The 1890's ~ Amazing Rare Footage of Cities Around the World 

And not one of these people even once considered that 130 years in the future, someone will be awake at 3am watching them walk down the street.

One might see his great great great-grandad without even knowing about it.

Looking at old pictures of every day life always makes me wish time travel was real

This was absolutely fascinating. I was struck by one particular thing that most all these people in all these places seemed to have in common - hardly anyone was overweight.

That moment you realize a 1890 video camera quality is more clear than a 2020 gas station security camera quality .

I can’t believe that their casual daily outfit is so grand and royalty.

everyone looking directly at the camera lens, having seen one for the very first time. it's really amazing how it feels like making eye contact with someone who has been dead and forgotten for decades as they go about their day in such a familiar yet alien way. i am glad this footage has been preserved.

I find old slice of life footage old this fascinating, but it also makes me melancholic to think that everyone you see, even the smallest and most lively children, are now gone. Movies hit different than still pictures or paintings. To me the people seem more alive, like you could almost step into the video and get to know them if time wasn't standing in the way. I wonder how they lived their lives? Were they happy? Did they have family they left behind?

Just imagine that you watched one of your Ancestors in the video without knowing it

There's something so moving about seeing all these people smiling and waving to the camera, it's like seeing them smiling and waving to us despite the 100 + years time difference

It's actually crazy to see how different the world was back then. Those people led such different lives than we do nowadays and yet in many ways they were also so similar. It seems so far away by now but 140 years really isn't such a long time. Incredible!

Every-time I see these type videos I'm amazed all over again at how everyone recorded in these videos have all passed on from this life! They were all headed somewhere on these particular days. Work, home, church.... just fascinating

Guy at the 5:38 "Nobody saw me falling". Millions of People in 100 years future- "Hello"!

It’s weird that statistically everyone of these people full of so much life have long been dead now.

0:50 love how the guys waving their hats at the ship notice the camera and start waving their hats at the camera...

Massive respect to the cameraman for going all these places

It’s amazing that we all had family living at this time. Wonder what they were up to.

When I watch it, I think about that people, their lives, who they are, what did they think at the moment... Inventing recording stuff is big achievement. Once recorded, you will be never forgotten.

Many thanks for uploading this video. I'm an Indian. I have never visited abroad and cannot be able to visit abroad in the rest of my life. But it seems that I, myself, was travelling in various countries of this world in 133 years ago through time machine. It's a real but dream travelling. Extraordinary ! Extrabrilliant ! Picture quality is outstanding. Please try to upload more old, amazing and rare footages of cities live round the world of 1800s if possible and permissible. (Dated the 19th day of February in 2023).

This is amazing. The past brought to life. Thank you for making this incredible footage possible to be viewed. My favorite were all the horse scenes especially the fire engine

Almost literally seeing ghosts from the past. Its mesmerizing to see history like this.

Camera in 1890's: Good Quality Security Cameras in 2020: 140p or worse

What impresses me the most is seeing a world without screens or cell phones but adapting to modernity, the tram, ice skates, the bike. Although I am not a millennial, I can say that I got to know a bit of the world without cell phones.

The one from Czechia got me emotional. It’s like looking through my ancestors’ eyes.

5:40 “I hope nobody saw that” *130 years later*

Interesting to think how every single person seen in this video lived a life every bit as important and deep as yours.

People at that time look honorable, moderately covered and simple. Beautiful times.

RU-vid's getting a bit too comfortable with these double non-skip ads...

Each and every one of them had a name, a family, and a lifetime worth of experiences. Something about this and similar footage is heartbreaking.

This is a truly amazing collection of footage.

Hey! That’s me at 5:03 in that cart wow, I can still remember that like it was yesterday.

I’m watching this with my 112yrs old great grandma she’s loving it

It is sobering to think that every one of these people, children, in these film clips and the world over......are gone. Millions of lives lived and forgotten with little left to show they had actually been alive.....generations who loved, laughed out loud, cried. In that pre-electronic age they just had each other.....which was all they needed. RIP to all.

This was a treat to watch! Thank you!

This is better, clearer footage than today's bigfoot videos. This was definitely awesome though. Thanks. I'm a huge history buff so things like this are too much for me to pass up. It's kinda cool to see that not much has changed when people see a camera. Over 125 yrs, and people's reaction to being filmed has only intensified. You also get to see how people have been walking out in front of moving vehicles since the horse & wagon. We think that society has changed, and it definitely has, but there's probably more things in common with the people in these videos than we realize, and that's really cool to think about.

It's so odd knowing that every man, woman, child, horse, and every other living animal there is probably dead now. Maybe only the trees still stand

to be lucky enough to get a glimpse so far back in time. So many generations before could never have the ability to see. i feel honored to have lived in today.

Truly fascinating! Thanks for posting this. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Somewhere, we lost the sense of self and accomplishment that this 1890's video captured. Today, we communicate and express ourselves behind the guise of the internet social media. We rarely get out and experience all that life has to offer. Open air markets, parks, recreational activities and the outdoors. How did we end up here?

Everyone dressed up so nicely in the olden days.

When I look at this, I suddenly realized just how short life is, let’s really maximize it before it’s too late

Thank You so much for this Timemachine : ).

Wow. Amazing thanks for sharing.

This makes me think how similar life remains and always has been. Days have always been the same length, sun rises, sun sets. Work, eat, sleep, leisure. Nothing new under the sun.

Everyone dressed like they were someone important and had somewhere important to be. Love it!

Interesting sound track! Something surreal and another world-like feeling. good work!

Some of the public transport facilities were very cool and ahead of their time. The 'travelator' in Paris was very interesting. Also the open deck train!

I've recently been thinking about human lifespans and how they can overlap and bridge long periods of history. For example, I was born in 1960. When I was 5, we had a neighbor couple who were in their mid-80's. I remember them well. So they were born around 1880. If they knew someone who was in their 80's when they were kids, that someone would have been born in the late 1700's. So I knew people who knew people who were born in the 1700's. Really trippy. I saw a video here on RU-vid that showed some of the earliest photographs of people ever taken, which were in the 1840's. There was a very old woman in one of the photos who was born around the 1740's. She was alive at the same time as J.S. Bach, and the American Revolution happened when she was nearly middle-aged. The last Civil War veteran died the year before I was born. That also seems hard to believe to me. I've enjoyed talking to elderly people my entire life because their stories of the past are like experiencing history nearly first hand. Really looking forward to watching this video in a few moments because I've wondered how people were different back then. Did they walk differently? We've all seen the social customs of the Victorian era portrayed in films, but are those portrayals accurate? Did strangers tip their hats at one another in passing on the street, or is that just a product of Hollywood? This video is about as close to a time machine as we're likely to get. Thank you for putting this together.

The quantity and variety of hats was interesting: everyone had a hat. I loved these films.

I am from Tokyo, and Tokyo differs from other cities. I am envious of Westan's history and culture. I live in Vienna right now, and the history and culture in this city is fantastic!

These types of pictures always make me nostalgic. Their world was so big.

Imagine time traveling and seeing this in real colors

dear audience in 2200, when you read this, I could probably be long gone, but I'm passing my love, bless, and best wishes to you and your future generations. peace ✌

Love the musical acompaniment!

Спасибо большое ютубу и каналам за эти видеоРетро,очень люблю смотреть,как люди раньше жили,как одеты,улицы,транспорт,архитектура--Супер....👍👍👍🇪🇺

Fascinating!!! I was lucky to meet my grand mother she was 98 years old in 1990 . She did show me her family pictures, amazing .... I wish to be more more focus but unfortunately I was only a kid at that time . ( italy )

5:39 Little did he know millions of people from 130 years in the future would watch his embarrassing fall. Poor kid thought nobody saw 😆

Old Dudes: Hey look... Something is going on... also Old Dudes: I better start waving my hat.

Thank you for this. It's a great look at history.

Amazing footage!

it's both endearing and sad to watch this, especially when you know what history had in store for them some years ahead.

those beautiful...beautiful times where RU-vid ads didn't exist....

Such a unique view into the past.... thank you.

Beautiful music! Well done

imagine being a kid in tokyo japan in the 1890's and living to 100 years to see the entire city transform

8:31 Random person: Hey kid you're blocking the camera. kid: What the hell is a camera?

I feel watching this together with the music is really moving

Fascinating thank you

This video is a real gem.

The character everything had back in those days was just incredible, something we have lost over the years. The fashion, the buildings, the towns

I AM FROM INDIA. THANKS A LOT.

Nice music selections for this!

1:39 Tokyo was not developed at all and look at Tokyo now, one of the biggest and most technologically advanced cities in the world. They really made fast progress

"All these moments will be lost in time, like teardrops in the rain".

Love watching those old videos

200 years from now random people will be watching our Tik Toks.

It’s weird to think that right now we live in an advanced futuristic world that these people could have never even imagined

In the London footage, some strumpet was showing her ankles. I nearly had the vapors! My very favorite was the woman feeding the pigeons in Venice. This is such a simple pleasure that I delight in today, and the look on her face that says, "So cool! These birds will just come right up to you!" is exactly like the look on my face in photos of me feeding birds at the park in Florida. I felt like I could really relate to her.

Very interesting and astonishing, thank you!

8:36 That moving sidewalk was a cool innovation. Not like the ones we have in airports.

Seems like, In those era people were very fond of hats. Edit : seems like most of the people agree with me, btw thanks for the likes, i have'nt got that much likes even on my post in fb and insta 😁😂

Recording equipment was quite heavy back in the days. Props to the cameraman for travelling around the world with all this pack of tripods and lenses, and most importantly, surviving for 150 years just to upload this compilation 🥳

great video, nice music

The boy (5:40): "Dammit! I've just fell in the snow in a really embarassing way. it's ok though, nobody will ever remember that 5 minutes from now. The internet, 130 years later:

Scariest part of watching the people of the 1890’s: they look happier than people on the street today.

Thank you. Wonderful to see the people and buildings of history on film. The ladies tiny waists and mostly slim and no slouching. Fabulous. Xxxx

Fascinating. The good old days. Life was simple and real. People were connected. They took pride in their appearance. They were slim. Now with all the technology we have, we are overweight, robotic, disconnected and lonely.

As a world traveller, I love seeing how things used to be. I’m not so interested in the history that’s taught in books, but more so how the people lived and what the cities looked like. Love this footage thanks a lot

*These happy people would have never thought, they would witness a world war in 24 Years in future.* *(1914)*

That was very cool and nostalgic! 👍🏼👍🏼

Very good quality for footage that was taken in the 1890s! Then again it might have been cleaned up before it was uploaded.

Technology is great and all, but we as a society have lost many good and wholesome things in our lives.

I'm surprised footage has still survived till this day. Many films from that era have been lost due to film catching fire or intentionally being destroyed.

3:01 i’m amazed at how synchronized they are

amazing. before any of the world wars. before any media at all aside radio. everyone is so well dressed and happy and every single body is wearing a sweet hat

Without phones, the people seems very sociable and friendly that time.

We are looking at dead people who never knew that they were going to be on RU-vid one day

This is fascinating!

RU-vid is great this really unbelievable fascinating thanks four posting

100 years later: People looking at footage of our lifes saying: "Little did they know that WW3 was coming at them" History always repeats itself