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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 do their respective jobs and people at a market place in Harlem, New York, during the Great Depression.

A film titled 'Life in Harlem' about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York. Buildings in Harlem. A horse drawn carriage on road. People near their houses. A man pulls a loaded push cart. A boy comes out of a house for his work as a shoe shine boy. Policemen move out of a police headquarters building for their duty in the streets. A sweeper works on a subway. African American man wearing suit and hat eats a sandwich. A crowded sidewalk with pedestrians and a news stand. An address sign for West 145 Edgecombe Avenue. An apartment building. Views of more wealthy areas of Harlem and Schubert Hills. Women come out of a building. Awning for the Park Lincoln building with street address 309. A woman in elaborate fancy dress and hat walks under awning and enters a waiting car as a doorman holds open the door of the taxi cab for her. Two young women bicycle on road. People shopping at open air food market with vendors and push carts on upper 8th Avenue. A man reads newspaper as he sits and has his shoes shined by a shoe shine man. People at door ways of houses.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068252
Apartment buildings, automobiles in traffic, people sitting on benches, and other scenes in Harlem, New York

African American people of Harlem in New York City during the Great Depression. An African American man sits with two children on a bench. Women sit on a bench with a child in pram. A man reads a book. A sign reads 'W 110 Lenox Ave'. Buildings on Lenox avenue. Traffic of automobiles, trucks, and pedestrians on Lenox Avenue as seen from a moving vehicle. Cars parked alongside road. Men sit outside a building. One of the African American men has crutches. View of Father Divine's Peace Mission building, followed by a view of Father Divine (Reverend M. J. Divine or Reverend Major Jealous Divine) addressing his followers while seated at a luncheon event. Shops on street that follow Father Divine's movement including a Peace Shine shoe shine business, the Peace Tailor, and the Peace and Prosperity Barber Shop.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068253