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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
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
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