Paris in the 1950s: De Oldify’s Timeless Montage in Color!

This captivating colorized footage presents a 5-minute montage of raw, unedited film clips likely intended for a movie or documentary about Paris in the 1950s—over 70 years ago—restored through the "De Oldify" process to bring the City of Light to vibrant life. Capturing post-war Paris’s charm, the film sweeps through iconic landmarks: the serene Jardin du Luxembourg, a steam tug chugging along the Seine, the majestic Notre-Dame (before its devastating 2019 fire), the grand Hôtel de Ville, the bustling Champs-Élysées, the soaring Eiffel Tower, Place de l’Étoile with the Arc de Triomphe by day and night, and a breathtaking pan across Paris, ending with the Sacré-Cœur atop Montmartre’s hill. A dazzling window into Paris’s golden age, this restored archive grips history buffs, film enthusiasts, and Francophiles, offering a nostalgic glimpse of the city’s mid-20th-century soul in vivid color.