269K views · 945 reactions | Restored footage from 1910 of the 27th President of the United States, William Howard Taft, disembarking from a ship during a visit to Panama. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: William H. Taft in Panama, Library of Congress | History in Color | Facebook

Alfred Nobel, a master of chemistry and enterprise, created a powerful new technology called dynamite. He planned for his innovation to fuel peaceful industrial development, an engine for business growth in mining and construction that would change the landscape. The incredible success of this discovery brought him vast wealth, but the global market for his invention expanded into warfare, a grim reality underscored when the brother of Nobel himself died in a factory explosion. In 1888, a newspa