Celebratory music and dancing in street sponsored by World's Fair; Eddy Duchin, Hal Kemp, Glen Gray, Frank Buck, Bill Robinson join in

High angle shot City Hall, crowd in front and on steps / musicians parading single file, spectators to side and in fg / couples dancing in fg, musicians and others in bg / CU bandleader Hal Kemp smiling as he dances with woman, musicians and others in bg; pan to Eddy Duchin and others dancing, women dancing wearing same hat / Frank Buck holding and beating drum which he may have taken from bare-chested black man wearing headdress and beads around neck, people standing on steps watching in bg / MPOV crowd and people exiting subway station stairs, cars in fg / looking down on double-decker buses with bands playing on top, crowds on sidewalk and in street / Kemp conducting his band on bus passing camera, buildings in bg / QS bus from behind / Glen Gray leading his band on bus passing camera / dancer Bill Robinson steps out of car in parade and tap dances in street, people watching including motorcycle policeman / Robinson dancing, policeman standing nearby / moving shot passing Swing Mardi Gras Casino building on World's Fair grounds at night, crowd in front / closer shot casino with big banner reading Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra, big crowd in front / closer shot crowd / looking down side of building, can see words Swing Mardi Gras Casino Free Dancing Every Night Except Sunday
High angle shot City Hall, crowd in front and on steps / musicians parading single file, spectators to side and in fg / couples dancing in fg, musicians and others in bg / CU bandleader Hal Kemp smiling as he dances with woman, musicians and others in bg; pan to Eddy Duchin and others dancing, women dancing wearing same hat / Frank Buck holding and beating drum which he may have taken from bare-chested black man wearing headdress and beads around neck, people standing on steps watching in bg / MPOV crowd and people exiting subway station stairs, cars in fg / looking down on double-decker buses with bands playing on top, crowds on sidewalk and in street / Kemp conducting his band on bus passing camera, buildings in bg / QS bus from behind / Glen Gray leading his band on bus passing camera / dancer Bill Robinson steps out of car in parade and tap dances in street, people watching including motorcycle policeman / Robinson dancing, policeman standing nearby / moving shot passing Swing Mardi Gras Casino building on World's Fair grounds at night, crowd in front / closer shot casino with big banner reading Eddy Duchin and his Orchestra, big crowd in front / closer shot crowd / looking down side of building, can see words Swing Mardi Gras Casino Free Dancing Every Night Except Sunday
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Editorial #:
1464544802
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
September 22, 1939
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Rights-ready
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Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:58:12
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr005444_05_01