| AUSSIE BAND AND DANCE Australian soldiers' swing band, plus Aboriginal music and traditional dancing. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7070 |
| Catalog #: | 202176 | |
| Clip Number: | 202176-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 404 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:38 - 01:02:13 | |
| Location: | Australia | |
| Year Shot: | 1943 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CULTURAL GROUPS: Aborigines ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Ethnic / Cultural ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Popular ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Ethnic / Cultural ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Jazz, Swing LOCATIONS/AUSTRALIA: Misc PERSONALITIES: T WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Rest & Recreation | |
| Description: | AUSSIE BAND AND DANCE Australian soldiers' swing band, plus Aboriginal music and traditional dancing. Australia. Various shots of Australian soldiers in a swing band entertaining a group of fellow Diggers. The band consists of battered drum kit, dilapidated piano and various home-made pipes and whistles. The soldiers all wear shorts, some have bare feet. Two soldiers get up and do comical dance at front of stage. The performance takes place outside, in background are army tents. Low angled shot of Aborigine playing didgiridoo, the soldiers sit on grass listening. Various shots of Aboriginal tribesmen performing traditional war dance. A soundtrack of big band swing music is played over top of dance. | |
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