Story in dutch language about this upscale: www.volkskrant.nl/kijkverder/v/2020/stap-in-een-tijdmachine-welkom-in-het-amsterdam-van-1922-in-kleur-en-hd~v380368/

Looks like goofing around in front of the camera was invented four seconds after the camera itself.

I feel like I’m a time traveler and everybody is just staring at me

God bless the persons holding cameras for their curiosity of simply catching life as it is happening and ultimately giving us a window into the past.

What is fascinating is that EVERYBODY is so drawn to the camera.

Real-life footage hits harder than movies creating these scenes. There's just something about it.

Some of them was born in the late 1800's and now we're watching them in 2020. The movie camera is a time machine of itself. Great job Denis. 👍

Amazing..My Grandfather was a 1 yr. Old baby in 1922....And he is still Alive.. We have 5 Generations alive and Healthy at the present time..

The little boys always make me laugh....hamming it up as soon as they realise they are being filmed. Nothing changes!

3:22 Funny to see how even in 1922 the "oh shit sorry I'm in the way" reaction was already a thing x)

This is amazing. My grandfather was born in Amsterdam in 1918. I never knew him, he died in 1971. Imagine he is in this footage somewhere as a little boy, or his parents or other family. A crazy thought! Iove it.

Crazy. My grandma is 100, born in 1920. Fortunately she is still with us. She is a bit older than the babies toward the end of this video. There is a very slight chance, if they made it through the wars, that a very small number of those babies (very small) are still with us. Amazing video. The closest I’ll ever get to time travel.

How well behaved and humble was people back then, they literally got nothing but smiles and will to live

Some Dutch people may be watching this without knowing they're looking at their relatives.

THIS IS AMAZING!!, The closest thing to time travel.

People are literally dancing in the street! ❤️

These people had no clue they'd be watched by millions of people 100 years into the future, they act a bit surprised but probably forgot about it soon after... When they put on their clothes that morning, they didn't know that that day they would look into an eye, the other side of which there are millions of people watching who wouldn't even be born for many decades to come.

the dancing on the streets was heartwarming

So sad to think of the War coming in these children's future.

Love all the bustling, vibrant streets. I hardly ever see people walking in the streets anymore and you definitely do not see happy, energetic people running around and having fun.

Imagine they were told to look into this big box: "This way you can send a message to the future! People from the future will see your dances!" As bizzare as it might have sounded, thats exaclty what happened.

Imagine you are looking at souls now gone, and now we are inhabiting their streets. All the children? Gone. The couple starting their blossoming relationship? Gone. So unreal to imagine. Enjoy life and don't take it so seriously. You and your problems will also be. Gone. And somebody else will look at our lives. Like we look at theirs. And they will think about us. Now they are already gone.... My god. What a unreal feeling.

From 1922, when people were still surprised when the google streetview car passed by! ;-))

Imagine a time when all it took to enjoy yourself was a music cart on the street and dancing with your friends

Ces images ont 100 ans, datent d'un autre monde carrément, et je peux les voir en couleur ! C'est impressionnant

Even back in 1922 Amsterdam was a city of 1 Million bicycles

I just love how they are curious ☺️

This is actually crazy. them looking at the camera feels like you time-travel to that time to that street and thats how they react to seeying you. Absolutly amazing this exists!

I love watching these. Its like going back in time to watch. I look at everything around . The people the way things were made everything. Great work.

The stabilization makes an enormous difference, correcting the hand-cranking of the camera on a wobbly tripod. Nice work Denis!

Whoever are creating these videos does humanity the biggest service imaginable. The soundtrack is, of course, not real but the images that capture such times and the people and culture themselves has no measure in value IMHO. Thank you for this work.

It feels so real and from looking at it you can sense how lively it is, knowing that this film is full of lives that is indescribable yet beautiful

Удивительные чувства рождаются в душе, глядя на все это... Мне очень интересно смотреть на людей из прошлого и впитывать ту атмосферу, узнавать и понимать их, хотя бы частично. Вы приблизили меня к мечте отправиться в путешествие в прошлое в качестве зрителя, благодаря новому качеству, цвету и звуку. Спасибо, что занимаетесь таким увлекательным и творческим делом! Это очень важно и для людей нашего времени и я уверена, что для будущих поколений тоже.

Some of those babies might still be alive! My grandparents were born in the 1920s and one still lives

Mokum as it was. All the people look like they could be in Ciske de Rat, especially the boys. This film is made by the Passage Bioscoop, a cinema that appears at 8:25. Places that were mentioned in the original film or the ones I could recognize are: 0:20 The Jordaan neighbourhood 1:53 An organ on the Zeedijk 3:34 the bridge at Nieuwe Willemsstraat as seen from the Lijnbaansgracht 3:46 Haarlemmerpoort 4:00 Haarlemmerstraat 4:28 Zeedijk 5:51 Oudezijds Kolk 6:01 Koepelkerk 6:09 Haarlemmersluis looking into the Nieuwendijk 6:33 de Dam (looking to the corner of the Damrak) 6:41 de Waag/Nieuwmarkt 7:39 the northwestern side of Nieuwmarkt 7:42 Nieuwendijk 8:07 Nieuwendijk around Passage Bioscoop (the cinema that directed this film) 8:40 A baby show at the former Paleis van Volksvlijt (current location of De Nederlandse Bank)

At 3:37 minutes you look into the face of this little girl and she looks so timeless and alive. We know that she is no longer alive. This video makes you think about how insignificant we actually are. Enjoy friends every day.

Always makes me happy and emotional when i see videos of old days.

God... the atmosphere and vibe in the air. The curiosity of everyone at the novelty. The simplicity of everyone.

*If we are watching these people on a smartphone in our hands, I wonder how the future people would watch us.*

People seem so amazed by the camera, probably the first time they saw a recording camera that captured sound and motion. And to think that nearly everyone has a camera in their back pocket now, we are literally the space age future we all heard some much about when we were kids. Great video 👍

7:55 that bromance of Dutch boys (with bicycle), really warmed my vintage heart 💖

Wow, people in Amsterdam immediately appear friendlier just to each other than in videos of any other country. They look at camera and smile more. Some of these things are very noticeable.

How strange... when I saw that dog walking by, my first thought was “awww, that poor thing is dead now”. Only AFTER that, it dawned on me that that can probably be said about every single person in the video, with the possible exception of a baby. And then I felt a sense of sadness that nobody in the video would ever be able to discover it on KZfaq and get excited about watching themselves after all these years. Strangely mesmerising, to stare into the eyes of people seemingly looking back at you, and realising many of them would have been gone long before you were even born.

Didn't realize filming had still been such a sensation in a big city like Amsterdam in 1922.

This is pure gold, and with colour and the corrections it seems even more real. Thank you so much for your work

A lot of women out and about and having a laugh, kids running down the middle of the road without a care in the world, people looked really happy in this video.

When you see them in black&white it feels like looking clips from "the old times". But when you see all of the the people in color like this, it feels like you're watching ghosts. Great job with the video!

Theoretically, the current oldest living person (as of 20.1.2021) Kane Tanaka (born 1903 2nd January) was 19 years old and could theoretically traveled to this location, and remember this when this was filmed (if she was there).

One can notice people had no malice in their looks even the adults look so innocent and curios

They don’t know as they’re looking into the camera they’re looking almost hundred years into the future.

That one kid who followed the camera man throughout the day to appear on at least 5 different locations 👌🏼😂

When being filmed was such a novelty and everyone knew you were doing it.

Man, this is about as close to a time machine as we'll get. I love looking at REAL footages from eons ago. We must really be a sight to see. Love how the Dutch folks were staring at us intently.

9:15 That baby is now 98 years old in 2020. If she's still alive, that is.

It’s crazy that people used to just wear suits and ties all the time.

So warm to see old Amsterdam from a historical point of view. Living in country as expat it makes me feel more cozy ! Erg Bedank !

Thank you for the trip through time! I always wanted to go back in time and you've made to feel like that!

Of all these footages, Holland looks the most chilled and joyful place to be.

This is slowly becoming my favorite channel on KZfaq.

this type of videos are sooooo pricless, soooo much information in them ( no words. no propaganda, no fiction just real life itself, full of information)I literally forget myself as my mind travels when i see these footages, thank you so much for sharing.

The little girl that suddenly appears at 5:32 gave me goosebumps.

I'm sure that all these people never imagined that some day some random guy in Argentina would be watching how they stare at the camera while locked in his house due to an international pandemic (Coronavirus, March 2020; maybe I'm dead by the time you read this).

Fascinating, as always. What strikes me: 1. There are many children roaming through the city without adult supervision. 2. The streets are crowded and chaotic, but in a joyful, lively way. 3. There seems to be a great camaraderie and familiarity among all of them. 4. There is less physical distance and more contact among all of them. 5. They seem to be fitter and happier than us.

This is fabulous!...Thank you! And all the squeaking, chubby babies in the end - they are or would be 98 years old today)

This is incredible! I'm living there and I recognise so many streets and buildings! 😍

"if you peer into this gadget, you can see people staring back at you from the year 2020"

A lot of kids in the street by their own, messing around, learning about life. Growing up fast.

Amazing how suits were casual back then, but today we wear them on special occasions or work

The camera drew so much attention and fascination, it’s incredible..

google street view car before it was cool

5:24 the girl in the white dress comes out of the door and hugs her father, an attitude equal to my daughter's, incredible

Everyone as a collective dressed so beautifully this whole world is more mature, humble and aesthetic

The simple joy of the ladies with the babies is touching.

The cameraman, the mothers, fathers, grandparents, children, lovers, animals.... it’s just crazy to think that they’re all gone and we’ll most likely never know anything about their existence. Doesn’t fail to show how inferior we are as simple humans. Just enjoy what you do people will probably forget about you anyway, and thus also forget about all your shortcomings etc

As a Dutchman i would have love to walk on these streets of that time era and just walk around see the locals and actually having a good conversation and lets see if our language match the Old Dutch vs Modern Dutch.

Beginning of the film: my neighborhood :) Really cool to see the view I have from my window like it was 100 years ago! Thank you!

None of them could imagine that some guy would watch this video in bed, on his mobile, at 2.44am about 100 years later.

Those poor people, they had no idea what was coming a few years later....

Camera: *records* Children and adults: 👁️👄👁️

I was afraid that music would remain al through the video, fortunately it doesn´t! Thank you so much for this, fantastic footage and love the colorization! The fact that it is from The Netherlands makes it even more interesting.

Really cool how mystified they are while eerily staring into the camera. That one kid has a really haunting look @ 8:07. Well done time travel!

3:56 man tells another man something and gets hit lol on the right side of the screen😂

one thing hasn't changed: those old bikes can still be found in Amsterdam

So great that this was captured on film back then. Thank you for bringing this to us. Great work.

I love these videos. Thank you for that. It's like getting into a time machine. It's just fascinating.

Wow... i live in amsterdam but never expected to see this. Its so special

It fascinates me how fascinated they were by the camera.

So fascinated by your videos, It's like I really traveled back in time.

One of my favorite authors is Theo Thijssen, who was born and lived in de Jordaan, a working class part of Amsterdam in the late 19th century. Around the time this movie was made, he was a young schoolteacher there. I love his books, especially his autobiography, and it's so wonderful to see actual footage of the people of that time and place

I love how in almost everyone of these videos, at some point there are young boys goofing off to grab the cameras attention: waving their hats and spreading their arms, laughing.

Everytime i see such a video i wonder what the people would think if they knew that in hundred years thousands of people around the globe would watch them on a devise beyond their imagination.

I went to the waterlooplein markt many times. It's great to see it so long ago. I walked many of those streets. I will play this the next time I go and find these places again. The lyceum is there. Amazing really. Bedankt.

5:32 Is the little girl scary or i have to stop watching horror movies 😓

Thanks so much, Denis. Being from there originally and recognizing most of the places where this was shot, I feel very nostalgic. But I feel foremost grateful that you took the time to make this such a wonderful production. Dank je wel!

This looks a lot nicer than modern day Amsterdam tbh

Wow looking at amsterdam and matching bits from my visit there. This footage is fantastic.

The vibes here are so good! I enjoy watching these videos! I watch these almost every single day! ❤

Rest in peace these all lovely people god bless you all 🙏

I love the face expressions of those women looking at their children. Their love, care and hopefullness is radiating from this footage of almost a century ago. Those are eternal human values.

Спасибо за любопытные моменты жизни прошлого столетия.Как Вам это здорово удалось.