The goal of this project is to preserve Abel Gance’s reconstruction of Napoleon. This version has not been restored or released on home video.

The film is a VHS capture from a TV airing that is cropped and in rough shape. Most scenes can be replaced but some will have to be enlarged.

Here’s an example:
http://i.imgur.com/yJ73dS0.png?1
http://i.imgur.com/EAbWdQ9.png?1

In the film there is a short colorized scene. I colorized the same scene from Napoleon Bonaparte (1935).
Original (Zoomed in): http://i.imgur.com/DoVrwwx.png
Restored (full frame): http://i.imgur.com/4JafTdp.png

Here’s a preview:
Original: http://we.tl/tlnqHHWVrB
Restored (work in progress): http://we.tl/9jcnpJFSvc

Sources I will be using:
Napoleon - Coppola Laserdisc
Napoleon - Brownlow VHS capture
Napoleon Bonaparte (1935 Sound Re-edit) - Restored by the Cinémathèque Française
Bonaparte et la Révolution- VHS capture