Jive Dance (1943)

Jive dance. Hammersmith Palais, London. M/S as dance teacher Josephine Bradley walks down steps at Palais and stands in front of Lou Praeger and his band. She announces the first dance to be performed is the jitterbug. Various shots of Tony Jackson and Mavis Sutton jitterbugging on the dance floor. She then explains how to jive dance with the help of Norma Cave and Jack Orton-Smith (?) who slowly show us the steps. Various shots as they jive, Tony and Mavis come on to join them. M/S of crowded room. Various shots as the crowds of people come onto the dance floor to jive, good shots. FILM ID:1491.33 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/