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Benny Goodman plays the clarinet and leads his Orchestra at the Hotel New Yorker in New York City.

Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in Hotel New Yorker, New York City. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. American jazz musician Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on stage of jazz club. Goodman plays the clarinet and leads the orchestra. Soldiers and civilian men dance with their wives. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031228
Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform at the Hotel New Yorker in new York City.

Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in Hotel New Yorker, New York City. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. American jazz musician Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on jazz club stage. Goodman prepares for another performance. He begins the performance, leads the Orchestra and plays the clarinet. Musicians play various instruments including trumpets, saxophones and the double bass.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031229
A dance orchestra performs 'Tonight We Love' in New York City.

A dance orchestra performs at the Cog Rouge in New York City. The leader and the band. They begin their performance of 'Tonight We Love'. Musicians play various instruments including piano, violin, double bass, saxophone, accordion and the drums. Guests seated in the room. A naval officer dances with his partner.

Date: 1943
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031230
Frank Sinatra performs before WAVES in New York City.

Frank Sinatra performs at the Walton High School Auditorium in the Bronx, New York City. He sings 'The Song is You'. Women military WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) seated in the hall. A conductor conducts the Station Military and Dance Band. Sailors play various instruments like the double bass, trumpets, and clarinets. (No audio).

Date: 1943, November
Duration: 4 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031231
Jazz musician Duke Ellington composes a musical score at the piano in his Capitol Records Office in New York City.

African American composer, pianist and band leader, Duke Ellington seated at his piano in the home atmosphere of his office in the Capitol Records Company Building. He plays a phrase on the piano then makes musical notation. Sheet music of Ellington's works are filmed in close up, including Mood Indigo, Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Don't Get Around Much Anymore, Black and Tan Fantasy, Sophisticated, and Caravan.

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 4 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031232
Art Tatum and his Trio perform at the Three Deuces night club in New York City, during World War II

African American jazz pianist Arthur Tatum Jr. performs while filming at the Three Deuces night club on 52nd Street in New York City, during World War 2. (This film contains a number of takes, from various angles, of Tatum and the trio performing , including some of Tatum's hands, alone, on the piano keys.) Entrance to the Three Deuces night club. Poster at entrance advertising Art Tatum and his Trio. People enter the club. Tatum plays the piano, accompanied by bassist Slam Stewart and guitarist Tiny Grimes. People seated at tables listening to the performance. The Trio performs. A sailor and a girl seated nearby. (Note: The tune being played is entitled, "Tiny's Exercise," written by guitarist Tiny Grimes.)

Date: 1943, October
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031233