Chicago By Night, 1930s [60fps,Colorized] w/ sound design added

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  • Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
  • I colorized, restored and created a sound design for this video of Chicago 1930s, even more than New York, the American city par excellence: exponential development linked to the development of exceptional resources, all-out innovations, particularly in architectural matters, a very diverse population of origin and social relations.
    In 1930s Chicago’s population reached 3 million.
    Video Restoration Process:
    ✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
    ✔ Image resolution boosted up to HD
    ✔ Improved video sharpness and brightness
    ✔ Colorized only for the ambiance
    ✔added sound only for the ambiance
    ✔restoration:(stabilisation,denoise,deblur)
    Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.
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Комментарии • 301

  • @johnmcgahern3946
    @johnmcgahern3946 3 года назад +147

    Amazing footage and restoration. Really feels like you're there. I suppose the next step would be virtual reality headsets with this quality of video!

    • @NASS_0
      @NASS_0  3 года назад +15

      Thxx! ;)

    • @artdecotimes2942
      @artdecotimes2942 3 года назад +1

      No, why do you need that. So I can experience the best days of my life by using the very thing I scorn and look down at

    • @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary
      @ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 3 года назад

      I really like your thinking!!

    • @johnmcgahern3946
      @johnmcgahern3946 3 года назад

      @@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary 👍

    • @johnmcgahern3946
      @johnmcgahern3946 3 года назад

      @@NASS_0 Anytime!

  • @rmarantis2962
    @rmarantis2962 3 года назад +70

    My father born in Greece 1894, arrived in Chicago 1921. Fascinating to get a glimpse of the world he lived in. RIP Athanase.

    • @bossshrek1241
      @bossshrek1241 3 года назад +2

      How old are you??

    • @srirampatnaik9164
      @srirampatnaik9164 3 года назад +5

      @@bossshrek1241 98?

    • @bossshrek1241
      @bossshrek1241 3 года назад +1

      @@srirampatnaik9164 how do you know?

    • @srirampatnaik9164
      @srirampatnaik9164 3 года назад +2

      @@bossshrek1241 Some assumptions and some calculations 😉

    • @softdrink-0
      @softdrink-0 2 года назад +1

      @@bossshrek1241 he probably meant grandfather

  • @dachu134
    @dachu134 3 года назад +181

    This is as close to time-travel as we are likely to get. One almost feels as if one can walk into the scenery here.

    • @Anth230
      @Anth230 3 года назад

      We have tons of films and documentaries set during the 30's....this is nothing new...😂

    • @azia5051
      @azia5051 3 года назад +1

      It like we are in Hollywood, but in real life.

    • @joshuatorres9232
      @joshuatorres9232 2 года назад +1

      @@Anth230 shut up

    • @Anth230
      @Anth230 2 года назад +1

      @@joshuatorres9232 nope...😀

    • @azia5051
      @azia5051 2 года назад +1

      lupe so true pro.

  • @vinnieviddivicci5459
    @vinnieviddivicci5459 3 года назад +104

    I have never seen vintage footage of Chicago at night. And your enhancements really make it all so vivid. Great job!

  • @tattyshoesshigure5731
    @tattyshoesshigure5731 3 года назад +30

    Those illuminated signs are fantastic! SO much nicer than their cold, modern day flat screen LED replacements... the old neon signs definitely had a magic about them.

  • @JimmyFoxhound
    @JimmyFoxhound 3 года назад +47

    It's wild how the higher frame rate of these old clips makes them appear more 'modern' and brings them to life. So cool!!

  • @ArtStoneUS
    @ArtStoneUS 3 года назад +31

    Near the end, there is an advertisement to take the train to the San Francisco world Fair, which confirms that this is in 1939

  • @1Skorpia
    @1Skorpia 2 года назад +5

    Im from chicago,still travel there every year. This is a treat to see😍

  • @VenusDeMilitant
    @VenusDeMilitant 3 года назад +41

    Thank you for posting this! It's fascinating!

  • @LoneStarRails
    @LoneStarRails 3 года назад +17

    Seems to be 1939, at 1:32 you see The Gorilla staring the Ritz Brothers, this was released 26 May 1939. Also the large Balaban & Katz banner states 22 years leadership, The Chicago-based Balaban & Katz theatre chain was formed in 1916 so banner went up in 1938. Starting at 2:45 right side a marquee ad show trains for the San Francisco Worlds Fair which opened from February 18, 1939, through October 29, 1939

  • @GrievingForGrace
    @GrievingForGrace 3 года назад +11

    This is absolutely incredible. Other than the cars and some signage, you would have no idea it was almost a century ago.

  • @gintasindreika933
    @gintasindreika933 3 года назад +19

    In 1953 our neighbor took us kids for an evening ride downtown to see the Buckingham fountain. On Lake Shore Drive from the South, the prominent object in the skyline was the sweep of the beacon on the Palmolive Building, its searchlight moving across the night sky across the lake.

    • @brushcreek42
      @brushcreek42 3 года назад +4

      They had to stop the beacon because of all the taller buildings in the area.

    • @jaldav
      @jaldav 3 года назад +2

      The Wrigley Building is/was magnificent.

    • @artdecotimes2942
      @artdecotimes2942 3 года назад

      @@jaldav indeed, time passing only ruins things that were ingenious more and more. Go take a gander at the comments on the videos of the 1893 world fair saying it is "not possible, even with 'todays' technology." This nonesense makes me absolutely livid.

    • @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79
      @iwouldliketoorderanumber1b79 Год назад

      I can imagine that too, a few years back they turned the light back on. I don’t know if it sweeps like it use to with the John Hancock behind it. Thanks for that memory.

  • @michael6185
    @michael6185 3 года назад +5

    Its an odd feeling for me. My Mom, who was born in Chicago in 1916 would have been 23 during the time of this video in the prime of her life. I miss her so much.

  • @gregthegroove
    @gregthegroove Год назад +1

    I’ve said this for so long and people look at me like I have 3 heads. YT is a virtual time machine. To a person from the 1800’s, to see us pulling this up on a phone or iPad and “go back” to see what it was like must be life changing. We take it for granted because we grew up with this tech. But to other eras, this is legit magic to them.

  • @killainmaccallan4700
    @killainmaccallan4700 2 года назад +3

    You did an awesome job my friend , thanks a lot. I was born in the seventies in Holland and always loved 70's and 80's america.

  • @johnerwin9024
    @johnerwin9024 3 года назад +20

    Wow-such excellent work for this restoration; only wish coulda been little longer-BEST🙂

  • @scotnick59
    @scotnick59 3 года назад +7

    Certain aspects (fancy electrical lighting for ads, for instance) are more modern than many think during the thirties

  • @cosmicj5284
    @cosmicj5284 3 года назад +12

    1:11 that shoe building looks so modern it looks like it doesn’t belongs there 🧐

    • @j311ycaa5
      @j311ycaa5 3 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing!

    • @greenbursts4887
      @greenbursts4887 2 года назад +3

      Art deco was popular back then, it had some modern aspects definitely

  • @sharilynn3024
    @sharilynn3024 2 года назад +2

    This was the era of my grandparents' youth. Thank you for this! It feels almost like I was there with them.💞

  • @haimbenavraham1502
    @haimbenavraham1502 3 года назад +32

    "Chicago, Chicago that toddl'n town. Chicago, Chicago I'll show you around...." Sinatra days.

  • @ignatzcmw
    @ignatzcmw 2 года назад +4

    This is terrific! All those neon signs, simply gorgeous. I'd love to see more of Chicago from the 1930s and 1940s. Thanks!

  • @Partsunknown426
    @Partsunknown426 3 года назад +19

    Funny how so many of these are showing up on YT these days, where have they been all these years?

    • @heyyou3133
      @heyyou3133 3 года назад

      From OpenAI and other neuronets.

    • @artdecotimes2942
      @artdecotimes2942 3 года назад +1

      @@heyyou3133 Ai are pointless and have a hobby in undermining times before it; that is why they guess at colors and dim out a good time period, rendering it to feeling like a weak amount of the wonder it had, which was far more natural and normal in black and white and you could see the sorrounding area. Don't thank Ai, thank the gentleman or madam that filmed this.

    • @DaLatinKnight
      @DaLatinKnight 3 года назад

      @@artdecotimes2942 that's not AIs fault, that's whoever made they AIs issue to deal with and improve. AI is only the reflection of the creators knowledge.

    • @artdecotimes2942
      @artdecotimes2942 3 года назад

      @@DaLatinKnight that is why they are pointless, there's no life to what they fix, same as car making robot arms in 2021.

  • @peace-yv4qd
    @peace-yv4qd 3 года назад +18

    When I was about five I fell out the back of my parents old car that had a running board. The running board saved my life for it broke my fall and gave my dad enough time to slow down before I fell off. Which I did. Then got up and waited on the sidewalk for them to come back and get me.

  • @LoveThatRod
    @LoveThatRod 3 года назад +1

    We moved from Boston to western suburbs of Chicago in 1963. Dad worked for an insurance company down on LaSalle St. He commuted via the old CB&Q everyday and walked from train station into the financial district; snow, rain, or shine. He took me to Wrigley Field many times - loved the Cubs - even on B&W WGN TV. Listened to WLS am radio.
    I remember the Big Snow of ‘67, Brookfield Zoo, Adler planetarium, Science & Industry Museum, and the Art Museum on Michigan Ave.
    A city with big shoulders.

  • @paulazemeckis7835
    @paulazemeckis7835 3 года назад +3

    Great job restoring and colorizing. When I was a child my mother used to take me to Marshall Fields during the Christmas season. I remember the escalators. That was in the 60's. Had a great childhood home in Morgan Park....built in 1883. My dad renovated it. Had a back staircase for the hired help back then. The attached garage in the backyard was very tall to accommodate the horse drawn carriages. The homes were spaced far apart...but then small modern homes were built in between the original homes starting in the late 40's. Loved the childhood home, I was lucky with that for sure!

  • @mod69
    @mod69 3 года назад +7

    Shop window displays are amazing

  • @mrn13
    @mrn13 3 года назад +30

    My God, the elegance!

  • @bobgold57
    @bobgold57 3 года назад +4

    Love this one. Especially the guy walking at 34 seconds in. Like entering into an old Noir film. But with amazing detail. Really cool work!

  • @Pidalin
    @Pidalin 3 года назад +10

    I have to play Mafia 1 after this :-D

  • @FlintyCobblestone
    @FlintyCobblestone 3 года назад +9

    Absolutely incredible.

  • @viejos1000
    @viejos1000 2 года назад +1

    Woah! Michigan Street looked way more cooler back then in my opinion. If they were to bring back the big light up sign like how it was in the beginning video. It would look twice as nice!

  • @rogermaes6001
    @rogermaes6001 3 года назад +2

    God bless all those guys who filmed the streets, the sidewalks, the highways, people and cars, for nothing, for the plaisure, for them, and for us today... And thanks to you NASS for giving us the opportunity of seeing those gems.
    Present needs past.

    • @NASS_0
      @NASS_0  3 года назад +1

      thank you so much!

  • @joaocarlossantanacavalcant5484
    @joaocarlossantanacavalcant5484 2 года назад +2

    I love Chicago.I visit there in 2008.Amazing city.

  • @christophersorensen6522
    @christophersorensen6522 2 года назад +1

    In the early to mid-1990s, I was a floating salesman at that very store- which meant I could be on any one of the 14 floors helping a department on any given day. I also played Santa Bear (I was a theatre kid). That iconic location wouldn't be a Marshal Field's for much longer. I'm proud to have been a part of this company which wasn't just a name. I once quoted the founder to a customer after I overheard a snobby sales-person denying a woman a couple of extra gift boxes she kindly asked for. I said, "Marshal Field's himself said 'Give the lady what she wants!' I'll get some from the back room for you."

  • @vieuxbal1253
    @vieuxbal1253 3 года назад +1

    NASS you are a genius! We were used to lower quality old black and white footages which to some extent were a barrier with the past. But thanks to your talent and your magic the past becomes the present. And I must admit it's a very weird feeling. Because the people we are watching are no longer of this world. And yet they seem very much alive.

  • @dennisthehirev580
    @dennisthehirev580 3 года назад +6

    Love this video! The 30's cars are beautiful but those Checker cabs are hideous. Thanks for posting. Your production values are highly professional.

    • @NASS_0
      @NASS_0  3 года назад +4

      thank you so much
      ;)

  • @katwil89
    @katwil89 3 года назад +7

    This is just amazing!

  • @mkk8497
    @mkk8497 3 года назад +7

    Unbelievable .. what a quality .. greetings from Poland !

  • @MrBothandNether
    @MrBothandNether 3 года назад

    Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart for not putting a watermark over this footage.
    Subbed

  • @egg151
    @egg151 3 года назад +1

    0:51 Balaban&Katz 1st successful air conditioning inside a movie theater. Movie theatres use to be a seasonal thing. Not so popular during the hot summers. Chicago was the 1st to perfect it inside movie theaters by pulling cold air from the chicago tunnels,and supplying it into vents.

  • @moviestar9617
    @moviestar9617 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic! It feels like it was shot today, but set in the 1930s. Great job.

  • @ikonseesmrno7300
    @ikonseesmrno7300 Год назад

    The C&NW/UP sign at the end is advertising for the World's Fair in San Francisco. That puts the film between 1939 & 1940.

  • @cblizz730
    @cblizz730 3 года назад +24

    Video looks like it was shot by a time traveler with an iPhone.

  • @Michel-hv3fz
    @Michel-hv3fz 3 года назад +19

    à 3:06, sur la marquise du cinéma le film "the gorilla" sortie en mai 1939.

  • @kaitoelitex4901
    @kaitoelitex4901 3 года назад

    Thank you NASS. Now when I look at high quality, I’ve feel like I could easily see what exactly looks like instead of saying look like a quarter of an art.

  • @visionseeker68
    @visionseeker68 3 года назад

    Wow...! NASS does it yet again. Never had been to Chicago before, until now! Thank you.😍

  • @MichaelAuthorAllAges
    @MichaelAuthorAllAges 3 года назад +3

    Wowee! That is really cool. The song Chicago Illinois, from the movie Victor Victoria came to mind when I saw this video! Lol. Very atmospheric. Liked and shared. :-)

  • @QuimBeeLivingstone
    @QuimBeeLivingstone 3 года назад +1

    Wow Fantastic videos! Thanks so much for posting

  • @mikenaykki2173
    @mikenaykki2173 3 года назад +1

    Great job putting this all together.👍👍😎

  • @Sapphire_007
    @Sapphire_007 3 года назад +1

    They must've felt pretty "modern" with all the blinking neon signs and motorized cars buzzing through! It actually feels like today or at least it feels no different than today! Amazing time capsule, TY!!!

    • @jgc4818
      @jgc4818 3 года назад +2

      You drive down the highway today and there’s far fewer lights and less color than there was in those days, it was just more lively and exciting. I mean, those streetcars are just amazing.

  • @youngpatrick29
    @youngpatrick29 3 года назад

    you are my favorite channel on youtube. amazing work

  • @vanzemljak
    @vanzemljak 2 года назад

    Honestly...Joey B Toons showed me your channel...now Im hooked and sub'd instantly.
    This looks like a never released Bioshock DLC.
    Keep up the stellar work

  • @TerminalLumbago3657
    @TerminalLumbago3657 2 года назад +2

    Al Capone is doing well for himself right about now.

  • @dee24874
    @dee24874 9 месяцев назад

    Almost 100 yrs ago. Amazing...!

  • @terrapinflyer273
    @terrapinflyer273 3 года назад +3

    Plot twist! NASS goes back in time. Can't bring anything with him, but can bring things back. Records this footage, brings it back to the present, remasters it and uploads it for us all to see. Thanks for all your hard work!

  • @cleander97
    @cleander97 3 года назад +4

    One of those cars must be Al Capone’s.

  • @tarp11z
    @tarp11z 2 года назад

    The Sting. That movie really nailed it in every way.

  • @gregorylichtenson757
    @gregorylichtenson757 3 года назад +1

    Dude you added the Background Noise!!

  • @antonioperez2623
    @antonioperez2623 Год назад

    Interesting to see many people walking about at 9:15 pm. People who felt safe.

  • @senosab
    @senosab Год назад

    Looks amazing! Thanks for the effort.

  • @heru-deshet359
    @heru-deshet359 3 года назад +2

    Excellent work!

  • @tede.kulhawik3722
    @tede.kulhawik3722 3 года назад +2

    lt was more of an artistic neon world then, and at the time the future seemed so much brighter.

    • @Pavel-ms3sv
      @Pavel-ms3sv 3 года назад +1

      WWII was about to begin

  • @sandral.414
    @sandral.414 3 года назад +1

    Great restoration!!

  • @lestoil
    @lestoil 3 года назад +1

    Pure excellence!! Thank you!

  • @zakur0hako
    @zakur0hako 3 года назад +2

    i feel something i've never felt before

  • @YNDog
    @YNDog 3 года назад +2

    We need some light Jazz to this

  • @josgood5412
    @josgood5412 2 года назад

    In a million years I didn’t imagine scrolling lighted text signs were a thing in the 1930’s.

  • @teejaymz742
    @teejaymz742 3 года назад +2

    I looked up the Ritz Brothers “The Gorilla” and learned that it was released in 1939.

  • @williamwebb7917
    @williamwebb7917 3 года назад +1

    Awesome footage. I love it.

  • @DeadAbeVigoda
    @DeadAbeVigoda 3 года назад +9

    It's funny to think that John Dillinger could have been nearby when this was shot. No pun intended.

    • @brushcreek42
      @brushcreek42 3 года назад +1

      Maybe Al Capone too. But probably not. This looks more like the mid to late 30s.

    • @DeadAbeVigoda
      @DeadAbeVigoda 3 года назад +2

      @@brushcreek42 Yeah, Capone was in prison for most of the 30s.

    • @karloshernandezs5631
      @karloshernandezs5631 3 года назад +4

      Chicago my city I grew up! after Capone!.1950 and! after church walking by I visited the garage on Clark st. valentine massacre! happens! as a child,
      10! by a older cousin! told me the st valentine true story! we walk in!!curiosity! He showed the wall full of bullets holes! I place my finger on a brick ! wow remember like yesterday! never thought became historical place! or mafia! connection. I live on California, st. . Diversey Avenue , Humboldt park!! memory lane!.!! happy new year 2021. it's so weird! in 1999! I move to Florida st. south side 22 Avenue! 2 blocks down my friend Tony ! house! who I visited! he show nearby Al Capone house in Florida! near my place, 😁👍 it's !still there! .can't go in! of course! new residents.!! beautiful house! like southern plantation state.

    • @brushcreek42
      @brushcreek42 3 года назад +3

      @@karloshernandezs5631 Humboldt Park! My great-grandpa had an 1880s house next to the Humboldt Park "L". We would go there New Years Day for his birthday party. He died in 1949 but the house is still standing and in good shape as it shows up on the Google Earth street view.
      I think they tore down the St Valentine's Day massacre garage a while back, didn't they?

    • @karloshernandezs5631
      @karloshernandezs5631 3 года назад +1

      @@brushcreek42 yes sir is being demolishes ! but nice memories of those days bygone! everything was so different! the park! later in the 70's! was a hangout for drugs user! I stop going! move to Florida!!. those houses built for ever! memory lane thanks! happy new year. blessing to you and family &friends. God bless.

  • @WillmobilePlus
    @WillmobilePlus 3 года назад +2

    We need all cars to have classy horns again.

  • @wrestlingwithjay3770
    @wrestlingwithjay3770 Год назад +1

    Flashback in the 30's

  • @zerosugarmatcha7348
    @zerosugarmatcha7348 3 года назад +2

    1:18 That's Marshall Field's/Macy's

  • @ronu8872
    @ronu8872 2 года назад

    Biased yet still staggering enough to point out how distinguishable the vibe is of this city.

  • @slabriprock5329
    @slabriprock5329 3 года назад +1

    This is great thank you!

  • @xdgs567z
    @xdgs567z 3 года назад +1

    Wow can’t believe this is the 1930s with all the blinking lights

  • @glass2467
    @glass2467 2 года назад

    Amazing footage! Through a time portal!

  • @timrobinson7373
    @timrobinson7373 3 года назад

    Great film hope that was the Windows outside of Marshall Fields and maybe that was my grandfather driving the streetcar in one shot

  • @oddmanout4256
    @oddmanout4256 Год назад +1

    1939, as dated by the film "The Gorilla" advertised by the cinema

  • @albertfilms21
    @albertfilms21 3 года назад +1

    Many thanks for the amazing video 🙏 What about Detroit in the same time?

  • @agquaproductions9361
    @agquaproductions9361 4 месяца назад

    This is amazing.

  • @thomasackers
    @thomasackers Год назад

    this is beautiful

  • @AndreiChrisso
    @AndreiChrisso 3 года назад +3

    unbelievable, amazing, I would have liked to live in that period 🙂

    • @Booze129
      @Booze129 3 года назад +2

      Making a living wasn’t easy but I’m sure you’d enjoy fresh cigars, beers and a trip at the Brothel house

    • @AndreiChrisso
      @AndreiChrisso 3 года назад

      @@Booze129 I don't have vices like that, I would have liked to see what the world was like at that time, I do not drink or smoke

    • @Xcyper33
      @Xcyper33 2 года назад +1

      @@AndreiChrisso damn what would you do then? No video games, movie industry was barely getting started. I guess you can play sports?

    • @AndreiChrisso
      @AndreiChrisso 2 года назад

      @@Xcyper33 I mean, I'd like to see what it's like, not live the whole time, except for a short time

  • @jaldav
    @jaldav 3 года назад +1

    How do you obtain these films? I frequented North Michigan Ave. , Wrigley Bldg. and the Water Tower when I lived there in the 70s and 80s so I appreciated the perspective.

  • @markthrasher6770
    @markthrasher6770 3 года назад +1

    Bring back the neon, and put up screens..... I remember until the 1980's, Halstead and N. Michigan looked just like Times Square.

  • @gxramirez
    @gxramirez 3 года назад +1

    ur so talented. :)

  • @MoVideoz
    @MoVideoz 2 года назад

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥crazy and beautiful

  • @bagpuss998
    @bagpuss998 3 года назад +1

    Great style in those days 👍

  • @vancouverman4313
    @vancouverman4313 3 года назад

    Every second car was filled with gangsters carrying heaters in violin cases.

  • @houseofmaranatha2841
    @houseofmaranatha2841 3 года назад +2

    I didn’t realize they have electronic scrolling signs back them

    • @TheUniversalEyes
      @TheUniversalEyes 2 года назад

      It's called a Motograph. Really nothing different than today, they work in the same fashion.

  • @denisz1427
    @denisz1427 3 года назад

    Great work guy.

  • @hugbug4408
    @hugbug4408 3 года назад +1

    Chicago was the NYC of the west and had one of the 1st skyscrapers.It was 4 awhile the 2nd largest city in usa.2day it has bout 3million people;had close 2 41/2 @one time but like in all cities the population dropped a little.It is now the 3rd largest in the usa.Los angeles surpassed it bout 15 yrs ago.Heard it has a great nite social life but crime plagues the city currently.

  • @louislamonte334
    @louislamonte334 11 месяцев назад

    Despite the crime and corruption, maybe because of it, what a truly exciting and incredible place Chicago truly was!

  • @jayjay-bz3rr
    @jayjay-bz3rr 3 года назад +1

    The “Untouchables”!!

  • @colinluckens9591
    @colinluckens9591 3 года назад +6

    Are you sure that's the 1930's??? Those cars look more 1940's to me.....

  • @bobgold57
    @bobgold57 3 года назад +3

    The Gorilla, Ritz Brothers, on the marquee. 1939.

  • @TheBlueyedblond
    @TheBlueyedblond 3 года назад

    0:55: The Balaban Theatre was owned by the father of actor Bob Balaban.

  • @janejames9173
    @janejames9173 3 года назад +1

    Absolutely beautiful.🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @sharonrizzo2540
    @sharonrizzo2540 9 месяцев назад

    This is awesome

  • @williamdickson3409
    @williamdickson3409 Год назад

    One of the greatest time machines in the world is a camera