Beautiful Cornwall in 1916 in colour! [HD restored and AI colorized]

Thank You

Fantastic! A couple of additions... pretty sure the segment at 5.27 is Sennen Cove and the bridge at 8.56 is Looe?

Cornwall needs to be an independent country

Great stuff!

Hiraeth.

William Scantlebury and Kathleen Penter were my Great Grandparents both in Truro and Looe at the time of this film.

Not much 'diversity' to be seen . . .

Greetings from Texas! Thank you for these wonderful films!

Just beautiful , and so very different from what I’m used to in the Australian bush

And then came the outsiders !!!!!

You wouldn't believe that the Great War was in full swing, would you!
The halcyon times before mass tourism and second-home owners invaded!

It's funny because even though the footage is silent, you can still "hear" the ambient noise in your head. The crashing of the surf, the squawking of the seagulls, children's laughter...it's all there if you "listen" closely. Beautiful footage of an equally beautiful place. I'd imagine things have changed a lot since then, while simultaneously not having changed all that much. Life seems simpler in Cornwall. I'd very much like to go there one day. Greetings from an American cousin across the pond!

if the dog was at least 2 years old he’s about 110 today prob dead though

probably full of migrants now crapping in the bushes

Haunting ❤

Incredible. All that footage and not one motor vehicle to be seen anywhere, except boats. And to the beautiful girl walking by the river, I will remember you girl, whoever you were. You're gone but not forgotten. ❤Thanks for this experience.

What an incredible video, and no irritating music blasting all over it.

Hard to think we as a country were at war during this time, I guess these beautiful lands and people were what they were fighting for. My own grandfather would be soon going off to war with the Devonshire regiment.

Timeless beauty 👌

Do you remember a time when footage like this could not be slowed down! :D

All the horror overseas while this was filmed

Those kids on the wrecked boat. Health and Safety would go nuts!

Well done. Thanks for sharing. The airborne section at lands end must have taken some logistics to perform in 1916.

Thank you for this video 😊

Blimey. Loads of Cornish people live there. Are there any left or all holiday lets now

Absolutely amazing mate 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍wish I could do more thumbs up

From a time when ladies knew what modest dress meant.

Women, children and old men - a picture of a country at war.

Thank you so much for this video! My great-grandfather, William Hosken, was from Penzance and emigrated to America after World War 1. He would have been 35 when these scenes were filmed. Thank you for showing my great-granddaddy's world to me.