New York City 1937 in color, Street Scenes [60fps, Remastered] Sound Design #Video

I colorized, fully restored, and added immersive sound design to this rare 1930s New York footage, capturing Union Square, Tammany Hall, 7th District Police Headquarters, Municipal Building and City Hall, Park Avenue Enclosed Market and street vendors in Chinatown and on Delancey Street, offers a vivid glimpse into everyday life in 1930s New York City, where neighborhoods like Chinatown and the Lower East Side thrived with cultural diversity and commercial activity. The streets are filled with pedestrians, early automobiles, and energetic market scenes, reflecting a city in constant motion. The Park Avenue Enclosed Market and the pushcart vendors along Delancey Street highlight a time when open-air markets were central to daily life, supplying fresh goods to local families. Surrounded by iconic civic buildings and busy squares, these scenes capture the rhythm, resilience, and vibrant atmosphere of urban life, preserving a dynamic portrait of New York during a transformative era.


Video Restoration Process:
FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
Image resolution enhanced up to 4K quality
Improved video sharpness and brightness with my own AviSynth scripts
Colorized only for the ambiance (not historically accurate)
Sound design created for immersive atmosphere
Full restoration: stabilization, denoise, cleaning, and deblurring made with my own AviSynth and VapourSynth scripts

Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data.

B&W Video Source: National Archives and Records Administration
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