1928-1935NEWSREELS
DEPRESSION ERA VINTAGE AMERICAN MUSIC. MUSICIANS FILMED ON STREET CORNERS, FRONT PORCHES, COUNTRY DANCES, SUMMER RESORTS, NIGHTCLUBS, CHURCHES, RADIO STATIONS. FOOTAGE FROM 1928-35.
BOB WILLS, JUG BAND, WASHBOARD BAND, BLACK BANJOIST, EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, NOTE - JIMMIE RODGERS CLIP ACCESS ONLY
BOB WILLS, JUG BAND, WASHBOARD BAND, BLACK BANJOIST, EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, NOTE - JIMMIE RODGERS CLIP ACCESS ONLY
This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
| 01:00:36 13.93 |
JIMMIE RODGERS "WAITING FOR A TRAIN," "DADDY AND HOME," "BLUE YODEL" (1929) - ACCESS ONLY - the only known footage of Country music pioneer JIMMIE RODGERS known as the Singing Breakman - here performs three songs in 1930
|
| 01:09:31 548.93 |
WHISTLER'S JUG BAND "FOLDIN' BED" (1930). early African-American JUG BAND - blues
|
| 01:12:07 704.9 |
ELDER LIGHTFOOT SOLOMON MICHAUX & CONGREGATION "HAPPY AM I"
PERFORMED AT REVIVAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON. DC FEB. 18, 1935. BLACK GOSPEL, SANCTIFIED SINGING |
| 01:15:37 914.9 |
BASCOM LAMAR LUNCEFORD BAND "DOGGETT'S GAP"
CU BANJO PLAYER HANDS (1928). EARLY COUNTRY MUSIC, NORTH CAROLINA STRING BAND 1928 |
| 01:19:29 1146.9 |
JULES ALLEN "HOME ON THE RANGE"
COWBOYS SITTING AROUND CAMPFIRE (1930) |
| 01:20:05 1182.9 |
UNCLE JOHN SCRUGGS "LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN IN THE LANE" (1928). EARLY FOOTAGE OF RURAL AFRICAN AMERICAN BANJO PLAYER - SINGER FILMED IN FRONT OF HIS RURAL CABIN WITH LITTLE CHILDREN DANCING ALONG TO HIS PLAYING RURAL BLUES COUNTRY
|
| 01:24:08 1425.9 |
JACK JOHNSON'S JAZZ BAND "TIGER RAG" 4 TAKES (1929). A JAZZ BAND FRONTED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN PRIZE FIGHTER JACK JOHNSON JOHNSON WAS THE HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION CIRCA 1905
|
| 01:30:02 1779.9 |
FIDDLE & GUITAR PLAYER AT SQUARE DANCE "WAGGONER"
(1930) RURAL COUNTRY STRING BAND PLAYS COUNTRY DANCE |
| 01:30:45 1823.9 |
BELA LAM & FAMILY "POOR LITTLE BENNY" (1930). EARLY PRIMITIVE RURAL SINGER OF SACRED SONGS PLAYED ON BANJO WITH VOCALS BY LAM AND HIS WIFE - LAM RECORDED ON THE OKEH LABEL IN THE MID 1920S - PRE-WAR COUNTRY MUSIC
|
| 01:32:50 1947.93 |
CUMBERLAND RIDGE RUNNERS "GOOFUS"
SHRINERS HOSPITAL, CHICAGO, 1/7/35. EARLY WHITE STRING BAND |
| 01:34:14 2031.93 |
EDDIE THOMAS & CARL SCOTT "TOMORROW,"
BLACK WASH WOMAN. "MY OHIO HOME" (1928) RURAL BLACK WASHERWOMAN AT WASH PAN - BLACK MUSICIAN GRABS HER WASHBOARD AND PLAYS MUSIC WITH KAZOOS AND UKULELE - EARLY SKIFFLE BAND AFRICAN AMERICAN |
| 01:38:23 2280.93 |
BOB WILLS & THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS "WAKE UP SUSAN," TEXAS SWING
|
| 01:39:26 2343.93 |
BOB WILLIS "LIBERTY" (1951)
|
| 01:40:52 2429.93 |
GEORGIA FIELD HANDS SING SPIRITUAL WITH BANJO "MARY, DON'T YOU WEEP" (1929) EARLY BLACK VOCAL QUARTET
|
| 01:42:51 2548.93 |
BUN WRIGHT'S FIDDLE BAND PERFORMS "SOLDIER'S JOY" FOR PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - RURAL WHITE COUNTRY STRING BAND WITH HARP GUITAR AND FIDDLES WITH FDR (1933)
|
| 01:43:48 2605.93 |
TED WEEMS' ORCHESTRA "CHEER UP"
WITH A KICKLINE OF WOMEN IN BATHING SUITS ON THE BEACH (1930) |
| 01:44:51 2668.93 |
OTTO GRAY'S OKLAHOMA COWBOYS otto gray otto grey LASSO TRICKS, SILLY COWBY ANTICS (1929)
|
| 01:58:51 3508.93 |
ESTUDIANTINA INVENCIBAL "EL FIEL ENAMORADO" (1929). RURAL CUBAN BAND
|
| 02:03:01 3758.93 |
FIDDLE BAND PLAYING FOR DANCE "MISS MCLEOD'S REEL"
(1929) |
| 02:03:43 3800.93 |
DUKE DAVIS BANJO BAND "IDA"
WITH THE LARGEST BANJO IN THE WORLD (1929) |
| 02:03:46 3803.93 |
LEMIRE TWINS "MIGHTY LAK'A ROSE,"
WITH HUGE BANJO (1928) |
| 02:05:16 3893.93 |
LEMIRE TWINS "DREAM KISSES"
|
| 02:06:21 3958.93 |
MUSICIANS AT OLD TIME FIDDLER'S CONVENTION "TURKEY IN THE STRAW". (1932)
OLD MAN & LITTLE BOY DANCING |
| 02:07:16 4013.93 |
FRANK WESTPHAL'S ORCHESTRA "SING YOU SINNERS"
ANNOUNCER AT MICROPHONE (1930) |
Jump to this point
