Watch this legendary short movie from 1895 colorized and in 4K

Urban legend has it that in 1895, when the Lumière brothers' “L’arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat” — one of the first motion pictures ever — was shown to an audience in Paris, some people ran away from the screen in panic, thinking the train will run them over. 

By today's standards, however, the original footage, which shows a train pulling into the La Ciotat station, is pretty shoddy.

But thanks to the wonders of artificial intelligence technology, we can now see the movie (below) in glorious 4K at 60 frames per second, and it looks pretty great (via Reddit). Some details, like the reflections on the train, look as if the footage was taken with modern equipment.  Read more...