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 anti-fascism, racist minstrelsy, and underrepresented black performers of the 1940s (TRT: 20:00): 1) “Schichlegruber - Doing the Lambeth Walk, Assisted by the Gestapo Hep-Cats” a 1942 short propaganda film by Charles A. Ridley of the UK Ministry of Information. This parody, an early “found footage” re-edit of Leni Riefenstahl’s “Triumph of the Will” was re-mixed 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 Hitler’s 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