Doing the Lindy Hop | AI Enhanced Swing Dancing in 1939 [60 fps]

AI restored 1939 film of women swing dancing the Lindy hop using advanced algorithms and manual techniques, this 16mm film was brought to life.

It features some great footage of swing dresses, not to mention some lively Lindy hop dancing.
Those pretty swing dresses and bobby socks are a joy to see in this clarity.
See if you can spot the guy in the zoot suit!

Filmed before the outbreak of WW2, the film perfectly evokes the spirit of freedom in the United States. Jazz and Swing became the sound of liberation and freedom during the fight against fascism.

The Lindy Hop, as with Swing Jazz itself, emerged from the African American community. Yet another reminder of their huge influence on the popular culture of the United States.

Taken from original Kodachrome home movies by Philip Medicus.
You can view all the films in varying quality on the Internet Archive Library. It resides in several collections including the Prelinger archive.
https://archive.org/details/Medicusc1...

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.

Music Wat Dat Dee by Technoaxe and granted permission to use under the Creative Commons CC 4.0 license
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This short AI enhanced film is published here for preservation purposes and to add an immersive experience to the work of early filmmakers.
It is free to view and not commercially available on DVD or for republishing elsewhere.
Published here under the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video as outlined by the Center for Media & Social Impact.
https://cmsimpact.org/code/code-best-...