<I>Dixieland Jamboree</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1946
name: label: Produced by
content: Gordon Hollingshead, American, 1892 - 1952
label: Subject of
content: The Three Whippets, American
label: Subject of
content: Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994
label: Subject of
content: The Five Racketeers, American
label: Subject of
content: Adelaide Hall, American, 1901 - 1993
label: Subject of
content: Fayard Nicholas, American, 1914 - 2006
label: Subject of
content: Harold Nicholas, American, 1921 - 2000
label: Subject of
content: Eunice Wilson, American, 1911 - 1984
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A motion picture film with the title Dixieland Jamboree. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with footage of people working in a field and a narrator saying, "Always, music has been an intimate part of a people's existence and in America, the negro has given to music a newer, greater significance…" Short clips of different musical performances accompany his commentary, sometimes including scenes from the film Jammin' the Blues. At 00:00:53, singer/actress Eunice Wilson and vaudeville entertainers Five Racketeers can be seen performing on stage. In the next scene, The Three Whippets, dressed as chefs, are seen performing acrobatics on a stage. In the subsequent scene, Adelaide Hall sings on a stage while a pianist plays behind her. The penultimate act features the Nicholas Brothers tap dancing, while the final scene showcases Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing onstage.
place: label: Place made
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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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: 2015.275.19.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Warner Brothers Pictures
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:09:39
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 400 ft