<I>Camera Three: The Jazz of Wilbur de Paris</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: Produced by
content: CBS Broadcasting, Inc., American, founded 1927
label: Directed by
content: Anthony Farrar
label: Subject of
content: Wilbur de Paris, American, 1900 - 1973
label: Subject of
content: The Townsmen
label: Subject of
content: James Macandrew, Scottish American, ca. 1907 - 1988
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A release print of Camera Three: The Jazz of Wilbur de Paris. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with the silhouette of Wilbur de Paris' band performing. The host announces, "This is Jim Macandrew. Today, the first of a Camera Three summer series of three widely divergent musical programs. Preparing themselves just now are Wilbur de Paris and his New Orleans jazz band." Macandrew then launches into a brief description of de Paris' musical career and his band's tour of Africa.
label: Description
content: The band begins to play immediately after Macandrew's introduction. The first track they perform is "Mardi Gras Rag." Their second performance is "The Blues in G" and the Townsmen quartet sings alongside the band. In the next performance, the band plays the tune to Shelton Brooks’ "Walkin' the Dog," while the quartet sings and two pairs of dancers perform in front of the band. Wilbur de Paris prefaces the subsequent performance, "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," by stating that "…from time to time there has been some objections of doing a number of this type but we feel that we are just as reverent as anyone who has been brought up in the church…" The performance includes both the band and the singing quartet but not the dancers. In the next performance, the band plays "The Charleston," while the dancers do the accompanying "Charleston" dance.
label: Description
content: At the end of "The Charleston," James Macandrew enters the stage and says "…This has been the first of three Camera Three programs devoted to varied aspects of music. Two weeks from today, we will present Miss Nina Simone, who, as singer and pianist, has made a striking impression on the world of jazz for the past few seasons…" The band then performs a final number, "Bouquets.” The closing credits roll. The instrumentalists credited are Hayes J. Alvis (bass), Garvin P. Bushnell (clarinet), Adolphus A. Cheatham (trumpet), Sidney de Paris (trumpet), Wilbert Kirk (drums), John W. Smith, Jr. (banjo), and Ellerton O. White (piano). The Townsmen are credited as Carroll Buchannan, John Jay Miles, John W. Morrison, and Eugene Thamon, while the dancers are credited as Lynne Gibson, Leon Jones Albert. D. Minns, and Lorraine Montenegro.
place: label: Place filmed
content: New York City, New York County, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Television
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Portfolio/Series
content: Camera Three
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: 2015.275.41.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
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): 00:25:46
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 990 ft