Titles read: "Now Pathetone presents - Alfredo and his famous Gypsy Band - Many radio listeners may have heard this Band "over the air" recently - when a broadcast of this actual film being taken was transmitted in one of the "In town tonight" series."
Titles read: "Now Pathetone presents - Alfredo and his famous Gypsy Band - Many radio listeners may have heard this Band "over the air" recently - when a broadcast of this actual film being taken was transmitted in one of the "In town tonight" series."
London.
Various shots of Alfredo and his famous Gypsy Band performing the well-known Russian song 'Ochechonya'. The English words to the song are superimposed on the screen so we can sing along. Several shots of a Russian woman in traditional dress are intercut with those of the band. The band goes into a stirring instrumental section of the song.
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