| ROCK AND ROLL Sixteen young couples compete in rock and roll dancing in Hamburg. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5792 |
| Catalog #: | 493325 | |
| Clip Number: | 493325-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 56/93 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:10 - 01:10:24 | |
| Location: | Hamburg, Germany | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Dance ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Popular ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Jazz, Swing FADS AND TRENDS: 1950s LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Germany, Hamburg | |
| Description: | ROCK AND ROLL (aka ROCK UND ROLL ) German teens dance to American-style music, but it's not so much "Rock und roll" as the title would indicate, as swing. wild pairs dancing, acrobatic; shot snare drum, upright bass, trumpet player, enthusiastic onlookers. Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). Several, mostly C/U shots, taken from unusual angles, of band members playing rock and roll (although very jazzy) - great footage, very loud. Band descends in foreground to reveal dancers on the stage. Various shots of young men and women dancing rock and roll. Couples rocking energetically - throwing and spinning each other in all possible directions, guys swinging girls over shoulders, couples slinging each other over backs, sliding across the floor - looks more like gymnastic contest than dancing. Shots of the dancers are inter-cut with shots of the highly excited audience and the band. Extremely fast and energetic editing, including great music and lots of C/U shots makes this one of the best youth related items from the 1950's. Also - groovy shots of fashion-lovers in the 50's. | |
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