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Highland Park Michigan USA 1928 stock footage and images

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Duke Ellington with Arthur Whetsol play instruments and Fredi Washington joins them in Harlem, New York.

A film titled 'Black and Tan Fantasy' about jazz musician Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Dramatized scene shows African American musician Duke Ellington playing piano with Arthur Whetsol playing trumpet. Two African American men talk while searching for a address. Two men enter the hall and talk to Duke Ellington. They pick up the piano. Fredi Washington enters the room. She bribes the two men with a drink. Two men leave home after finishing their drink. Fredi Washington listens to Duke Ellington and Arthur Whetsol.

Date: 1929
Duration: 6 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068248
The Duke Ellington Orchestra plays and men perform dance in Harlem, New York.

From a film about jazz great Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Dramatization : The Duke Ellington Orchestra plays. Men dance as the band plays. The orchestra continues to play. African American men stand in a row and dance as the musicians play.

Date: 1929
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068249
Duke Ellington Orchestra plays and Fredi Washington performs dance in Harlem, New York

A film about African American jazz musician Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Fredi Washington on a chair. Dramatization: The Duke Ellington Orchestra plays. Character played by Fredi Washington feels dizzy. The band continues to play. The host calls Fredi Washington to perform. Fredi Washington dances. She faints while dancing. Men pick her up and take her away. Dancers perform.

Date: 1929
Duration: 5 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068250
The Duke Ellington Orchestra members play as character played by Fredi Washington lies ill on bed in Harlem, New York

From a film about African American musician Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Dramatization : Fredi Washington lies on bed. The Duke Ellington band members play. People sing. Jazz musician Duke Ellington plays piano. Character played by Fredi Washington dies.

Date: 1929
Duration: 4 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068251
People in a parade and office as well as residential apartments on Lenox avenue in Harlem, New York

A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City during the Great Depression. A band plays in a parade. African American residents of Harlem walk in parade on Lenox Avenue. Aerial view of the parade. People watch parade from terrace of a building. A traffic policeman at work directing traffic on 7th Street. Automobile traffic and buildings on Seventh Street. People walking by touch the stump of a good luck elm tree known as the "Tree of Hope", located on Seventh Avenue (later renamed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.), between 131st Street and 132nd Street in New York City. The tree was cut down in 1934 with expansion work on Seventh Avenue (also called the "Boulevard of Dreams"). People wait to cross road. Elevated views of office and business buildings on 125th street. A crowded and busy sidewalk of pedestrians on 125th street. Government housing development on banks of Harlem river for a restricted lower income group.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068254
Views of life in Harlem, New York City, circa 1938.

A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City. Scenes of Harlem, New York City, at dusk and nighttime during the Great Depression. Elevated train carrying passengers uptown to Harlem. Commuters coming out of subway station. Kids gathered on the sidewalk. Actor, Ossie Davis, early in his career, is seen at a lunch counter talking to another man. Couples in an upscale restaurant. Exteriors of various ball rooms. African American people dance, including Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers performing at the Savoy Ballroom. Couples talk. African American high-society debutantes and young couples in formal dress dance to ballroom music. Several girls tap dancing at Smalls Cabaret as jazz musicians play instruments including saxophone and drums. A man enters an apartment building at night. Aerial view of Harlem at night.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068255