Sid Millward And His Nitwits (1940)

Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio. Several shots of the musician and band leader Sid Millward playing the clarinet accompanied by the Nitwits who are a small jazz band. They play several lively and cheerful songs. Note: one of the tunes is ’St Louis Blues’, which segues into ’Roll Out The Barrel’ towards the end - SL. Duplicate exists in Turns Can 8 - see separate record for details. FILM ID:1298.2 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, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé webs