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: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Francois June 01, 2013, 10:47:20 PM

Here's a short video that was shot in 1939 in full color!
They were shot by a French tourist named Jean Vivier only four years after Kodachrome was released to the public.
The video is courtesy of the Romano Archives (http://romanoarchives.altervista.org/)
Hope you enjoy.

1939 New York in HD Color - Looks Like Filmed Yesterday! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgqRN40TXrE#ws)

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Terry June 02, 2013, 12:25:39 AM

Magnificent find, Francois! 

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Fluminian June 02, 2013, 09:02:51 AM

Fantastic find, Francois!

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: benjiboy June 02, 2013, 03:27:59 PM

Amazing it's like time travel,.

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Photo_Utopia June 03, 2013, 01:06:06 PM

Great find!! I just love any old images in colour and collect Kodachrome, Dufay and Autochromes.

I have some 1939 Kodachrome images on my blog of the World Fair:
http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2009_06_21_archive.html (http://photo-utopia.blogspot.co.uk/2009_06_21_archive.html)

Another time...

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Phil Bebbington June 03, 2013, 07:13:26 PM

Love this, François. Thank you.

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Francois June 03, 2013, 09:31:41 PM

You're all welcome :)

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Thom Stone June 05, 2013, 06:49:02 PM

love it. apart from the horrendous drum loop over the smooth jazz. goes right out of time as it is a computer sans musical feeling. but anyway. images are amazing :-)

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: limr June 05, 2013, 07:33:47 PM

You mean they didn't live in black and white!! ;)

People should definitely start wearing hats again.

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Francois June 05, 2013, 09:44:10 PM

I'm all for hats!
Being prone to sunburn, I have quite a collection of them.

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Phil Bebbington June 05, 2013, 09:50:55 PM

and whistling! ???

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Ed Wenn June 05, 2013, 10:06:41 PM

Fan-bloody-tastic, François!!!  ;D ;D Thanks very much for posting this here. Hats, whistling and smog, please.

: Re: New York 1939 on Kodachrome
: Francois June 05, 2013, 11:28:48 PM

Hats and whistling it is... but just put the smog on the back burner :)