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[Social dance of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s]

Title: [Social dance of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s] [videoreording]
Publication: 1936-1956.

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Description

1 videodisc (23 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of fourteen excerpts from newsreels produced by Paramount News and others, focusing on popular social dances of the 1930s through the 1950s. Filmed mainly in the U.S., though Australia, England, and Germany are also represented. Several excerpts depict the Harvest Moon Ball and other dance competitions. Motion is frequently speeded up, particularly in footage of the jitterbug and lindy hop.

Donor/Sponsor

Received as part of the Dance Heritage Coalition's Project to Preserve American Dance.

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System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

CONTENTS. - New dance sweeping up from south (1937). Big apple. No sound for part of excerpt. - Harlem hoofers "fry their corns" (1938). Swing, shag. Sound goes off and on. - "World series" dance has N.Y. swinging (1938). Voice: Ray Winters. Harvest Moon Ball: Waltz, fox trot, rumba, swing, lindy hop. Repeated twice on tape, the second time without narration. - Old Boston a-jive with jitterbugs (1938). Voice: Gregory Abbott. No sound after first announcement. - Pick dance champs (1941). Harvest Moon Ball: Lindy hop, rumba, and conga. - Australian jitterbugs jitter (1944). - Shall we waltz? England says yes! (1946). Voice: Gregory Abbott. Revival of the waltz in Lancashire and Blackpool. Brief glimpse of jitterbug. - World series of the dance (1946). Voice: Jack Brickhouse. Harvest Moon Ball: Rumba, waltz, and jitterbug. - Harvest [Moon] Ball in Manhattan: Dance teams put best foot forward (1951). Voice: Dennis James. Jitterbug, polka, and waltz. - Berlin bounces to boogie-woogie beat (1952). Voice: Roger Forster. First Boogie-woogie Championship, held in Berlin's Sports Palace. - Hamburg gets the "jitters" (?) [1952]. No title on tape. Jitterbug. - "World series" of the dance (1953). Voice: Bill Watson. Harvest Moon Ball: Polka and jitterbug. Brief appearance by Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. - World series of the dance (1954). Voice: Marty Glickman. Harvest Moon Ball: Waltz, rumba, and jitterbug. - Harvest Moon dance
competition (1956). Voice: Gregory Abbott. Polka, waltz, and rock 'n' roll dancing.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-172

OCLC

NYPY906003784-F

Title

[Social dance of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s] [videoreording]

Imprint

1936-1956.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1092.

Local Subject

Social dancing -- 20th century.

Social dancing -- Competitions.

Television. Social dance of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Rock and roll dancing.

Added Author

Harvest Moon Ball (Competition)

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-172

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