Louis Armstrong Goes to the Congo

This newsreel from 1960 accounts of the genius Louis Armstrong's fateful trip to Africa.

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RCA -- Victor Magic of Music

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Propaganda Techniques

Educational film to teach viewers about the dynamics of propaganda, made in the in the late 1940's or early 1950's.

A teacher dissects the processes in which propaganda works to an eager student.

In it are moments of classic hokum, but curiously many of the techniques ring true today.

Beware of Propaganda.

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Newport Cigarettes

If you miss the bus, don't fret. A happy Newport cigarette billboard is bound to entertain you.

And don't forget, menthol lovers, 'Newport tastes fresher, tastes better, too.'

Is it illegal to run a cigarette ad here?

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Hawaiian Hula Song with Slack Key Guitar

Hawaiian Hula Song, a classic.

A seductive beauty does the hula while a duo play on guitar
and slide.

During the last third of the song, the rhythm picks up, becoming swingy.

Where Hawaiian traditional and American Jazz meet, practically western swing.

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Burlesque - Georgia Sothern

Film Theatarettes presents Georgia Sothern in her dance from the musical hit Star and Garter.

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The Smut Peddler

This mid-1960's era blue movie trailer is another example, like Smut Peddler, of what you would likely see at one of the many lurid Times Square theaters that existed in the days before Giuliani.

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