This may not fit perfectly in the thread, but I thought it to be close enough - there's definitely architecture in the video.
Wuppertal is a city in Germany that is well known for its suspension monorail, called the Schwebebahn. It was built in 1901. In 1902, someone recorded footage of their monorail trip on 70mm film. Of course, it was originally in black and white. The film was made public by the Museum of Modern Art recently, and someone took it upon themselves to scale it to 4k, stabilize it at 60fps, and add colorization to it. Check it out, really cool stuff.
Hard to believe the film was recorded 118 years ago. Almost seems like a different world. To put it in perspective, this monorail was built 30 years after the carbon arc light was invented. 30 years after the first practical electrical light, Germany was building flying trains (in an age without computers, laser-measurements, and drones to scout terrain). Just incredible.
For comparative purposes, here's a side-by-side video where you can see the footage above, compared with what taking a trip around on the same monorail looks like today
|