NimAI

Archive footage colorization

Colorizing historical black-and-white footage with working outputs and known artefacts.

PrototypeMedia

Intention

Colorizing historical black-and-white footage with working outputs and known artefacts.

What exists today

Working outputs on sample reels.

Technical approach

Frame-wise colorization models with temporal smoothing and manual review.

Evidence and known limitations

  • Colour is inferred, not recovered. Outputs are labelled as reconstructions.
  • Rights for source footage must be cleared per reel.