[Dixielandjazz] The March of TIME: The Birth of Swing - Video - TIME.com

[Gary Lawrence Murphy]

Oh!  somehow that didn't turn up in my searches ... because I didn't think
to add ODJB to the keywords!  Thanks so much for digging this out.  Yeah,
it's iffy on the accuracy, which only goes to show us how we should be
suspicious of all the OTHER newsreels too, but nonetheless it is a foggy
window into a time long gone, and we can still dig it for what it is.

On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au>wrote:

>  Gary Lawrence Murphy asked:
> > ...February 17,1939 newsreel, including some flashes of the parts that
> were filmed to recreate the ODJB's
> > first recording session -- Wikipedia tells us this segment of the show
> should last 6'39" whereas the Time.com sample here only runs 2'53"; does
> > anyone know if there are any other online sources for this film where
> the complete segment might be available?
>
> Dear Gary,
> How about this one?
> It was my first 'hit' on the YouTube site:
>    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHZIsfJ-m8U
> I remember it from the old VHS days.
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.




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