Extremely rare, spectacular film about London during WW-II in color [A.I. enhanced & colorized]

About this film

London during WW-II like you have never seen it before! This film footage is very rare. It is of extremely high quality in full HD, 1080p. The source is raw footage for an unknown film about London with the working title "Heart of the City". The film shows remarkable scenes of bomb damage, close up filming of the release of barrage balloons, anti-aircraft gun positions, traffic at Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, militairy parades in front of Buckingham Palace, beautiful scenes of the Thames during daytime and at dusk, Waterloo Station, and much more. The various scenes have been motion-stabilized, slightly speed-corrected, enhanced and colorized by means of sophisticated Artificial Intelligence software. Source: Prelinger Archive Music: Carl Ravell & His Orchestra Note: It was extremely difficult to find copyright-free music from this period. Detailed description, based on Hugh Rainbird´s great contribution to identifying all the locations: 00:00 South side of Westminster Bridge looking over to the Houses of Parliament. Probably blitz-damaged St Thomas's Hospital on the left. 00:37 Buckingham Palace with "Guards" in Khaki uniform. On Sunday 18th June 1944, a German V1 flying b…

Directors & creators

Ricks Film Restoration

Subjects

London, Extremely rare, WWII, 1943, Color, Colorized

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