Watch Scenes from Belle Époque Paris Vividly Restored with Artificial Intelligence (Circa 1890)

In his lat­est act of dig­i­tal restora­tion, Denis Shiryaev has used AI to revive and col­orize footage doc­u­ment­ing dai­ly life in Paris dur­ing the 1890s. The remark­ably clear footage lets you see hors­es and bug­gies move past Notre Dame; young­sters float­ing their boats at Lux­em­bourg Gar­dens; the Eif­fel Tour dur­ing its first decade of exis­tence; fire­men dash­ing down the city’s grands boule­vards; and peo­ple hop­ping onto futur­is­tic mov­ing side­walks. Quite a delight to see.

Find oth­er recent video restora­tions in the Relat­eds below.

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Relat­ed Con­tent:

Immac­u­late­ly Restored Film Lets You Revis­it Life in New York City in 1911

Icon­ic Film from 1896 Restored with Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence: Watch an AI-Upscaled Ver­sion of the Lumière Broth­ers’ The Arrival of a Train at La Cio­tat Sta­tion

A Trip Through New York City in 1911: Vin­tage Video of NYC Gets Col­orized & Revived with Arti­fi­cial Intel­li­gence

Pris­tine Footage Lets You Revis­it Life in Paris in the 1890s: Watch Footage Shot by the Lumière Broth­ers