Amazingly Restored Billie Holiday, Beatles Footage
10.30.2009
01:05 pm

Topics:
History

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The Beatles
Billie Holiday
Digital Restoration

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I’m not sure exactly what kind of digital voodoo LiveFeedVideoImaging applies to their historical footage, but the clarity of the following clips is pretty astounding.  In clip one, from ‘57, Billie Holiday performs Fine and Mellow from the Seven Lively Arts episode, “The Sound of Jazz.”  To compare and contrast the resolution, you can check out the extended YouTube clip here.

 
Even more amazing—in terms of clarity, anyway—is the following brief Beatles clip from ‘63’s Royal Variety Performance:

Posted by Bradley Novicoff | 1 Comment
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Oct 30, 2009
Lippy says:

I’ve always LOVED that footage of Lennon.  And it’s GREAT to see it so large. 

All of his nervous facial tics come to the fore as this 20-ish kid throws down in front of his QUEEN!  A classic, indeed!

Thanks, Metz!

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