Jazz Bands

: Oriental Jazz Band (1914); Indochinese labourers' music and entertainment.

: Hospital Jazz Band; Patients at Horton Hospital watch on as a "Jazz" Band parades past during their sports day.

: Time To Remember - On Stage In The Twenties 1927 - Reel 2 (1920); A look behind the scenes of the theatre during the 1920's.

: Time To Remember - The Time When Little Happened 1921 - Reel 1 (1921); Events of 1921 - Irish treaty, mad stunts and newspapers at work.

: High Notes; Great film of a jazz band who play on the wings of an aircraft in flight.

: London's Famous Clubs And Cabarets No 9 - The Cosmo Club (1927); Great peek into the evening's entertainment at the Cosmo Club - good dancing and performers.

: Time To Remember - 1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 4 (1929); Good documentary about the world in 1929. Illness of King George V & economic depression.

: Jh Squire And His Celeste Octet AKA Educated Sausages (1930); Footage of JH Squire and his jazz band playing.

: Climbing Trees To Dance (1930); Fun story where a jazz band plays in the branches of a tree while couples dance on a tree house terrace.

: Noble Sissle And Band (1931); Nice film of Noble Sissle and band performing two songs.

: Duke Ellington (1933); Brief but excellent footage of the jazz band leader Duke Ellington playing with his band at the Cotton Club in New York in the United States of America.

: Outer London's Clubs And Cabarets - The Bell (1933); Good footage of the night club in Beaconsfield - 'The Bell', Buckinghamshire.

: New York Midnight Follies (1933); Very good footage of the New York Midnight Follies club where Jack Jackson and his band are playing, London.

: Percival Mackey And His Boys (1933); Very good story of the band leader Percival Mackey conducting his band to 'Millions of Kisses'.

: What The Public Wants! Reel 1 Of 4 (1933); Great round-up of popular variety acts: Troise and his Mandoliers, Syd Seymour and Sirdani. 1933?

: The Gathering Of The Bands (1934); Excellent footage of the 'Rhythm', Dance and Band Championship in London.

: Harry Roy And Band At Cafe Anglais (1939); Very good footage of Harry Roy and his band playing 'Run, Rabbit, Run', London.

: Sid Millward And His Nitwits (1940); The musician Sid Millward plays with his band the Nitwits.

: Harry Roy And His Band In "Basin Street Ball" (1942); Harry Roy and his band play 'Basin Street Ball' in casual and evening dress! From NSP 343.

: Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins Issue Title - Rolling Stones (1943); Good footage of Harry Roy and his band the Ragamuffins.

: Danny Kaye 10 Royal Command Rehearsal (1948); Fantastic footage of Danny Kaye in rehearsal for Royal Command Performance.

: Clubs And Pubs (1950); Good shots of sexy nightclub dancers. Pub scenes with men singing.

: Squadronaires Band (1952); The Squadronaires jazz band play 'Riot in Rio', Essex.

: Blue Sea Blues AKA Undersea Blues (1956); An Italian jazz band joins the underwater craze.

: Soho Carnival - 1957 (1957); Good coverage of the Soho Carnival parade. Lots of floats and scantily clad women.

: Dutch Dig Benny Goodman (1958); Benny Goodman and his jazz band play a gig in a Dutch fruit auction hall.

: Saint Germain Youth Fall Back For Grandpa's Dances (1959); French youngsters revel in church dance. Good picture quality.

: Jazz School (1959); Jazz fans learn skills at Cologne Jazz School. Lots of dancing at the 1959 Berlin Jazz Salon.

: Jazz Contest (1960); The Saratoga Jazz Band wins Jazz Contest at Cafe Royal in London. Mute item.

: Hammersmith Palais (1960); History of the dance hall - montage of shots & stills across the decades, with interviews.

: Downtown Syncopators AKA Original Downtown Syncopators (1962); Jazz band travel to gigs in a modified coach which has bunk beds - good little performance at the end.

: Billy Jones - Pioneer Of Jazz (1963); Interesting story which looks at modern ways of appreciating music (jukeboxes, trannies, etc.).

: Louis De Vries (1935); Jazz trumpet player Louis De Vries plays with his band in the studio.

: Billy Bissett And Band (1936); Big band jazz from Billy Bissett and his famous Canadian Band.

: Jack Simpson Band Issue Title Is Points And Pints (1944); Percussionist Jack Simpson and his sextet band play own jazz composition "Spooks".

: Berlin Holds Jazz Festival AKA Jazz Festival (1968); Mute item with Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity, Fred Van Hove.

: Big Names At Belgian Festival (1965); Famous artist at Belgian jazz festival at Comblain.

: Jazz 1966 At Belgian Festival (1966); Stars performing on stage at Belgian Jazz Festival.

: Harry Parry And His Sextet (1947); Harry Parry and his Sextet perform jazzy number "Honeysuckle Rose".