Dancing during the Battle of Britain | AI Colorized 1940 Film [ 60 fps]

A group of English factory girls go to a dance during the Second World War.
This poignant IWM clip has been AI enhanced using Deep Learning techniques.
Thousands of women joined auxiliary forces such as the WAAF, the ATS, Land girls, ATA and the long forgotten Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) during World War Two.
During the Blitz, there was still time for romance for these young women.
Footage courtesy of the Imperial War Museum
Available under the IWM Non-Commercial License
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Original BW Footage courtesy Imperial War Museum
LISTEN TO BRITAIN
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WOMEN AWAY FROM HOME
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AI Enhanced by Glamourdaze.
Restored to 4k 60 fps clarity using Neural networks.
The Deep Learning Restoration Process:
Some of the deep learning AI machines like Dain, and DeOldify are freely available from the Github community, if you are prepared to learn how to use Google Colab.You can also try the DainApp for desktop, but will need a computer with a good graphics card, and lots of patience.
This was the process I followed:
1. Removed artifacts and noise.
2. Interpolated new frames ( from 24 to 60fps) using the DainApp, to add depth awareness
3. Upscaled the original 480p film to 4K resolution using Topaz Video Enhance AI and Vidcoder.
4. Added neural color using Deoldify

[@robertaevans9658]

It makes your heart melt, especially knowing how difficult things were for that incredible generation!🤗

[@R.N.LosAngeles]

My dad was born in 1928. He was 46 when I was born, but he taught me to dance that way

[@pdelmercado]

Indeed.....that generation appreciated America, because they had to fight for it. Unlike today’s entitlement whiners who are trying to destroy our country.

[@direfranchement]

@@pdelmercado What a ridiculous comment!

[@magnumopiss244]

@@pdelmercado define specifically who you are talking about. Feel free to be as descriptive as you’d like

[@pereiraplaza222]

It's even worse for our generation with the pandemic (+L? ). We can't even go out and dance. We are locked up like animals.

[@SkyeProductions]

Wow, it's amazing seeing people still enjoying the little things during wartime.

[@karenhowatt4540]

yes, thats what I was thinking, a bit f normality in the madness

[@holdmyhand9573]

How unclean!!!! Do that today and you'd be arrested.

[@StephBer1]

My Mum was a teenager at the start of the war and so after school ended (2 years later) she worked hard and played hard, because, she said that, although they tried not to think about it, they knew that every moment was precious, and you took fun when you could get it. She loved the dances and I still have some photos and dance cards from those times. Even at 10, in the 70's, I thought they were little treasures of an era that I wanted to return - not the war, but the dances, the dresses, dressing up the way they did and the weekend dances at the Ballrooms. She said you got to know a boy/man without pressure. It wasn't all fun and games but she said that, in a way, it was the best time in her life. I would love those dances to return.

[@evelynsaungikar3553]

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[@evelynsaungikar3553]

It right now because of COVID, of course, but if you are in any reasonably sized city there will be ballroom clubs and lessons, where you can meet like minded. Then just book a church hall and go for it!

[@catepilarr]

Its a shame that Britain didnt keep this tradition. We still have this sort of dancing and its great fun. Traditioally you take lessons when you are 15-16 and at some places they offer advanced courses so you can dance through the highschool. Adult courses are also becoming popular.

[@prestonransome5362]

I learned to dance late in life. It's great fun and a great way to meet people.

[@michelletodd4893]

Because she had independence and could be a real woman.

[@piss-n-vinegar8457]

After my grandma died we found a “picture booth” photo of her and the soldier who fathered my uncle. She was 1940’s wartime gorgeous ( her hair and lipstick OMG 🥰 the soldier was very handsome too, but she NEVER talked about him in life 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@swingman5635]

Romantic encounters that were fleeting, were more common than many people of the period accepted,but it was a fact of life,and with today's more relaxed attitudes,we can say,"rightly so".

[@ronnieciavarelli3968]

I bet she was a beauty!

[@georgevasilev9571]

how did you know that for your uncle if she never talked?

[@piss-n-vinegar8457]

@@georgevasilev9571 it was always known, my grandma was an unwed 18 yr old when she gave birth to my uncle . It’s not as scandalous as we think it was for those times, her parents were always very supportive of her

[@serenequeen8973]

Oh I’m so glad that what happened in those sad based on True Stories Catholic films like Philomena starring Judi Dench didn’t happen to your beautiful Grandmother. I always wanted to know how they (religions) determined that single mums wouldn’t be able to provide for their child and I always felt awful that so many families were torn apart because of religion. I’m so happy that your family was saved from this and sending much love and blessings to you and your family as well as anyone who reads this ❤️

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Everyone looks amazing. Fit. lean. beautiful. Their hair is freaking amazing.

[@johnfrancis2215]

I read where the man who worked out the British war time rations actually got the nutrition angle perfect, which was remarkable because their wasn't as much information on proteins etc back then

[@michelletodd4893]

I don't think it's random that everyone is so "happy" "dressed good", and "looking good". These are propaganda films to make you feel good. They aren"t going to show mom giving extra love to the butcher, the baker and the candle stick maker because she ran out of ration tickets? Or trying to marry off her oldest daughter of 16 years to the 65 year old farmer down the street. On less mouth and he was willing to pay 25.00.

[@JF-eu4xz]

Really!!!

[@johnfrancis2215]

@@michelletodd4893 I grew up here in the UK with that generation, I'll tell you this they didn't ask much out of life and weren't as interested in material things as future generations, most were content with the simple things in life like they're family and they're kids, I missed them now they've passed away

[@dnr2089]

No fatties in those days! In fact, there weren’t any fatties when I was a teenager in Britain in the 1970s. It all seemed to go wrong when American fast food outlets arrived.....

[@someone3187]

This is so sweet. I wish we still had this instead of clubs/discotheques.

[@littlegamer4679]

We do,their just tricky to find

[@crosbonit]

People still go to clubs? I thought that was over.

[@jiveaces]

@@littlegamer4679 They are not that hard to find. Maybe if you are out in the sticks a bit but if you google swing dance, lindy hop, rock n roll dance, jive dance, boogie woogie dance in your area, most decent size towns have at least one of the above.

[@littlegamer4679]

@@jiveaces I live in the boonies of alabama :\

[@StarsManny]

We barely even have clubs and discos any more.

[@njlillycline]

They were hard times, but during these times of leisure you looked and felt like royalty. I agree that it’s sad, this world has deteriorated beyond recognition.

[@ymasumac9380]

You are absolutely right. So it s to US to reignite the human connections! Let's invite people home and NO technology. The smartphones gathered in ANOTHER ROOM. Playing cards or board games, sharing a meal with fun conversations and jokes..this is what I do every Sunday👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻WONDERFUL

[@MsLadyLilian]

deteoration because different generation

[@anythingbootneck]

@@ymasumac9380 Well done!👍🏻

[@dnr2089]

Yep, sadly you are right. My grandma, and her neighbours, used to daily sweep the area of pavement in front of the house, so that the whole street was spic and span. Nowadays....huh! I recently walked round a housing estate and there was litter everywhere including used tampons chucked out the window! No self respect these days....

[@chicnoir29]

@@dnr2089 - OMG disgusting

[@alexzhuk7813]

I always get weird emotions while watching these kinda videos. On one hand you can see how happy they are in that one moment. You can't help but smile imagining yourself upon that stage dancing to your hearts content, hoping that this one moment won't end. While on the other knowing full well these people are all most likely dead. This one moment of them dancing is likely some of the only pieces of hard proof that they existed. While the render makes it look as though we could simply join as though there are no barriers between us and them. For me personally these people don't exist before or after this film only during this one dance, the only way to appreciate them and yet it brings out so much out of them, their lives, goals, personalities. Its pretty much like watching ghosts on film. It's beautiful, yet sad.

[@nnouni]

Yeah I agree! 😊

[@johnnycroat]

when you watch these films you realize we too will be passing away. it really makes you want to make the most of your life

[@direfranchement]

Well at least they lived in the age of film. The overhwhelming majority of human beings in the span of human existence did not and even less is left of them to show they existed. We're all just like ripples on a stream, popping into being for a moment only to quickly disappear.

[@GEOFF0906]

@@johnnycroat And prepare for the next, if you've any sense.

[@PXWest]

I never knew how to articulate that feeling into words but you've captured it perfectly.

[@laurelj.5975]

My dad who served during the war had deep deep respect for the British people and what they endured during the Blitz and WW2. This is a lovely video, thanks for posting.

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

Laurel J. For the Russians ,Ukrainians , Poles & jewishes people it was a hundred times worse..!

[@Psych911]

@@enthalpiaentropia7804 So...? Stop this victimhood hierarchy BS, it's not a competition.

[@dnr2089]

In Britain we still had rationing in 1954.

[@insontibus]

​@@enthalpiaentropia7804 USSR lost 20-to-30 MILLION (Communism is bad, mkay?); Germany lost 7-to-8 MILLION (Socialism is bad, mkay?); UK lost 451 THOUSAND; US lost 420 THOUSAND.

[@karenhowatt4540]

I found an app called My Heritage, if you download photos, it makes them move. I used my grandparents wartime wedding photo and saw my beautiful grandparents smiling and moving their head and eyes. I was in floods of tears, so beautiful.

[@grosvenorclub]

My mother was in Bath , UK and worked for the American Red Cross during the war . A large number of 'Yanks' as the Americans we're called we're based nearby . However her favourite dancing partners were the Polish Officers who were good dancers and so very polite !!

[@FedericoDLP]

My Mexican American uncle met his future wife, while in a hospital in Liverpool, after he was wounded in action on the continent. She was a Canadian nurse.

[@davieleerio]

My grandmother taught me to dance like this wonderful days!! 😃👍❤

[@hannahivy5216]

Mine too I miss her so much

[@Chrisamos412]

So graceful, almost looks as though they’re on roller skates!

[@4stringz.]

Love the way everyone looked during this era

[@cinnreds18]

People today are slobs

[@yavuzkestane9952]

How classy and elegant those women were, and by looking at today's women and their style, these days were quite superior.

[@michelletodd4893]

Oh yes. Working in the factories. Making bombs, tanks & airplanes. A little independance. Film reduces them to dance partner. War ends, men come home take away their independence, paycheck and life sucks again.

[@eiseneuter2034]

@@michelletodd4893 but still way more class than these "woman" today.

[@robertarisz8464]

For the men too. Where I work, there are men showing up in T-shirt, shorts and sandals. The guys in the video dress 200% better.

[@luclafor]

@@michelletodd4893 - And who said these women wanted to stay "independant" and alone?? Some of them wanted to start a family AND BE HAPPY !!

[@saintd_ii]

@@luclafor based

[@rooismum1023]

I grew up with my Mum telling me about going to the dances during the 2nd WW. It was great to see this film. Thank you. UK

[@katwil89]

I have been enjoying your channel for years, but these enhanced videos are just so incredible! I just love them. It's the next best thing to a time machine.

[@SamanthaN92]

The greatest generation 💗💗💗 I felt I was watching a scene out of a modern day movie. The quality of these videos are so good!!! 👍

[@dwillbecancelledsoon4086]

The greatest generation lost the war.

[@chicnoir29]

Yes the quality of the clothing is top notch. Like something from The Row or old Celine.

[@justme6655]

My mother, now 97, was born in England and met my father, an American GI, at a dancing place like this. They got married in 1945. I will show her this video!

[@maggieoakley9020]

Wow bless those gorgeous strong people ❤️❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@jerrylyons9279]

as a young soldier went there in 1953 and they were still rationed for many things. they were wonderful people and i felt like "the ugly american" because of having so much in relation to them.

[@philipnestor5034]

My mother was a Jewish refugee from Vienna who had escaped to London in March of 1939 and my father was in the Polish Army in France and had escape a German POW camp in late 1940 and made his way to England. They met at the Astoria Nightclub in London. My mother said the Astoria was underground and on the night they met there was a German bombardment and they could feel it down below in the Astoria. When they came upstairs to the street the whole street was destroyed and buildings on fire. They got married September 10th 1943 and moved to New York in 1949. They always loved the spirt of the English people .during the war.

[@annd8396]

Delightful way to spend a 1:48! Clean, lean and well-turned out! Is there a war on..?? “Carry on, regardless” 👏 (A timely reminder, perhaps 🤔) Really enjoyed this!

[@iimapieiiiiauttumnii3606]

this is beautiful!!! OMG, I LOVE YOUR KZbin CHANNEL!!!!

[@mystermysterio5348]

This is great footage...I enjoy looking at how the past was way before I was born. Everything is just superb quality and everyone is living it up.

[@MonaLisa-zz5cv]

The lady with big sleeves and her date are good dancers 1:20. They glide right through the crowd so elegantly

[@gray_mara]

I noticed them, too. Some of them were just walking their partners in a circle, but these two were really dancing!

[@hlnr4817]

My mum used to reminisce to me about those days and used to sing all the songs of the era. She was in the Air Force and used to love going to the dances. Her face always used to light up as she got lost in her memories.

[@brianmorris2479]

As a teenager in the 1950s I went to the local dance school to learn the waltz, foxtrot, quickstep and tango,later the samba and rhumba because those were the dances at the regular dances held in most towns and suburbs- the best dancers got the pick of the girls! You got to hold your partner tightly so that you made sure she could smoothly dance the various steps in reverse co-ordination with you - great for picking up girls.

[@duccimann9089]

Thanks for sharing.. I love these!

[@MsIvargas]

When times are hard, the little fun they tend to have is awesome.

[@joey13zzzbee]

Mother loved these War dances and my Dad too. Mother was in Manchester at such a dance when the worst bombing of Manchester occurred. The dance hall was hit. Mother said she hid behind a column and many were killed. Looking at these photos feels like I am looking at my Mother in so many of these lovely English girls.

[@edwardvickers5506]

Every generation blames the one before is the quote.The wartime generation had so much to deal with. Why is it this generation cant handle a few months of lockdown without crying into their smart phone.

[@Krawn_]

666 Vaccine= death

[@ashyclaret]

A lot of us now realise everything was bullshit.

[@102483989]

I think it could be the removal of human connection, War is obviously horrendous and what they went through is not comparable to covid, but our society has been decreasing its human connection over the years and covid amplified that. All other generations in history have been very community minded and connected with one another, as human beings we need each other but we are losing each other more and more.

[@allykatt1849]

So much respect and admiration! Thanks for sharing this precious scenery! 💜

[@hermaggiesty]

I never realized that they danced around the room like that

[@rocket7697]

HAve you never seen this of footage? Truly??

[@adorothyinkansas4392]

Isn't it great? The gentleman in the tail coat standing in the center? His job was to basically give everyone a general idea as to the center of the dance floor; making it so everyone could rotate around him and not bump into each other. He was also at times the moral watchman! Lol

[@dnr2089]

Did you think they just danced on the spot? Have you never seen ballroom dancing?

[@paulyflyer8154]

Just reminds me of how short and fleeting our lives are. Live every minute and hug and love your family every day.

[@johnfrancis2215]

Note how slim and fit everyone was, the war time rations were amazing, different story today

[@garthly]

Real food! Nothing processed.

[@janetrugenius9345]

Interesting how the whole group are dancing in a circle while dancing with each other.

[@D.N..]

They are dancing a Polka , there are many styles, and this Polka is danced circling the dance floor. The song playing is the famous " Beer Barrel Polka "

[@janetrugenius9345]

@@D.N.. Oh thanks for explaining, I didn't know that is how the Polka is danced. Cool.

[@braddywarbucks]

I don't know what it is about nostalgia that feels good at first then becomes sad very shortly after.

[@serenequeen8973]

This generation built the backbones of all the modern establishments that exist today. We wouldn’t have the freedoms we have and seem to take for granted (because it took a global pandemic for some people in this world to see how truly lucky they are) if it wasn’t for previous generations. I never disrespect previous generations, I really don’t, in fact I agree with a lot of them because they had to sacrifice their lives in order to ensure we had the peace that so many take for granted today. It sickens me that the anger never gets dealt with either. When entire families get wiped out in wars when all the sons sacrifice themselves for their countries, that resentment doesn’t just disappear and dissipate to nothing - which is why until that is truly acknowledged we can’t force multiculturalism onto people like we have been doing. In order to move on you have to heal first and most of these generations never got to even do that sadly which is probably why they lived so long because what doesn’t kill them makes them stronger.

[@annd8396]

... interesting pov- still ‘world war’ means just that! Many of those ‘freedoms’ were defended by men and women from many “cultures” across the globe.. it was, a global threat.. There may be ‘anger’, but we mustn’t imagine that it belongs only to a particular side.. (although, I realise that’s not what you said) It seems that nations have always been “forcing” themselves, onto other countries.. but they called it ‘colonialism/imperialism’, then.. 😏 So yes, I imagine there’s A LOT of anger What is the point of it, however..? Surely, this is the time, of all times on this beautiful planet 🌎 to let go of all that.. to ‘gear ourselves up’ , ready to repel a ‘threat’ of a much more sinister (imo) nature.. 😏

[@pathetictroll7557]

I could watch a full hour of those people having fun dancing!

[@Lanutriatraviesa]

What a beautiful country was UK then...in peace..

[@melanielester2106]

This is a really lovely clip, everyone having a good time ! I love the ladies and gentlemen's clothing (both civilians and military). Exceptionally smart !

[@Antony_Jenner]

The women back then were so elegant and refined.

[@ramseswheels17]

Just WOW!!!, I don’t know if it’s just me but I feel like this video was taken yesterday, the video is old but at the same time it feels so new. Well at least in my opinion 😅

[@preciousthing101]

How freaking epic were those events?! Amazing.

[@jerrylyons9279]

i'd get on an upper level and just watch. that was most of my pleasure. the bandstand would revolve and another would take it's place. after viewin, would come down and dance with i thought was the prettiest girl. what beautiful times.

[@gillianstewart8442]

People were normal back then and not destroyed by social media.

[@minavanderleest9493]

A moment in time captured. Beautiful

[@miketemple7686]

There is a reason that was called the greatest generation.

[@paulccrimmins]

Luv these old videos. They are lovely when colorized. Thank you 😊

[@maryronan9758]

I would give up every computer device, just to go back to these simpler times......

[@mikehiggins946]

Just one more example of human to human contact lost, even before Covid.

[@dnr2089]

Yes, because in those days (in Britain at least) there was no fast food. All food was grown locally, not shipped from halfway round the planet, and it wasn’t adulterated with hormones and antibiotics and chemical E numbers. Also, people didn’t sit around on the sofa watching tv (they didn’t even have tv!) and stuffing themselves with junk food. People played sports outside and did physical work. I HATE how things have gone 😥

[@jerrygil1965]

Long before COVID, my friend

[@HomesteadTessie]

so beautiful !! I love these videos

[@deefitzgerald2906]

OH how BEAUTIFUL....To see back in time people were so DRESSED UP and the Dancers......Our world 🌍 now you would NEVER see anything like that.....

[@melinalack6224]

Incredible video!!! I wish this existed today, I would absolutely love to go dancing like this. I remember my Gramma telling me about how she loved to dance, and she was a master at the jitterbug! She said once she was out with a bunch of people eating at a big table, and when the music started she couldn't get to the dance floor, so jumped up on the table, ran across it and hopped on the floor to start dancing. Gosh I wish I had been there🥰🥰🥰

[@barbaranneboyer7997]

l can almost imagine seeing my mother, a new war bride dancing with my dad...thank you for this : )

[@stischer47]

If that is the soundtrack, it is interesting that the people are dancing to the German tune "Rosamunde", which we know as "Beer Barrel Polka".

[@danilohartman215]

Song in original is from Chech Republik " škoda lasky " .

[@stischer47]

@@danilohartman215 Interesting. "škoda lasky" (pity the love) becomes "Rosamunde" (I love Rosamunde but if she doesn't love me I'll love another) which becomes "Beer Barrel Polka" (Let's all get drunk and have a good time)

[@highwayexit]

Unlikely the camera recorded audio. Would have been dubbed over.

[@dnr2089]

“Roll out the barrel, let’s have a barrel of fun!” 🎶🎶🎶

[@VictoriasRoses]

I love this so much!!! I wish I could step into this video.

[@Ambina2]

This was so wholesome! 💘

[@C1nderfire]

One wrong move and you’re history. LOL. Love this

[@D.N..]

Fascinating look at a long ago time !

[@annbush1826]

I had many friends from Britain as a young woman In Nw Yotk during WW II. My dad was a Navy officer, and my sister and I would go to dances at the Commodote.Still remember doing the Lindy Hop or jitterbugging to Artie Shaw. The secret is that the first step is the beat.Chatanooga Choo Choo and In the Mood drove everyonr to the floor. One Engish guy I remember saying half jokingly the trouble with having all those Yank soldiers based in England ---was "They're overpaid, oversexed and over here" On a more somber note, a Jewish girl I knew who had been sent from Germany by her father to an aunt in London commented on the first American soldiers she saw. First, their beautiful teeth. then then the quality of the leather of their boots and of the uniform. and finally how tall. they were,

[@hazelscarlett7299]

The clothes all looked so classy and of good quality

[@gnolan4281]

The enhancement is just that. One can feel that they were so alive just as we are now. Their island race was in the gravest danger as they dared to fight Hitler alone. Stalin cozied up to Germany and America didn't come in until December 7th 1941. Little Britain stood fast and blasted the Luftwaffe right out of the sky. To do so took an enormous toll; the flower of British manhood for the 2nd time in just two decades. Never have so few done so much for so many. Thank you old Blighty. You have friends far away and across the vasty deeps.

[@sofiabravo1994]

While this is so beautiful and nostalgic I can’t help but getting dizzy watching everyone dance in a circle 🥴🥴🥴

[@steadyeddie7]

How did we turn from this into animals in such a short period of time.

[@IndianHeathen1982]

I don't normally comment but I STRONGLY disagree. What about the holocaust happening at the same time? All sorts of evil? Bombing raids during WW2? All that swept under the rug? Compared to those "humans", we "animals" are doing much, much better. Bring on the hate comments now. Sorry, people don't realize how good we have it now (in general) as compared to the past.

[@riinwtf]

_I thought that just as we are watching these old videos, the people of the future will see us in the same way_

[@annd8396]

Perhaps, Erin. These people were prepared, in whichever small way to put up a fight for what they believed in.. let’s hope we will be able to say the same.. 🌍❤️

[@jenflights]

Thank you for this amazing film. Please tell me the name of the song that begins at 0.58 Thanks so much, Jen

[@iansoutryer3189]

It's "Rosamunde-Schenk mir Dein Herz und sag ja" in German or the "Beer Barrel Polka" (Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun") in English. It's originally Czech though.

[@jenflights]

@@iansoutryer3189 Hi and thank you so much Ian for the information about the song. Best regards, Jen

[@mimiduquette8786]

The Greatest Generation, indeed!!!

[@benji.B-side]

I miss this romance, even though I was born decades after it.

[@user-lw1cw1pu3m]

Хотелось бы хоть на недельку оказатся в то время и окунуться в то эпоху. Жаль, что нет машины времени

[@jayceec3178]

Aww, how lovely. A totally different life back then. I hate what’s happened to our world in the last few decades.

[@anythingbootneck]

These were indeed a very special generation.

[@edithlewis9330]

When dancing was dancing, and not sexual in nature like today.

[@zoso73]

Yes we've gone from this to twerking.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

Dancing has alwas been and always will be sexual.

[@102483989]

@@canuckprogressive.3435 as a ballet and Irish dancer and who has studied the history of dance throughout different cultures I have to say a big no to that statement.

[@Deedee-ee1sg]

Amazing clip!

[@jorgeaguirre2927]

Hermoso video de época Qué hermosa canción ignoró el título Qué lindas chicas hermoso todo🇦🇷

[@soulpaua2097]

My Nanna would tell stories of how wonderful and huge these dances were. Now I can see them for myself, Amazing.

[@enydnightshade]

Beautiful and lovely!! 😍😍😍😍😍

[@bobtis]

Brits were a very tough group back then my MIL was one of those ladies. ❤❤

[@samsum3738]

My mother was 27 in 1940 . It never fails to amaze me how ordinary life carried on , in spite of the blitz , Dunkirk , the german conquest of western europe , the losses incurred in singapore and hong kong , total war in russia , etc. And yet we lose a football match and all hell breaks loose .

[@Lexster918]

Everyone looks so glamorous!

[@dryadmusic]

This enhancement to 60fps seems to make them more real and modern, rather than some flickering image of the long-distant past. It seems to bring that generation much closer to now.

[@chrisabraham8793]

In this format you could feel the atmosphere as if you was actually there, great stuff.

[@artfuldodger6440]

😲 Watching them dancing in the hall. The video is incredibly fresh and so clear l felt l took a time machine to that time...got scared. 😲

[@abifornia335]

I’d like to know where all these handsome and beautiful people are!! I always say I was born in the wrong era. To be born in the late 30s and be in my 20s in the 50s ❤️

[@lipstickandloungewear]

Same!

[@BBK83]

They're all now eating chips in their bed in their parents house, wearing skinny jeans and playing a lame game in their Xbox or Playstation, screaming "ma! Where's the meatloaf!?"

[@swingman5635]

I was born in the 50s,yet love the Big Band jitterbug swing of the 40s,( hence,my KZbin name,lol.) I've thought that the 40s would have been a great decade to be a young adult,if it wasn't for WW2,"Whites Only" drinking fountains, restaurants and neighborhoods restricted to WASPs,and "The woman's place is in the home" mentality,just to name a few.

[@personincognito3989]

@@swingman5635 your talking about American culture. It was not that way everywhere.

[@swingman5635]

@@personincognito3989 I was born in America, and referring to the American experience, so I don't understand your point,that is, if you're making one. However, I'm fairly certain that the world war encompassed the globe.

[@addy3003]

who else was like “wow that’s a lot of people near each other not social distancing or wearing a mask ” and had to remind themselves that this was back in the 40s

[@oliviarouse2361]

Exact same thing happened to me at Christmas when I was watching It’s a Wonderful Life....I kept thinking “omg they’re so close it’s so crowded guys spread out!!”

[@annd8396]

..🤔 These people would only have the threat of a more immediate death, as the next air raid siren sounded...! (Gas masks would have been somewhere around, perhaps..) (But this was an era where people were prepared to fight for freedom, so maybe it’s a little different..)

[@johntoobie6]

They put a parking lot on a piece of land Where the supermarket used to stand Before that, they put up a bowling alley On the site that used to be the local palais That's where the big bands used to come and play My sister went there on a Saturday Come dancing All her boyfriends used to come and call Why not come dancing? It's only natural.... If you liked watching American MTV in the early 80s Holla back

[@Timetravel1111]

Oh I didn’t realize what work went into making this video well looking in this time thanks for adding all the details of notes and putting work into making this video looks greatnesses 🎥 Anyone likes thisConnect 🍒Miss Starlette Fever 💥

[@stevef9530]

That generation of our parents (younger people’s grandparents) would surely be laughing at our ‘stay safe’ notions, wouldn’t they?

[@lipstickandloungewear]

Also, where do you find these absolute gems?!

[@yasminm7157]

It says at the end the Imperial War Museum

[@lipstickandloungewear]

@@yasminm7157 Yes, but how does one know where to look? What places to search?

[@sofiabravo1994]

@@lipstickandloungewear the library?

[@SamuelBlack84]

Seeing the ladies in the club reminds me of a photograph I saw of my grandparents in a local pub on a Saturday night, my grandmother was very pretty with dark hair with my grandfather beside her tall wearing a bow tie. He would often play the piano and other guys would buy him pints that lined the top of the Joanna😄Surprisingly, they weren't fans of dancing🙂

[@veroniquesil7750]

Ca c'était avant les portables, ordinateurs. Les gens avaient plus de contacts et ne restaient pas dans leur coin à discuter avec un clavier téléphonique. Maintenant, des groupes de personnes ne discutent plus entre eux mais sont collés devant internet avec la muselière et une seringue. Pas sur que notre siècle soit plus agréable, je commence à avoir de sérieux doutes.

[@katm5903]

How beautiful they all are.

[@ruijorge3]

Good old lovely times.. When women were still women.. And men still men... Glorious normality I must say!! 💗

[@lauramarie27]

Are you referring to transgender people? Because if so they still existed during that time, it was just kept quiet and more of a secret than today.

[@Rebellescum]

those glasses are just two thorny rose bushes. Your blinding yourself

[@AJ-ld5mv]

Absolutely 😍

[@sofiabravo1994]

@@lauramarie27 rarely existed society discouraged sexual degeneracy.

[@lauramarie27]

@@sofiabravo1994 yeah I'm not denying that, I'm just saying if anyone was part of the LGBTQ community it was kept on the hush hush, that's all.

[@mariapicceno7414]

Wonderful!!!👏👏

[@lowes891646]

Contrast that with Cardi B today.

[@canuckprogressive.3435]

I wouldn't know.

[@normamcmanus1139]

The dancers all make it appear as if the floor was revolving beneath them. Amazing!

[@simongrady1298]

awesome vids. A bit of a mosh pit going on there at the end :)

[@WhiteBriar]

1939: People in NY were doing lindy hop (swing). 1940: No swing and no lindy hop in Britain.

[@purpleragtop]

I wonder why???

[@Direness]

@@purpleragtop Lindy Hop had to spread through America first, then when the US finally jumped into WWII after Pearl Harbor, they carried Lindy Hop and other swing based dances with them overseas. That's not to say that Europe didn't have swing dancers who got it from movies, dance teachers, learned it over sea, had local dances, etc, but a lot of folks' first introduction to it was from GIs. Heck, even in America, my grandfather danced a localized type of swing dance that was very fox-trotty in his small town in Kansas, and when he joined the army late in the war, he attended a dance in Chicago. He said he tried dancing with a beautiful redhead who immediately asked him, "You're not from around here, are you? Let me show you how it's done." Later when I danced with him, he still remembered how to do the localized swing dance, but not the Lindy he'd learned in Chicago. He apparently was a very good ballroom roller skate dancer though, and that's how he met my grandma after the war.

[@Chahlie]

Swing went undercover in Germany, they had to put fake labels on the records. I believe there was a movie made about it.

[@truecinnamon]

Really scary; all the effort and quality etc.. General attitudes that would have definitely given Germany pause for thought. These days German ambulance service could take the country.

[@Lovelyuntamed]

I want to look as good as these ladies.