Germany 1930's Before WWII Pre War [Ai Color] 

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It’s amazing how quickly they were able to advance once they got rid of the international banksters.

Imagine what Europe would look like if there had been no war.

I can imagine how beautiful Germany looked architecturally before the Second World War. But before the First World War is most likely beyond my imagination.

All history must be preserved. Not erased or torn down.

As a German it actually surprises me that they wrote signs in german and even english at that time. First time i saw something like that.

Regardless of political leanings, it is important to keep archives of real history to keep an accurate view of the past.

I love how beautifully people are dressed up

Architecture is so important to civilization. I wish we would stop building ugly, modern architecture and actually invested in our cities/town buildings again since we have the money and time to do it. It wouldn’t take us hundreds of years to build now. Imagine the things we could make

As a German speaker, this video is wonderful glimpse into the past. Note: Although video is about pre-war Germany, titles are in Dutch.

I truly love that we can colorize old footage. Would love to see more.

Imagine when AI gets good enough to be able to render these old footages in crystal clear HD

as a german: looks better than today

Translation from Dutch: 1:40: Germany commemorates its sons who fell in the world war. The state ceremonies in Berlin. In the big box: Reich President von Hindenburg, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the Reich Ministers. 4:16: Germany's best gymnasts. Test match in Leipzig for the world championships. 5:54: Reich ministers are collecting for the winter relief campaign. On the Day of National Solidarity, the German people sacrificed 3.5 million marks for their ailing compatriots. 7:51: Despite the boycott, there was peace and order in Berlin. The day before the normal cityscape. 8:31: The day of the defense. 9:36: Exciting football match between an Italian and a German team in Berlin. The Italians (black shirts) won 1-0 in front of 40,000 spectators. 11:06: The Feast of the Establishment of the Reich in Berlin. The old soldiers honor their World War leader General-Marshal von Hindenburg. 12:51: Against the Treaty of Versailles. Protest demonstrations took place all over Germany. In the "Lustgarten" in Berlin the member of the Diet, Görlitzer, gave a speech. 14:37: The largest floating youth hostel in the world. Inauguration of "Hein Godenwind" in the port of Hamburg. More than 100,000 boys and girls introduce themselves to the Reich Youth Leader.

14:40 As someone from Hamburg who has never seen the city pre world war before, after seeing this glimpse I can only imagine how beautiful much of the city was.

Its so fascinating to see this old footage, to see how the world looked like decades ago... Image we would have footage from 1400s, 1500s, 1600s, 1700s, 1800s...that would be crazy. Life is short, everyone who reads this, don't take it for granted, don't waste it, appreciate it and life your days as if they are your last! Edit: but I now it’s easier said than done, to appreciate life in its fullest.

For anyone wondering: the song at 2:20 is the WWI rememberance song "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden" usually played for veterans of the great war.

Fascinating glimpse of the German state before the chaos of the second war. Interesting views of the Lustgarten and original Stadtschloss with all those people protesting the Treaty of Versailles. Very different times and very different people with very different views indeed!

Note the appearances of the Imperial German flag and Field Marshal von Hindenburg From 1933-1935 the Nazi Party actually restored the Imperial German flag as the official state flag, alongside the party flag. Foreign countries and companies almost exclusively flew the Imperial flag to represent Germany during this period. With Field Marshal von Hindenburg still head of state, the Nazis at first essentially restored all the imagery of the “Second Reich”, with Hindenburg as the defacto Kaiser. They kept this arrangement until Hindenburg died in 1934. At that point, Hitler was declared the sole Leader of Germany, the next year the Nuremberg Laws were introduced, and the national flag was changed to a new design based on the Nazi Party flag, though with the white disk slightly offset to the left: this is the flag we all recognize but it actually didn’t come about until 1935. So from 1933-35 they sort of quasi-restored the old “Second Reich”, while fully transitioning to the “Third Reich” in 1935. This helped give the regime legitimacy.

Thank you for presenting in proper 4:3 ratio. I watch on a CRT and it actually fills it, unlike many videos that put completely unecessary black bars on the side

I was stationed in Germany in the 70s and learned conversational German. I talked with Germans who grew up in that time period. One told me that after the First World war the situation was very chaotic but it got better as years went by. He said after the stock market failed in 29, the situation became dire for a lot of people. Hitler did try to get elected, but he lost the election in 33. The majority knew what he was and what he was about. Through a lot of political maneuvering he became Bundeskanzler. On that day, it then became wise to keep one's mouth shut about certain things. The media came under government control. He said the thirties were better than before. The economy was better. And then everyone was amazed when he took over the Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Lithuania without firing a shot. But when war was declared by England and France, not one person was optimistic about it because of memories of WW1. Then after defeating England and France, everyone was elated. The terms of France surrendering was filmed and it was played over and over again in movie houses before the film came on, all over Germany. In 43 everyone knew the war was over. Although forbidden, people would tune into the BBC to find out what was really going on. The BBC had 100% reliable information. They reported everything even when there were set backs for the allies. The German radio would always report how well the war was going, right up until the very end. It was reported that Germany was winning by attrition. Plus German soldiers who lost an arm or a leg were coming back from the Russian Front and were informing people that the war is lost and it's just a matter of time. When the allies invaded Normandy, the Germans knew for sure it was over. He said when the Germans heard about the bomb in Hitler's headquarters in July 44, everyone figured exactly what it was all about and were elated that Hitler was probably dead, and thought then Germany would surrender. It would bring an end the invasion and the bombing, only to find out later he was still alive. Another German told me when the Americans started the invasion into Germany, he was inducted into military service. He was 15 years old. The SS gave him a rifle of which he knew how to use, because he was taught in the Hitler Jugend. They told him as well as other child soldiers placed in an area that when they saw American soldiers coming they were to fire on them. Him and a friend of his realized what would happen if they stayed there. They both made a break for it. SS soldiers caught up with the two of them and were getting ready to hang the both of them, when suddenly American troops were coming on the scene. The SS left them and took off immediately. American soldiers would summarily shoot SS soldiers in charge of these types of operations. The guy who was 15 years old said the Americans caught up with him and were talking about shooting him. A young officer came forward and said to let him go. He said what probably saved him was he was not wearing a uniform as well as the officer. He remembered seeing the yellow bar. German women told there was a fifty fifty chance of being raped by an American soldier. It was 100% from the Russians. But they said that English soldiers didn't do it. I told that to an English man who was involved in the invasion into Germany and he told me, "An Englishman is always a gentleman." Another English guy who I met, who was there was more open. He told me he was surprised that Germans did not mention the whole truth. He said, "There was no reason to do anything despicable. English soldiers were known for making friends among the general public. It was polite introduction at first. Than a gift. A can of food. A few cigarettes. Beer, wine if I had it. Candy. People more often than not responded with "friendship." Then of course, afterwards, not a gift, but gifts. What I had saved from my rations. A couple of packs of cigarettes. Cans of food. Chocolate if I had it. This way there were no hard feelings." He said the word got around about the way English soldiers are. After the war there were ration cards and food was very sparse. A German woman told me that if anyone was caught forging ration cards they'd be shot. Germans told me that things got better year by year. They also told me no one was interested in the Nurnberg hearings about the top Germans being tried when it was going on. Everyone had other things to be concerned about.

It's weird seeing 1930's footage in this level of quality. All these people are probably dead by now but have been captured forever.

The film shows the assembled crowd in Berlin commemorating the WW1 dead in a very solemn respectful manner.

Looks like a nice place

How beautifully people dressed back then. 😍

the gymnast guys are crazy good

Looks nicer than our current societies

Not a cell phone in sight. Just people living in the moment.

Love how AI just assumes everything in black and white is orange or blue

Incredible footage.

Do people ever question things they've been taught?

Amazing! And that football footage is mind blowing. How much times have changed indeed

I've seen a lot of film from the pre-WWII era in Germany, but I've never seen this film footage before. Gives us a better glimpse into the day-to-day lives of the regular Germans of that period.

the truth will triumph

beautiful society

What a beautiful Nation!!!

It's hard to imagine all of this, great German infrastructures, people bustling and hustling will be blown to pieces in a few years time. War brings nothing but terror on both side of people.

The greatest story never told!

Back when people were not encouraged to do drugs and women were not walking around the city dressed like hoes. Beautiful.

The madness is now dear narrator, only a sane mind can see what is happening in Europe and how degenerate it has become.

In the future we will probably be able to take these black and white videos and make them look like how videos look now days excellent video and i hope your channel becomes more widely known

There's a reason why it was a night time for some parade -, for one thing you can control the lighting direction and more focused less distractions.

Audio restoration is important. It brings the history closer, so interesting to hear the speeches.

it's all sad now

This was the peak of Germany and European society. Europa will never be the same.

I can’t imagine how beautiful the city was 🥺

Ahh ..When Germany was still Germany

A step in the Reich direction

EUROPA THE LAST BATTLE

Great footage.

Feels like minutes before world ended

12 years not a slave

Seemed like a well organized, developed and polite society. A far cry from what we have today.

With Hindenburg still alive, this was at least 5 years before the start of WW2. Still, great footage, from, indeed, Dutch origin.

Before WW2, Winston Churchill said to Hitler,,, Never in mankind has a leader done so much for his people in such a short time...

This footage is super useful but I would love a date! When did the pictured events happen?

Isn't it amazing that the good guys have won every war ever fought?

14:30 To see Goering so like this with such a lower ranking kresher cap is really a rare sight to see

imagine being a citizen watching these parades and A.H.'s speeches... im getting goosebumps just thinking about it

Imagine an old veteran finding this video and seeing their self before WW2 now that's just insane to think about because there are a few WW2 veterans that are alive not many but a few.

These films are so important to protect and preserve. They're living lessons in history. If we forget our pasts, we're likely to repeat mistakes. Good or bad, it's a window into the past

I was stationed in Germany for 2 years in the late 60's. I saw very little, if any, evidence of a war while there.

Wishing I could live in this

Great film thanks for posting

Good old days

Красота, но больно на это смотреть, когда знаешь, что будет

What I dreamed of even when using lousy VHS cameras was that the same sort of technology used to colorize these films could be applied to the VHS and S8 technologies for Focus and colorization. Young professionals have a great advantage in that Digital image making is a mature technology.

Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

wow amazing, crazy footage

12:30 You can see Von Hindenburg giving the old military salute. He was not a nazi and was personally opposed to hitler. He died before the war began.

They could have conquered the world with technology and discipline

Cool footage!

Fascinating.

Most beautiful time period in all of human existence. Nothing else even comes close

Fascinating to see these colorized films

The football was great too, some exciting highlights and good ball control :3

The Gymnast 😳 Sure is neat to see everyone so well dressed and groomed...

Despite all the garage written about Germany, it was doing very well when the US and Britain were under the Great Depression . So much so that cruise ships from Germany were not allowed to dock at a British harbor for fear of the Brits seeing how well Germany was doing.

man its so fascinating that we have the technology to restore and fix old videos to make it look like it was filmed today

When Germany was really a Germany

Wish this had been subtitled! This was a very fascinating!

Im from germany and i love this, thanks for the effort Its really cool to the how germany was before the war, i mean i live here i can literally see the before and after effects from back then and nowadays, im very glad that this exists so we can get a realistic view of the past ^^

Not a single drug addicted, substance abusing migrant. Just a harmonious society, with with upscale restaurants and culture. This was a beautiful time to be alive. 💯 🤠

Man that marching is just bad ass, those men could march. Especially the officers on each platoon there. Such precision

4:35 Impressive display of power and control.

Those native Germans seemed to be having such a hard time under that evil, authoritarian, dictator. Looked like a really horrific place to live. Must have been so, awful.

miss these times man

As a Gymnast my self I LOVE THIS GYMANSTS PRESENTATION 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Color really does change everything about a scene. We relate color film with relative modernity, so it becomes easier for the mind to comprehend, imagine and emphasize with those who lived decades- or at this point, a century - before us. In this particular example, there is no empathy with Nazism.

This was in 1933, after the Nazis came to power and while Hindenburg was still alive. He can be seen at 11:53. Also at 13:20, Görlitzer is talking about living in the 19th year of the Word War, so 1914+19=1933.

What really struck me about this footage is how much less diving there used to be in football.

12 years not a slave.

See how formal, respectful and safe it was

ARYAN PARADISE

This is a good experiment which I occasionally do as well, but the only way of getting accurate colourisations of films is by hand-painting them, of course with research done for specific objects when their colour is in doubt. I believe the Smithsonian did colourise using such technique on footage of the British Empire Exhibition in 1924.

Awesome footage but very scary times

My heart aches for this glorious time, when Europe was free of foreign invaders who hate us.

Germany is a great nation, love and salute Germany

Many states did not want to admit that Germany is the land of poets, thinkers, musicians and inventors and that is why the English empire at the time was full of envy and hatred. It was unacceptable that Germany was already industrially superior in Europe during its imperial period and that the English empire was losing face. The English sterling silver also lost value, etc. Therefore, plans were made to bring the German Empire to its knees. But the strengthened Germany could never have been defeated militarily alone. You saw it in 1870, when France under Napoleon III declared war on us and the German Reich humiliated France with a blitzkrieg in less than 12 months. Now our sister state France also hated us, although many years earlier Napoleon had devastated Germany and all of Europe. Envy and lust for power can be so bad that England forgot they came from the German Anglo-Saxons and France from the German Franks, among others. The Allied plan worked and the First World War began in 1914. Today, even foreign historians say that Germany did not start the war alone, but the US intervened in 1917 because they feared that England and France would lose the war and that both countries would not repay their enormous debts to the US afterwards. After losing the war, Germany was forced to accept sole guilt and pay such high reparations that it could never get up again. The Allies also stole about 2500 patents (inventions) from us. That shows the disgust of the winners. Germany was humiliated, bankrupt, disenfranchised, etc. A breeding ground for fanatics. Nazis seized power in 1933 and we know the rest. The Nazis came into being just like Al Qaeda, ISS etc. A vicious breed of the Allies for being treated unfairly. That is the truth, but the victorious powers dictate history. But the crippled Germany manages to work itself back to health even after 2 lost wars and is more popular today than almost any other country. That's impressive, but it can also arouse envy.

Hate to say this as I'm German myself but they had it really going with those leather coats, man