Lindy Hop at the 1939 New York World’s Fair

Posted on September 11th, 2009 by Rob

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This is some rare color footage of Lindy Hop (as well as some Fox Trot) being dance to the Glen Gray Orchestra at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. This was amateur “home movie” footage that, unfortunately, did not have sound.

Looks like the had a shortage of leads back then.

Categories: Videos, Vintage Tags: history, video

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Cynthia

September 11th, 2009 at 16:58 | #1

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This is awesome!

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