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James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Aug 24, 2025

Colorized videos feel like a time machine 🧵 1. This is what Jerusalem looked like in 1897

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A thread showcasing colorized historical videos from the late 1800s and mid-1900s, including iconic moments like D-Day, post-WWII Berlin and Germany, early Jerusalem, New York City, and various European cities. The collection spans from 1896-1948 and includes rare footage of Pope Leo XIII, early cinema, and everyday life during this transformative historical period.

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    Colorized videos feel like a time machine 🧵 1. This is what Jerusalem looked like in 1897

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    2. This was Berlin after WWII, July 1945

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    3. D-Day, 6th June 1944

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    4. A newsstand in New York City, 1930s

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    5. Rollerbladers in France, 1920s

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    6. Manhattan Waterfront in the 1930s

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    7. Pope Leo XIII, born in 1810, is the earliest-born person ever captured on film. He was 86 when this was recorded in 1896. To put his birth year in perspective, it was just a year after Abraham Lincoln’s and the same as composer Frédéric Chopin’s.

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    8. One of the earliest cat films, dating back to 1899. Titled “Little Girl and Cat”, it was produced by the Lumière brothers.

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    9. This was Edinburgh, Scotland, in the 1930s

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    10. Germany in 1948, three years after WWII

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    11. London in the early 1940s

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    12. Snowball fight from 1897 in Lyon, France

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    13. Japan, Kyoto, in 1897

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    14. Two kids posing for the camera in Poland in 1920

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    15. The Netherlands in 1896

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    James Lucas@JamesLucasIT · Aug 24, 2025

    Colorized videos feel like a time machine 🧵 1. This is what Jerusalem looked like in 1897

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