Six long days of Traffic Control-11 hour shifts! Holiday Shoppers! AAAIIEEEE! No more!
(hits No Automobiles filter on Time Machine, smashes button)
Oooh, salt air and seagulls, that's promising. And I don't hear any noisy engines-Oh my God …
Six long days of Traffic Control-11 hour shifts! Holiday Shoppers! AAAIIEEEE! No more!
(hits No Automobiles filter on Time Machine, smashes button)
Oooh, salt air and seagulls, that's promising. And I don't hear any noisy engines-Oh my God a fish and chips stall, I am in Heaven....
The interests of early filmmakers Mitchell and Kenyon often carried them to the most remote locations on the planet-but they were just as pleased to find subject matter at home as abroad, as this early feature shows. The city of Morcambe was once one of the most famous tourist towns of Britain, and this 7 minute film shows us the place in its prime-broad, paved streets, plentiful shops and motels, piers everywhere and a vast pavilion gazing shore-ward. The streets thrum with pedestrians in suits and frocks, children playing in the background, and row after row of horse-drawn hansoms, carriages and delivery wagons. Amazingly enough, the static shots are interspersed with tracking shots-common today but an uncanny test of skill for the hand-cranked cameras of 1901-which show long, peaceful vistas of sand and water, broken only by wandering beachcombers and the odd food stall..
This feature was curated by the British Film Institute and remained in a remarkable state of preservation-until found by video expert Backtolife, who used modern AI technology to:
-erase flaws, scratches and artifacting
-correct for speed and aspect ratio
-increase quality to 4K video standard and
-imbue the result with glorious color and a Classical soundtrack!
I raise a glass of Lemonade in gratitude to Backtolife and others for giving me 7 amazing minutes of surf and sun from 1901...Colorized, Music.
