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Jazz Bands

Oriental Jazz Band

Oriental Jazz Band (1914)

Indochinese labourers' music and entertainment.

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Hospital Jazz Band

Hospital Jazz Band

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

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Time To Remember - On Stage In The Twenties  1927  - Reel 2

Time To Remember - On Stage In The Twenties 1927 - Reel 2 (1920)

A look behind the scenes of the theatre during the 1920's.

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Time To Remember - The Time When Little Happened  1921  - Reel 1

Time To Remember - The Time When Little Happened 1921 - Reel 1 (1921)

Events of 1921 - Irish treaty, mad stunts and newspapers at work.

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High Notes

High Notes

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

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London's Famous Clubs And Cabarets No 9 - The Cosmo Club

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.

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Time To Remember -  1929 The Time Of The House At Bognor - Reel 4

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.

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Jh Squire And His Celeste Octet AKA Educated Sausages

Jh Squire And His Celeste Octet AKA Educated Sausages (1930)

Footage of JH Squire and his jazz band playing.

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Climbing Trees To Dance

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.

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Noble Sissle And Band

Noble Sissle And Band (1931)

Nice film of Noble Sissle and band performing two songs.

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Duke Ellington

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.

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Outer London's Clubs And Cabarets - The Bell

Outer London's Clubs And Cabarets - The Bell (1933)

Good footage of the night club in Beaconsfield - 'The Bell', Buckinghamshire.

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New York Midnight Follies

New York Midnight Follies (1933)

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

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Percival Mackey And His Boys

Percival Mackey And His Boys (1933)

Very good story of the band leader Percival Mackey conducting his band to 'Millions of Kisses'.

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What The Public Wants! Reel 1 Of 4

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?

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The Gathering Of The Bands

The Gathering Of The Bands (1934)

Excellent footage of the 'Rhythm', Dance and Band Championship in London.

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Harry Roy And Band At Cafe Anglais

Harry Roy And Band At Cafe Anglais (1939)

Very good footage of Harry Roy and his band playing 'Run, Rabbit, Run', London.

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Sid Millward And His Nitwits

Sid Millward And His Nitwits (1940)

The musician Sid Millward plays with his band the Nitwits.

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Harry Roy And His Band In

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.

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Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins Issue Title - Rolling Stones

Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins Issue Title - Rolling Stones (1943)

Good footage of Harry Roy and his band the Ragamuffins.

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Danny Kaye 10  Royal Command Rehearsal

Danny Kaye 10 Royal Command Rehearsal (1948)

Fantastic footage of Danny Kaye in rehearsal for Royal Command Performance.

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Clubs And Pubs

Clubs And Pubs (1950)

Good shots of sexy nightclub dancers. Pub scenes with men singing.

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Squadronaires Band

Squadronaires Band (1952)

The Squadronaires jazz band play 'Riot in Rio', Essex.

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Blue Sea Blues AKA Undersea Blues

Blue Sea Blues AKA Undersea Blues (1956)

An Italian jazz band joins the underwater craze.

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Soho Carnival - 1957

Soho Carnival - 1957 (1957)

Good coverage of the Soho Carnival parade. Lots of floats and scantily clad women.

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Dutch Dig Benny Goodman

Dutch Dig Benny Goodman (1958)

Benny Goodman and his jazz band play a gig in a Dutch fruit auction hall.

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Saint Germain Youth Fall Back For Grandpa's Dances

Saint Germain Youth Fall Back For Grandpa's Dances (1959)

French youngsters revel in church dance. Good picture quality.

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Jazz School

Jazz School (1959)

Jazz fans learn skills at Cologne Jazz School. Lots of dancing at the 1959 Berlin Jazz Salon.

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Jazz Contest

Jazz Contest (1960)

The Saratoga Jazz Band wins Jazz Contest at Cafe Royal in London. Mute item.

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Hammersmith Palais

Hammersmith Palais (1960)

History of the dance hall - montage of shots & stills across the decades, with interviews.

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Downtown Syncopators AKA Original Downtown Syncopators

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.

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Billy Jones - Pioneer Of Jazz

Billy Jones - Pioneer Of Jazz (1963)

Interesting story which looks at modern ways of appreciating music (jukeboxes, trannies, etc.).

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Louis De Vries

Louis De Vries (1935)

Jazz trumpet player Louis De Vries plays with his band in the studio.

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Billy Bissett And Band

Billy Bissett And Band (1936)

Big band jazz from Billy Bissett and his famous Canadian Band.

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Jack Simpson Band Issue Title Is Points And Pints

Jack Simpson Band Issue Title Is Points And Pints (1944)

Percussionist Jack Simpson and his sextet band play own jazz composition "Spooks".

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Berlin Holds Jazz Festival AKA Jazz Festival

Berlin Holds Jazz Festival AKA Jazz Festival (1968)

Mute item with Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger Trinity, Fred Van Hove.

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Big Names At Belgian Festival

Big Names At Belgian Festival (1965)

Famous artist at Belgian jazz festival at Comblain.

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Jazz 1966 At Belgian Festival

Jazz 1966 At Belgian Festival (1966)

Stars performing on stage at Belgian Jazz Festival.

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Harry Parry And His Sextet

Harry Parry And His Sextet (1947)

Harry Parry and his Sextet perform jazzy number "Honeysuckle Rose".

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