Colorful Mexico City and its surroundings around 1950 [A.I. enhanced & colorized]
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Published 2021-06-12
The original film has been motion-stabilized, enhanced and colorized by means of state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence software. It is based on raw footage, probably intended for a movie or documentary. We have deliberately chosen not to cut or edit each scene, so some parts of Mexico come into view for a longer period. You can skip scenes if they seem too long to your liking.
For reasons of copyright, the Mexican style background music is by contemporary artists, so not from the 1950s.
Music: Mexican music by various contemporary artists
Source: archive.org.
Please do not copy my material without permission.
Time line (please help to complete this):
00:00 Mexico City: Plaza Major.
All Comments (21)
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Mexico siempre hermoso y majestuso desde sus inicios, Saludos desde Colombia.
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1950 Mexico looked lot more progressive and developed than many countries during that era in the world
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Ciudad de Mexico and La Habana looked so lovely and magical in the old times. 💖💐👍 The Mexican culture and people are amazing. Greetings from Uruguay 🇺🇾
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Que belleza!!! Es como mirar por una ventana a mi hermosa ciudad de hace más de 70 años. Quién dice que el viaje por el tiempo no existe?
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This is a beautiful rendition of the original film. Going by the apparent years of the cars, I would say that it is closer to 1940 because the majority of the cars were from the 1930's and a few possibly 1940- 41. Just my opinion as an 88 year old.
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I'm from México City. This is from 1945. I saw an advertisement for a mexican movie called "Canaima" that premiered in '45. 18:00
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Just like Rio, Havanna and a lot of other citys around the world, they looked a lot more beautiful back then.
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Wow! Paseo de la Reforma era impresionante, imponente y majestuoso! ¿Qué demonios hicieron con esa ciudad tan hermosa y avanzada? La destruyeron en nombre de la llamada "modernidad" y todo por llenarse los bolsillos de dinero construyendo edificios sin ningún tipo de valor artístico, antes la ciudad tenía una armonía arquitectónica, todo eso lo hicieron pedazos para edificar simples rectángulos de acero y concreto. Hoy Paseo de la Reforma ya no tiene esa belleza, son puras plazas comerciales y edificios de oficinas, acabaron con la Ciudad de México.
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Mexico que bello..🌹🌹🌹🇮🇹
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Que bella, elegante, limpia y tranquila la ciudad! El pasoe pro Reforma es majestuoso! una joya este video. Todavia existian algunas casas profirianas que más tarde no..
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The entire planet was a much better place to Live back then: Clean cities, NO plastics and garbage everywhere, Slim and fit people walking. Almost no crime, No car traffic, smog, less people....
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Stunning! This is such a beautiful stylish historical document! Thank you so much Rick!
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5:05 - Hay cartelera de “El Recuerdo de Aquella Noche”, película de noviembre de 1945 de Chano Urueta. Por eso creo que estamos viendo imágenes de 1945/1946.
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My dad was born in 1950 crazy to see how mexico was back then 😢
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My daddy was born in cdmx in march1959. Thank tou for giving me a glimse of the past
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Mi México lindo y querido, se ve limpio y moderno, la gente se ve de buen semblante, algún niño de 10 años que sale en este vídeo posiblemente todavía viva y tendría hoy 80, no es para nada descabellado, para mi que después de los años 70 que empezó la corrupción se fue al traste todo
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That film is so clear and vivid it's like traveling back in time; you don't get that feeling with most films from years ago. I wasn't even aware of A.I. software for film, shows how much I know. (Is motion stabilization what's used with some silent movies, to make the speed what it should be, because some of them look the way a regular movie does, not as if everyone's moving a bit too fast.)
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Hello Rick, I love how you managed to seamlessly slot the appropriate music into each segment. I was completely focused on the video. Your hard work is very much appreciated. Thank you.
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I love how the camera calls people´s attention, and now we all have one in our pockets
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Mexico City.............20 years before the World Cup! Amazing!
