Film clips from Westinghouse Preview Theatre: The Benny Goodman Show
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Created by
content: Universal Network Television, American, founded 1950
label: Produced by
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Subject of
content: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: Film clips from "The Benny Goodman Show” (part of the Westinghouse Preview Theatre television series). It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with an announcer stating, "Westinghouse Preview Theatre presents the king of swing, Benny Goodman." The footage then shows fireworks and rides from Disneyland, California. Next, Benny Goodman can be seen on the stage foretelling the show's lineup. The first song they perform is "Ridin' High." The band then plays several other tunes. At various points, audience members can be seen dancing and applauding. At the end of the show, the announcer says, “Benny Goodman saying goodbye from the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland,” before the closing credits role.
place: label: Place filmed
content: Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.275.36.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
label: Type
content: film clips
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:17:49
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 700 ft