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Early 1950s Los Angeles | 4k and Remastered

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Remastered clips of Los Angeles, California, likely from the early 1950s. Most of the video shows driving on Wilshire Boulevard. We see the May company and the Prudential building. The later parts of the video are likely captured in the surrounding areas of Los Angeles. Vivid History is dedicated to restoring old black and white footage and creating high-quality colorized versions to give you an authentic and vivid experience of the past. The video has been restored and colorized using state-of-the-art machine learning methods. The restoration steps included: - motion stabilization - noise reduction - colorization - frame interpolation for increased FPS - upscaling to 4K - adding ambient sound Please subscribe to my channel, if you want to see more videos that bring you back in time and let you experience the past. The source video is from the internet archive under the creative commons license.

About R.E.M.

R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. R.E.M. was noted for Buck's arpeggiated "jangle" guitar playing; Stipe's distinctive vocal style, unique stage presence, and cryptic lyrics; Mills's countermelodic bass lines and backing vocals; and Berry's tight, economical drumming. In the early 1990s, other alternative rock acts suc...

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Added 14 Oct 2026



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