Spitfire Girls 1940 | Britain's Rosie the Riveter | AI Enhanced Film [60 fps]
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Published 2021-04-04
AI enhanced film originally made in 1940/41
Possibly filmed at Castle Bromwich, where the Vickers-Armstrong company manufactured thousands of Spitfires during WW2. The film begins with trainees on a work break, followed by footage of Spitfire assembly. The film ends with a brand new Spitfire being towed out of a hanger.
During the Battle of Britain, after a concerted series of raids on the main Spitfire plant in Southhampton by the German Luftwaffe, production had to be dispersed to 'secret' facilities around the country. Many of these women worked in these facilities. They were informed by the Air Ministry that they had to keep it secret. They did, until very recently.
Women pilots of the Air Transport Auxiliary were tasked with their delivery as well as more dangerous non combat missions later in the war.
Original BW Footage courtesy of the Imperial War Museum
Available under the IWM Non-Commercial Creative Commons License
www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/policies/copyright
Film
ROYAL AIR FORCE SCENES
© IWM RMY 148-83
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060005958
JANE BROWN CHANGES HER JOB
© IWM UKY 342
www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060006264
AI Enhanced by Glamourdaze :
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.
4. Added color using Deoldify
5. Created a soundtrack for the (originally) silent footage.
All Comments (21)
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My mother did that job during the war. About 20 years ago suffering from severe arthritis in her right shoulder she went for a consultation for a replacement shoulder joint. On seeing her xrays the surgeon said that he only ever saw that degree of damage in heavy manual labourers' shoulders and asked her if she ever did that sort of work. After a bit of thought she said "Well I did rivit Lancasters during the war." She received royal treatment after that.
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The two ladies at the end watching the plane leave must have thought”I made that!”.
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Every woman there was so beautiful and classy looking even in their uniforms. How nice to see it in color
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British women stepping up to the mark, the men were off fighting but the country was in good hands, so proud of those ladies, God bless them all.
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It's hard to believe they have this perfect hairstyles everyday at work :D
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My grandmothers sister would often talk about doing this she did this for a job in ww2 this made me quite emotional but great to see this thank you! ❤
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The Greatest Generation. Their all so pretty, and classy looking.
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My aunt built planes during WW2. She also worked on a three-woman mobile barrage balloon at the start of the war but they stopped using them as the bombers were too high. Imagine, she had to bring the thing out in an air raid and winch it up to try and stop the German bombers. My dad was a little younger and was evacuated after a bomb hit their street in Bramley, Leeds.
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I never manage to look that glamorous, even with loads of work!
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Marilyn Monroe once worked in such a place before she was „found”, amazing
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If any of them were 20 years old at the end of the war they would be 95 now. What a wonderful thing it would be for some of their families to recognise them now in our modern world.
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So much nostalgic.. These ladies became wives.. Mothers.. Grandmas and ultimately no more in this world.. But what a nice way to bring back the past so vividly.. Very nice.. I cannot understand how someone could dislike this video presentation... There are really serious half brain people in this world..
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My mum worked at the Avro factory in Leeds in WW2. She was a riveter and she worked on the Lancaster Bombers, fastening the outer skins onto the fuselage. She said it was the best job she ever had, she loved it. The money was very good too.
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I love how they languidly walk arm in arm.
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My mother worked on the Boeing B-29 line at Renton Washington during the war. She too had memories of pride, joining all the young woman workers watching the newly built aircraft being roll out of the assembly facility for the first time.
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I wish I could time travel to 40’s just to hangout with such wonderful ladies 😂
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What an amazing difference having faith and pride in your nation and your fellow woman, with a solid hope in your future and theirs can make for even the countenances of such people!
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Now these were real badasses! So much respect for everything these people went through. The absolute devastation and still found a way.
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These women knew that the quality of their work mattered, that it might be the difference between life and death for the pilot.
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I love these enhanced old films. They look like they were shot yesterday. It's like being there. Thanks.
