled with fascist ideology at expensive of Irish Roman Catholics Northern Ireland was Protestant rule if Dublin rule Rome rule

[@samwallace7313]

What.​@@RobertK1993

[@prjb67]

Its Awesome.

[@seandonaghy2473]

At 3.12 you get a glimpse of Arnott's Store which was at the corner of Bridge Street and High Street. Indeed, just after that there is a sneaky glimpse of the base of the Albert Clock at the end of High Street. Great footage - just a pity not able to identify clearly other landmarks/buildings.

[@whitetroutchannel]

good spot mate 👍👍

[@MurphiaHitman]

Is there anyway I can get a copy of this video? My father believes the one legged man at 1:21 might be his grandfather. He owned a cobblers on Corporation Street not far from this street

[@josevalfran3835]

Nossa , imagino como era viver mais de 120 anos atrás , sem televisao , sem rádio sem telefone , e as pessoas nem sentia falta disso . Hoje em dia temos tudo isso e muito mais, mas o homem nao se contenta quer mais, nao sei onde vamos parar. Brasil

[@jp-jb1bw]

Women fully clothed and men dressed in coat and hat! Just over a 100 years ago...

[@user-nq5cn6ce8x]

All of them well dressed with suits, even the boys. Today it's the opposite.

[@giorgiolaconi9311]

S T U P E N D O U S !!!

[@view1st]

I noticed that their was a certain style of dress that seemed very popular because many of the women looked like copies of each other (black, ankle length skirt, white blouse, straw boater hat). Weird.

[@retrovideoquest]

Not sure about the "black" part... Remember this is colourized by some algorithm which basically "guesses" the colour, and it's quite possible that various different colours in a darker shade (e.g., dark green, dark blue, maroon, etc.), which would show up as "black" in the original B&W footage, ended up as "black" in this colourized version... I once saw a "colourized" video featuring the Olympic team of Finland, and the flags in their chest were colourized as red crosses on white (like the flag of England) instead of the Finish flag (blue cross on a white field). AI is not very smart, after all...

[@themadfarmer5207]

Must presume, the fellows with the bowler hats were Orange, and the chaps with the caps were Papists. The ladies dress so elegant at that time with their flowing dress and hats. Very interesting footage. Surprised at the quality and absence of jerkiness

[@mrsillywalk]

You presume and do so wrongly.

[@scottyb5039]

What are you smoking?

[@hamzakamal6019]

Very sad that All people In this video are dead

[@Whizzy-jx3qe]

Well it was 1900 what do you expect

[@easyjet-e3x]

@@Whizzy-jx3qefr rn

[@deanodog3667]

Wheres junkies in sleeping bags ??

[@josevalfran3835]

Shane no Brasil nao existem filmagens tao antigas como estas , as primeiras foram sode depois de 1927 parece que em copacabana e mesmo assim de pessima qulidade.

[@blidge8282]

But where are all the flegs?

[@user-km2bk8zb4m]

😂😂😂😂

[@knowneys1977]

Does anyone know what street this is ? Maybe somewhere around City Hall ?

[@mikedrown2721]

👍👌👏😊❤️🇺🇸

[@CMEAGAIN]

Not many Millies about in them days

[@jimdee9801]

Too busy doing their 12 hr shifts

[@whitetroutchannel]

of course there were millies then thats when the name come about young mill worker girls

[@ghoulbuns7700]

Looks no different than AI

[@tearitloosetearitloose4670]

And not a head of bleached blonde hair to be seen... Are you sure this is Belfast? Women wearing skirts down to their toes? Belfast? Naaaa..

[@rickville8898]

Isn't dark colour hair common for Irish

[@whitetroutchannel]

@@rickville8898 it used to be the yardstick to mark a northern protestant black hair and blue eyes (the film angela's ashes even makes reference to it)

[@Albert_O_Balsam]

Shit all over the place, just like modern times