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(38,601 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,712 posts)It looks like the same block. I didn't watch the whole thing.
Chipper Chat
(9,701 posts)And the women all in dresses
Looks like smog was around then too.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,926 posts)Two things stand out. First is that Los Angeles is a lot hillier than I recall. And there's already a lot of smog.
Demovictory9
(32,489 posts)padfun
(1,792 posts)Change the cars and everyone is doing the same thing they are doing today except...
Today everyone has a wireless cell phone on them.
CloudWatcher
(1,851 posts)You can see the yellow cab slowing down, but the car with the camera and the one following it just blew through the stop sign at about 1:30. Crazy LA drivers! No different today
CloudWatcher
(1,851 posts)Note the video was posted in "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" .. they've been using recent computer techniques to digitally add color to old black and white footage.
Really nice results though, fascinating to watch!
ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)That every other car is a private detective trailing a henchman (or the other way around).
True Dough
(17,358 posts)ThoughtCriminal
(14,050 posts)True Dough
(17,358 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,772 posts)Though, to my eyes, the old city was 100 x more beautiful.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,772 posts)I guess I'm just a nostalgia addict--I almost always like the old better than the new.
Niagara
(7,722 posts)At around the 3:42 mark, a man gave a cheerful wave at the camera.