Documentary Dancing in britain 1919-1945

[missjo]

Recently I saw a great documentary about dancing in Britain in the years 1919-1945.
It was on BBC4 and I decided to make a little video about some of the interesting bits.
I have the entire documentary digitally on my computer, but I think its to big to send to other people trough the internet.

Here you can see the short movie I made about this documentary;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owv9JmHOln0

Enjoy and discuss!
Some of the WW2 dances are very interesting!

 

[cherrypicker]

Thanks for that.
Out of interest,have you ever seen 'we are the Lambeth boys'? It's set around a youth club in Lambeth ,south London, I think in the 50's/60's.Some nice period detail to be seen,and a bit of dancing towards the end.
Here's the link http://www.channel4.com/fourdocs/archive/lambeth_boys.html

 

[Alan Eardley]

Thanks, Miss J.

That really brought back memories of watching Mum and Dad dancing when I was a kid. As my Dad helped organise the dances I was allowed to go along sometimes and watch from a balcony - very like the camera angle in some of the 1940s clips. The strange thing is, I remember it in black and white. My kids were convinced that there was no colours before the 1950s. Maybe they were right!


I can still jitterbug - it's just the best dance there is IMO if you have an athletic couple who know what they are doing.

Alan

Recently I saw a great documentary about dancing in Britain in the years 1919-1945.
It was on BBC4 and I decided to make a little video about some of the interesting bits.
I have the entire documentary digitally on my computer, but I think its to big to send to other people trough the internet.

Here you can see the short movie I made about this documentary;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owv9JmHOln0

Enjoy and discuss!
Some of the WW2 dances are very interesting!

 

[Fletch]

The header made me think there was some pastime, movement, fad, etc. actually called "documentary dancing."
If there wasn't in 1919-45, there should be today.