Aussie Band And Dance Issue Title Is Swing Time (1943)

Part of issue SWING TIME. Australia. Various shots of Australian soldiers in a swing band entertaining a group of fellow Diggers. The band consists of battered drum kit, dilapidated piano and various home-made pipes and whistles. The soldiers all wear shorts, some have bare feet. Two soldiers get up and do comical dance at front of stage. The performance takes place outside, in background are army tents. Low angled shot of Aborigine playing didgiridoo, the soldiers sit on grass listening. Various shots of Aboriginal tribesmen performing traditional war dance for soldiers and women. Inside of natural sound a sound track of big band swing music is played over top of dance. FILM ID:1570.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection