The Twentieth Century: Duke Ellington Swings Through Japan
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Boatwright, Ruth Ellington, 1914-2004
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials
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content: Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials / Series 11: Audiovisual Materials / 11.2: Moving Image Materials
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content: 1 Film reel (16mm black and white composite optical track print)
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content: 1964 December 20
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content: Box 18A, Item AC0415-RV0003
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content: Reel AC0415-OF0003
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Moving Images
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content: Film reels
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content: Producer: CBS

Narrator: Walter Cronkite

Portrait of Ellington and the Orchestra as they tour Japan. Includes performances of "Black and Tan Fantasy" "Mood Indigo" "Solitude" "Sophisticated Lady" among others.