Jive Dance (1943)

Jive dance. Hammersmith Palais, London. M/S as dance teacher Josephine Bradley walks down steps at Palais and stands in front of Lou Praeger and his band. She announces the first dance to be performed is the jitterbug. Various shots of Tony Jackson and Mavis Sutton jitterbugging on the dance floor. She then explains how to jive dance with the help of Norma Cave and Jack Orton-Smith (?) who slowly show us the steps. Various shots as they jive, Tony and Mavis come on to join them. M/S of crowded room. Various shots as the crowds of people come onto the dance floor to jive, good shots. FILM ID:1491.33 FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/