Describing The Crackton Files is either one of the great mysteries of any age — or maybe it’s a YouTube channel. You decide!
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Jim Crackton explores the past-iverse through images out of the dusty reaches of time. How these images came to Crackton is kept a closely guarded secret; could he have taken them himself and brought them back to us? They are often astonishingly high resolution, allowing explorations that some say shouldn’t be possible. Others say he accesses forbidden knowledge, with whispered incantations like “8×10 glass-plate negatives”. What can it mean?
It means Crackton and the Cracktonians are exploring the past, baby! And we use AI tools like colorization and animation to bring the past alive.
What are we exploring? Each video has a theme, such as a city, a decade, a job or an aspect of culture. Crackton particularly likes “small history” — the details of everyday life. So join Jim Crackton as we embark on another expedition into…
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