A Day at the Beach - c.1921 | AI Enhanced Film [60 fps 4k]

Time travel back a full century for a day out at the beach c. 1921 in Holland. AI colorized and upscaled with sound for an immersive experience.

We love this 100 year old film, where we see normal working class people having fun.
When it came to swimming at the beach, social attitudes were still quite conservative in the early 1920's.
As in the two previous decades, women used mobile beach huts to change into their bathing suits in privacy. The hut would then be rolled down to the waters edge for a secluded dip in the water.

The film begins with holiday makers arriving by train and ferry to the famous Hook of Holland. It's fascinating to see how some folks literally set up 'camp' on the beaches, digging trenches and hoisting tents! The two girls rinsing the sand from their feet is particularly charming.

By the end of the 'roaring twenties', the bathing suit had evolved into more shapely body hugging swimsuits for women and swimming trunks for the men.

Filmed on the strands near the Hoek van Holland purportedly in January 1923 according to a publish date. However based on the styles, we think this was more likely made in 1921 or 1922 at the latest.

AI Restoration:

1. Cleaned noise artifacts
2. Increased frame interpolation from 15 fps to 60 fps using Rife app.
3. Increased resolution from 240p to 4000p.
4. Applied color using Deoldify ( notebook available on Google Colab)
5. Created ambient soundtrack.

Public domain licensed footage provided from the Beelden voor de Toekomst project.
Title: Strandleven Hoek van Holland
https://www.openbeelden.nl/