HONOLULU (KHON2) — One hundred and nineteen years ago on Aug. 3, scenes of Honolulu were captured for the very first time by a moving picture invention.
Today, this technology has been taken several steps further by an artist. This technological advancement can only be described with a few words that feel straight out of science fiction: a time machine.
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For Arthur Shak, a local centenarian, he can’t believe his eyes — with the help of advanced technology, he is a boy again for a brief few minutes. He can be seen riding the electric streetcar through the Chinatown he knew as a boy.
This time travel magic is the collaboration of three men: Thomas Edison, who invented the kinetograph, Robert Bonine, his cameraman, and Tony Barnhill, who created the digital applications that breathe life into a strip of 119-year-old film…