Vintage Video: The Flying Train (1902)

This train with overhead tracks looks more like something you would expect to see in the future, but this video is from over 100 years ago.

This unique video is posted on Youtube by MoMA FILM VAULT SUMMER CAMP.

From the post on Youtube:

"The Flying Train" depicts a ride on a suspended railway in Germany in 1902. The footage is almost as impressive as the feat of engineering it captures.

Screenshot from video - notice the chicken and a horse and carriage on the road!

An article on MSN.com indicates it was filmed by German Filmmaking company Deutsche Mutoskop und Biograph GmbH during a time when the leader of the country was Emperor Willhelm II.

It is known as the 'Schwebebahn' with the station in Vohwinkel, Germany, and believed to built over the river to save space.  The Monorail still in operation today.

The article further indicated:

"The electric suspension railway is the oldest elevated train in Germany. Designed by Eugen Langen, construction on the project began in 1898. Wilhelm was one of the first to catch a ride on the innovative train, during trial runs in 1900. The train began operating in Wuppertal in 1901, and it continues to be a source of transportation for locals today, carrying about 25 million passengers annually."

VINTAGE VIDEO: NEW YORK CITY - 1911 - DIGITALLY ENCHANCED

With the enhancements made on this video it feels like you are looking a a video made 70 years ago instead of over 100 and that almost all, if not all, people in this video are now gone but some of the iconic building you may have seen on the television or in the movies remain. 

This video posted by Youtube user Dennis Shiryaev indicates it is a digital enhancement of this video of 1911 footage and indicates it was originally tken by by the Swedish company Svenska Biografteatern on a trip to America:

He indicates he has made the following enchancements that really does seem to have brought the past to life.

"✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second (DAIN);

✔ Image resolution boosted up to 4k (ESRGAN, custom weight);✔ Resorted video sharpness (AE and other plugins);✔ Colorized – I'am still unsure about this, but regarding to high request from the subscribers decided to test DeOldify NN on this video. ⚠ Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization made only for the ambiance and do not represent real historical data."