Dances - Old and New

Series

Series Name

World Pictorial News

Issue

Issue No.

230

Date Released

1 Oct 1945

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News from England
2. 2Harvest Time
3. 3Dances - Old and New

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

A valley in Burma - once the scene of a vicious attack: aeroplanes drop supplies. Ground crews, etc. watch a display of traditional dances by dancers of the Maharajah of Manipur. Melbourne, Australia: a "jitterbug" championship

Keywords

Music and dance; Aviation; Competitions; Military

Credits:

Commentator

Patrick O’Malley

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Email

film@iwm.org.uk

Web

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film

Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.

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