Film clips of a dance contest and a performance of “Old Rockin' Chair"
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1957
name: label: Directed by
content: Dwight Hemion, American, 1926 - 2008
label: Subject of
content: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
label: Subject of
content: Jack Teagarden, American, 1905 - 1964
label: Owned by
content: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
notes: label: Description
content: A film strip with two clips: one from a dance competition and another of Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden performing "Old Rockin' Chair" at the "Timex All Star Jazz Show." It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The first footage opens with a master of ceremonies talking about a dance competition. He then calls the dance couple. After their performance, he calls another couple to the stage. A third couple also performs. After the third couple's performance, the master of ceremonies himself also dances as a jazz band performs in the background. The second film in the compilation opens with a jazz band performing onstage at the first "Timex All Star Jazz Show." At the end of the performance, jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden walks forward and begins singing a new song before he starts playing the trombone. He is joined onstage shortly afterwards by Louis Armstrong and both men sing the lyrics to "Old Rockin' Chair." The audience applauds at the end of their performance.
place: label: Place made
content: 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)
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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: 2015.275.26.1a
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: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acetate film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (digital file): 00:10:03
label: Dimensions
content: Physical extent (film): 400 ft