1940s SOUNDIES REEL: LAMBETH WALK, SONGS OF THE SOUTH, DINAH w, BOB HOWARD XD45374a

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films Visit Visit our website This reel compiles 4 distinctly different short musical featurettes which touch variously on antifascism, racist minstrelsy, and underrepresented black performers of the 1940s (TRT: 20:00): 1) Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk, Assisted by the Gestapo HepCats a 1942 short propaganda film by Charles A. Ridley of the UK Ministry of Information. This parody, an early found footage reedit of Leni Riefenstahl s Triumph of the Will was remixed to make pompous Nazis appear foolish doing The Lambeth Walk, a contemporary dance craze reviled by the party as Jewish mischief and animalistic hopping. The title references the surname of Adolf Hitlers grandmother Maria Schicklgruber. The film was released in the U. S. by Leslie Winik, known for his Sportsbeams newsreels. Adolf Hitler appears to strike up a marching band and officers, who march forward and