The Battle of Aachen, Germany (October 15, 1944)

Colorized footage showing the U.S. Army during the liberation of Aachen Germany during World War II. American soldiers fight in the streets to liberate the city. Aachen was the first German city to be captured by the Western Allies, and its residents welcomed the soldiers as liberators. What remained of the city was destroyed-in some areas completely-during the fighting, mostly by American artillery fire and demolitions carried out by the german defenders.
Vivid History is dedicated to restoring old black and white footage and creating high-quality colorized versions to give you an authentic and vivid experience of the past.
The video has been restored and colorized using state-of-the-art machine learning methods.
The restoration steps included:
- motion stabilization
- noise reduction
- colorization
- frame interpolation for increased FPS
- upscaling to 4K
- adding ambiance sound
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[@mvsan9153]

upload the video one more time, without music please

[@CD318]

Agree 1000% !

[@bobbysands6923]

what's with the music? It looks fabulous, but the music kills the history...it's like from the Godfather or something...

[@oioi873]

would be far more effective without the annoying music....thx anyway

[@vividhistory2092]

Thanks for the feedback, will take it into account for the next video of this kind.

[@Matteblak]

@vividhistory2092 Just remove the background music and re-upload

[@MatthewAtkinson]

Great video. Thank you for putting this together. One suggestion, the title is confusing. Aachen, as a part of Germany, I don't think you would use Liberation. In reality, the Allies conquered Aachen. Maybe the "Battle of Aachen" would make more sense and get you better SEO results.

[@vividhistory2092]

Thank you for the suggestion. I might try that :)

[@zver8654]

​@@vividhistory2092 постановочные кадры американские военные в полный рост стоят на видео. Не одного выстрела в ответ

[@zver8654]

​@@vividhistory2092американская пропаганда. Ну ты понял дружище

[@Staann]

​@@zver8654 What do you mean?

[@leversforever9748]

Translation "American propaganda. Well, you get it, buddy"

[@lostinpa-dadenduro7555]

In the year 2149, Browning M2s will still be used on Mars during the first clashes between separatists and loyalists.

[@TheOverlordOfProcrastination]

Music devalues it.

[@lanier1000]

Yeah....bad call there. How strange to add it, huh?
I like the sound just like you'd imagine it would be or exact if possible.
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[@useruser8877]

Куда они стреляют?

[@RajSarchimelia]

подделка же.

[@fredact]

The music is very distracting. It takes away from the goal of bringing this to life. It just makes it look like a movie--i.e. fake.

[@RajSarchimelia]

but it is fake. filming after fighting.

[@fakerating]

Inappropriate music. Better to just put on mute.

[@VonSchpam]

The new HD remake of the original Call of Duty is looking pretty sweet!

[@carloscervantes618]

I think music fits good with this video, great job

[@capajo02]

This AI colorization is absolutely terrible and a disservice to history. It does more to distort history than to bring it to life. This is offensive to the men who risked their lives to film this. Please stop this trend.

[@Michael-fx2qr]

Welche Befreiung denn ? Die von Hab und Gut ? Die von unserer Freiheit ? Die von Leib und Leben ?
Das war keine Befreiung sondern ein Verbrechen

[@insect6003]

Yep definitely not an freedom to Germany. Degenerate allies

[@RajSarchimelia]

Fritz, du lebst noch...

[@zver8654]

Вас они сделают свободными 😂😂😂 , как и ваше арбайтен махт фрее