All right, spent most of the weekend working on the Chronal Stabilizer, let's take the Time Machine out for a Micro-jump or two...seems to be in working order again...
Like many of these snippets of history, the creator of this 8 minute fea…
All right, spent most of the weekend working on the Chronal Stabilizer, let's take the Time Machine out for a Micro-jump or two...seems to be in working order again...
Like many of these snippets of history, the creator of this 8 minute feature did not leave a trace of their identity-the camera appears to be 16mm, its operator has a practiced eye and a steady hand, and the tracking shots are amazingly stable for the period, even allowing for later restoration of the film. Judging by the polite and friendly attitudes of all the photographed subjects it is likely that the creator of the short film was a well-known local...our guide treats us to several streets in the aforementioned Kansas City-including the famous Union Station-some locations in Topeka and Tecumseh, a few shots of Council Grove...and some footage of farmland and cattle from Chelsea, Michigan added to the mix. The automobile and bus appear to dominate the roads now (Model T and Model A Ford mostly with a few Chevrolet and Buick here and there) and only a very few horse-drawn wagons here and there. The subjects of this feature all appear to be healthy, decently-dressed and well-fed, human and beast alike. Little did they know that the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl phenomena were on the way...
This footage survived in an amazing state of preservation as part of the Prelinger Archives, until found by the Media Maven known as NASS, who used cutting-edge AI technology to:
-Speed correction to 60 frames per second
- Image resolution boost
- Improve video sharpness and brightness
- Add color
-add sound.
I raise a glass of sweet tea with lemon to NASS and others like them for thier tireless preservation of the past...Colorized, Soundtrack.
