Intended for research purposes, this DVD contains film clips from 1900 through the 1930s that were previously unavailable to the public. You’ll find rare newsreel segments highlighting legends like Charlie Chaplin and the Castles. Vintage films show the dancing public doing the Charleston, Black Bottom, Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, participating in dance marathons, and more. The performance draws from years of research from original sources and archives. Comprised of rare film clips, this item is only available through special order; please allow five extra days for preparation.
This is an archival video, available for research purposes only. For broader information, see Dancetime DVD! Volume II, How To Dance Through Time!, and America Dances!
This is an archival video, available for research purposes only. For broader information, see Dancetime DVD! Volume II, How To Dance Through Time!, and America Dances!
SPECIAL ORDER ONLY Allow 5 extra days for order preparation.
FOR RESEARCH USE ONLY
In Black and White
| Film Clip | Year | Source |
| Charity Ball | 1897 | silent film/ Thomas A. Edison |
| Foxy Grandpa & Polly in A Little Hilarity | 1902 | silent film/ American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. |
| Men cutting up in A Little Hilarity | 1902 | silent film/ American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. |
| Cakewalk | 1903 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Cakewalk | 1903 | silent film/ American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. |
| Cakewalk Intro | 1903 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Comedy Cakewalk | 1903 | silent film/ American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. |
| Comedy Cakewalk on Beach | 1903 | newsreel |
| Dancing Boxing Match (slow motion & fast couple) | 1909 | Winthrop Moving Picture Co/ with Montgomery & Stone . |
| Ballroom scene and Bunny Hug dancing 2 clips | 1910 | Everybody’s doin’ it. From The Whirl of Life |
| Two Step | 1910 | Compilation film, “People and Places in America 1903-1912” |
| Airplane Waltz +Airplane Waltz/ clear double | 1911 | From early aviation films +Imageways 212-265-1287 |
| Camel Walk plus intro | 1913 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Couple Dancing in Chaplin film | 1914 | “Tillie’s Punctured Romance” |
| Comic Fox Trot Sequences with Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Drew | 1915 | Film: “Fox Trot Finesse” Vitagraph Film Co |
| Maxixe w/Vernon and Irene Castle | 1915 | Film: The Whirl of Life |
| The Castle Walk w/v.o. | 1915 | Film: The Whirl of Life w/v.o. from Astaire Rogers retrospective |
| The Castle Walk w/v.o.half a century later | 1915 | Film: The Whirl of Life |
| The Castles/2 dances | 1915 | Film: The Whirl of Life |
| Fashion Show Retrospective to 1918 | 1918 | newsreel |
| Ballroom Acrobats/Kinkerjeu/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1920 | newsreel:The Golden 20’s. RKO and March of Time, 1927-1928.? |
| Lindy Whirl/Old Fashioned Waltz/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1920 | newsreel:The Golden 20’s. RKO and March of Time, 1927-1928?. |
| Yankee Prance/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1920 | newsreel:The Golden 20’s. RKO and March of Time, 1927-1928.? |
| Charleston and Blackbottom | 1924 | Fox Movietone Newsreel |
| Let’s do the Blackbottom | 1924 | Producers Library Service |
| Raggity Ann/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1924 | newsreel/First Photos by Wire |
| Tango/Valentino original | 1924 | Budget Films/w numbers |
| Tangolio/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1924 | newsreel/First Photos by Wire |
| Charleston Dance Contests /voice: Tom Hale | 1925 | newsreel |
| Intro to Charleston | 1926 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Charleston | 1927 | 1920’s compilation film |
| Charleston | 1927 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Charleston (repeat) | 1927 | Watch Me Move 1986/narration:Sally Sommers |
| Charleston Contests | 1927 | “The Golden Twenties” RKO Radio Pictures by March of Time |
| Charleston Party/duplicate with numbers | 1927 | Budget Films/w numbers |
| Lindy Hop/ Voice: Tom Hale | 1927 | newsreel:The Golden 20’s. RKO and March of Time, 1927-1928.? |
| pre-Lindy/after Seben | 1927 | Watch Me Move 1986/narration:Sally Sommers |
| Shimmy | 1927 | Broadway Nights/Regal Distributing Corp. |
| Marathon Dance Contest | 1928 | Women in the 1920’s compilation film |
| Fashions of the Day/voice: Sally Anderson | 1929 | newsreel |
| Adagio/Georges & Jalna “Got You Under My Skin” | 1930 | feature film? |
| Apache/Alexis & Dorrano/the Celebrated Adagio Dancers | 1930 | Pathe Newsreel/WPA Film Library/ with numbers |
| Collegiate Shag/Plainfield N.J. | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| De Marcos doing a Peabody Dance | 1930 | Film |
| Jigwalk plus intro | 1930 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Jitterbug | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug “Jitterbugging Jitter-bugs”. 2 clips | 1930 | With Arthur White’s Lindy Hoppers/w Lee Norman’s Orchestra |
| Jitterbug contest (Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers-pre professional) | 1930 | Stompin’ At The Savoy w.Frankie Mannings/narrator:Robert Ulrich |
| Untitled | 1930 | poor quality |
| Jitterbug in ring/clear double | 1930 | News show/Imageways 212-265-1287 |
| Jitterbug Jive /New York City | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug with Cab Calloway | 1930 | Newsreel/ part of Twyla Tharp TV program/1980’s retrospective |
| Jitterbug | 1930 | “Dance Crazy in Hollywood”/Hermes Pan, narrator/1980s |
| Jitterbug/200,000 Jitterbugs go Slap Happy/Swing Jamboree | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug/Dizzy Round of Jitterbug and Jive hits the Big Town | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug/Beach Resort has New Slant on Jitterbug | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug/group dancing in hall 3 clips | 1930 | Stompin’ At The Savoy w.Frankie Mannings/narrator:Robert Ulrich |
| Jitterbug/Harvest Moon Ball | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug/Harvest Time in Rhythm | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug/Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in close quarters 2 clips | 1930 | Stompin’ At The Savoy w.Frankie Mannings/narrator:Robert Ulrich |
| Jitterbug-Cab Calloway, Twyla Tharp | 1930 | 1980’s program of 1930’s newsreel/U.M. +M. Productions |
| Lindy 2 clips | 1930 | Watch Me Move 1986/narration:Sally Sommers |
| Lindy Hop plus intro | 1930 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Lindy to air/ 2 couples on stage, Lindy/1 couple | 1930 | Watch Me Move 1986/narration:Sally Sommers |
| New Style Rumba Makes a Hit with Winter Tourists/FLA | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Shim Sham plus intro | 1930 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Susie Q Intro/studio version, Savoy version | 1930 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Waltz, Rumba, Mambo/ Harvest Moon Ball | 1930 | Newsreel/ part of Twyla Tharp TV program/1980’s retrospective |
| Waltz/New York City | 1930 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| The (New College) Shag and Lindy Hop | 1931 | Fox Movietone Newsreel (Harvest Moon Ball) |
| Marathon Dance Marriage | 1931 | Pathe Newsreel |
| Marathon foot idea “Your Feets Too Big” | 1931 | Fats Waller |
| Marathon/ clear double | 1931 | News show/Imageways 212-265-1287 |
| Marathon/Endurance dancers seek record after 5 months | 1931 | Newsreel/ part of Twyla Tharp TV program/1980’s retrospective |
| Marathon/Endurance dancers Still Seek Record after 5 months | 1931 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Marathon/Exhausted Couples Drag Feet in Endurance Walk | 1931 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Marathon/8 Couples Remain in Gruelling 3 Month Marathon | 1932 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Marathon/Tired couples totter in 2500 Hour “Walkathon Event | 1933 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Coney Island Venus Contest/ Voice: Sally Anderson | 1934 | newsreel |
| “How To Dance The Shag” | 1936 | Arthur Murray and his Shag dancers/Produced by Al Christie |
| Big Apple | 1937 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Big Apple (circle) | 1937 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Big Apple (circle)/clear double | 1937 | News show/ Imageways 212-265-1287 |
| Big Apple (circle)w/v.o. | 1937 | Newsreel/ part of Twyla Tharp TV program/1980’s retrospective |
| Big Apple general dancing/”From the Minuet to the Big Apple” | 1937 | UM+MTV/Will Hudson, Eddie deLange & their Orchestra |
| Big Apple in circle “From the Minuet to the Big Apple” | 1937 | UM+MTV/Will Hudson, Eddie deLange & their Orchestra |
| Big Apple Intro | 1937 | The American Musical Theatre/WCBS TV/Marshall Stearns/1960 |
| Big Apple” Dance, A Tarheel Stomp Agitates Country | 1937 | Universal Newsreel, Library of Congress |
| Jitterbug | 1937 | “Life in the 30s” NBC, distributed by McGraw Hill |
| Jitterbug “A Day At the Races” 2 clips | 1937 | with The Marx Brothers/ Universal Studios |
| Lambeth Walk | 1937 | “Life in the 30s” NBC, distributed by McGraw Hill |
| Irene Castle at the World’s Fair w/v.o. | 1939 | newsreel |