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Did you think they were the same age? Everyone in the world is not the same age.

not grandparents actually, blacks Films like this were rare I think

An a daymn shot TOUGHER !

Indeed!!!!

I can say for a fact that in his youth my grandfather was miles smoother than I have ever been. I aspire to make up for it one day.

Oh my, that's wonderful, thanks for sharing!

Brilliant to be descended from such talent 👍 Happy (late) Birthday 🎂

TELL HER I SAY HAPPY MAREVLOUS BDAY TODAY IS MY NEPHEWS BDAY TOO HES 4 BUT LOVED WHEN I WOULD PLAY THIS PART AND WE WOULD DANCE AND I WOULD SWING HIM AROUND AND AAAAAWAAAAY WE GO.

Anna that I say thank you all the way from New York because when my daughter had to study swing dancing I pulled that up and I showed her how to really swing dance not that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers stuff not that Lindsey step stuff that these white kids is doing now and I mean she killed it when time came for her to do her swing dance . I was so proud and Ya nana wouldve been too

Which one the names is at the end. I hope its Ms. Anna i love her

They are guns and multi instrumentalists that can all act well and have comedic timing.

Dude was spitting lyrics a half century early!

@@Donkor640

Sounds good to my ear holes!

you no knigrow

If the tie didn't fall, I would think this was was sped up to 1.5 speed

He throws his hat after too, like yup, this is just getting in the way! The way she seamlessly integrated it…that’s a TRUE performer!

wow you right, I cut tell you how many times I have watched this on video and notice the material fly out of the scene but never realised she actually did all that till now.. 👏👏👏👏👏👈

Man..their culture really took a nose dive after the 60s.This was peak awesomeness.

​@@lullaby218Yes, their culture did take a dive into the sea of even more greatness. 😊 Jealousy isn't a good look for you, btw.

Nestor Gonzalez It wasn't. There are cuts everywhere.

@@EJP286CRSKW I mean those could be different camera angles, but it sounds too good to be true. That would be extremely difficult.

Xander Extremely difficult, and never done in Hollywood. It would be cheaper to shoot multiple takes, and the suggestion was originally that it was all done in one take for economy reasons, so it doesn't make sense. Similarly, the music would have been prerecorded.

@@EJP286CRSKW yeah you’re right it would be too difficult.

Dont doubt one take... after one take .. after one take!! Dancers do this *and more* when on stage and for shows.. they practice hours and hours a week to do exactly this!! It is their job, and it is their passion.. and the folks in this video put on a show of a lifetime.. forever to be remembered for their passion and ability, long live the dancers :)

People are too sucked into the empty promises of pitiably untalented one-minute videos on TikTok.

@@bruzote idk why people always blame stuff on tiktok, those dances are just for fun and quick entertainment, actual dancing is still regularly done by people who put time and dedication into it

Musicals have a very limited range of success. Most musicals fail. I for one think musicals are psychotic. Unless people are suffering from a serious psychosis, they don't hear music come from nowhere and start dancing for no reason. The years of big musical numbers died with the Sound of Music and Mary Poppins. The days of Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney throwing the biggest show in their small dust bowl town in Kansas is are fortunately gone and best left forgotten. But these folks are dancing in insane amounts of energy and acrobatics.

@@ms.annthrope415 I disagree about musicals being psychotic. They are merely fantastic, and we humans can allow ouirselves fantasy, in my humble opinion. But I agree about the folks here dancing with insane amounts of energy and acrobatics. cheers from cloudy Vienna, Scott

@@ms.annthrope415 Um you have heard of a little musical film called Cabaret, right? How about All That Jazz? or then getting more recent Chicago. Ot the revival of West Side Story (I do prefer original work) The musical does not dominate like it did but it has an amazing place NOT just in history but today as well.

classic!

Agreed 100%. The sheer abandon and joy. I smile through the entire video.

Most dancers back then couldn't keep up with these people. They were at the top of game - just unrecognized.

You'll find that most of the dancers that can keep up with the people in this video, are the people who live in the "hood." Look up New Orleans Bounce dancing, Chicago Footwork, Baltimore Club Music dance cyphers/battles, and Jersey Club Music Dance cyphers/battles. In fact, the dancing in the video (Jive) is the root of modern dances in the Black community called "Juke."

False. This was a style of dance. Folks went out to the dancehalls to dance just like this..

And the energy

The speed is off the chain. They are moving fast look at the ladies hair bonnets flying off.

Some of those flips looked friggin scary. My back/neck tensed watching some of the throws.

@@AeroGold1 ppl were built different.

Yes the rest of the movie is plain and dull in comparison.

very

You need strong legs and a resistant heart to try this dance

Living in a time when people generally trusted each other more than in our modern 'culture' helps I imagine.

"Alright, now. Im gonna to be really roughin ya up on this number, so dont get mad at me!"

@@Tomlinsky dance trust is different from human decency trust. I need to know you are strong enough to throw and catch me. The height they get on these and the speed. One miscue and things can end very badly. Not just gonna let any ol body do that.

Hello Angela How are you doing today?

I didn't even notice it was that clean!

And I think her partner saw the move and got rid of his hat too. Really something else.

Its just brilliant can't stop watching it🤌🏾💪🏾

Yes, the dance style that is the foundation of break dancing in hip-hop that Foundational Black Americans created not Puerto Ricans.

It is not Jive! It’s Lindy Hop!

YEEEESSSS, eeeeeeverything STARTED with YOU GUYS....😉🤣😉🤣😉🤣....🙄

​@OlgaLopez-uc8ve we are the cradle of civilization. Life would be boring without us😊

You're absolutely right! I've always said the men AND the women were Olympic quality athletes in this classic scene! What's really amazing is that this was done in one take! The movie company didn't want to waste time doing several versions. Fred Astaire could never do such a complicated, demanding dance routine in one take. Also, there was no professional choreographer to create the dance steps for them. These folks made up their routine on the fly. They were street dancers from Harlem who loved jazz music and the Lindy Hop with an exuberant passion! It would be interesting to learn how much the dancers were paid for their film performance. But it would only piss me off! Trust me, I'm sure these performers are due some reparations from the movie company. It's not just the complicated, physically demanding, creative routine they performed. It's their sheer joy and exuberance that lifts my soul. That expression of passion in the cinema is so very authentic. When I get down or depressed, I watch this explosion of energy and pure passionate enthusiasm. It makes me thankful to be alive. I appreciate the wonderful colorization process that was done to this classic clip.

hahahahahahha yeeesssss

@@CandyCrawford CQFD. Merci !

That's not Lindy Hoppage; it's Jitter Buggery.

Lindy Hoppers were amazing. Instead of "hold my beer" it should read "hold my beer truck" !!

And her partner almost slips on it!! wow

thats crazy i didnt notice that, good eye

@@SleepingMonkey29 While trying to flip his partner

Amazing ,, I watch kids today dance ,,, just not a lot to it ,,,

I was being amazed by the same thing. Was wondering whether this what someone "scripted" or not (2021 sceptical thinking), but I guess it is just good old fashioned proffesionalism.

Loved the bow work.

Rip slam nice work sir..

Yes, when I saw him I was in love. My late husband was a bass player and he played the trombone I'm glad that you had the chance to meet him. R.I.P peace to Slam and my late husband R.C. EVANS 😌😌😌

Tell us more!

This is good but only one dance routine to top them all Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_8yGGtVKrD8.html

They must have practiced for Hours and hours to be this good

@Yihi Tooj did you see the Nicholas Brothers?

Nice 👍 comment ! Agree !

@Director HFerreira What the hell did I just read? 😭 you need to cut down on the sugar!!!

To me it looked like a human carnival mixed with a little gymnastics.

@@Noway673 yeah, pro wrestling.

Maybe you should ask #Santa for a drum kit? 🤔

That one guy was doing Hurricane Kicks, he would have made Ryu proud!

You win the internet, lol.

My choir director said once "Ginger did everything Fred did, but backwards and in heels"

It's amazing. I can't say I've seen something like it in recent times.

That's how WE got down!!!?

No fragile snowflakes were harmed in the making of that video. Those were real men, and real women demonstrating really amazing talent, and strength.

It's pretty ridiculous to try to make a distinction between men and women and their dancing abilities in response to this outstanding song AND dance video, it's cocomami bullshit, end of story, that's it.

Watching, thumbs up and sharing this video is thanking them!

I agree, they called it the jitterbug and the jive - nope Lindy hop from HARLEM

Wow I so love your comment!!!

Well let me thank you for your kind words and acknowledgement of our people and the gifts and talents of our ancestors.

You just did, my dear 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Should be well rested by the end of the ol quarantine haha

See that would be me, but I got trust issues.

I will

Me TOO....!! Cant wait

😁

Probably because he knows the piano like the back of his hand

@@95TurboSol perfect.

Slim gaillard, and slam. Slim and slam. AMAZING

@@kaylahall1219 I remember slim n slam with huge affection

Slim "Boulee" Gaillard.. Legendary. Hands like Hendrix!! Referenced in Kerouac's "On The Road" and the composer of the original "Tutti Frutti". Love.

There was a swing revival in the 90s, should it come back again?

This is from the late 30s, it has nothing to do with flappers 😅

there is live jazz in most cities in Europe and the US, and quite often there are dancers there.

Roast of the year. lol

Ain't THAT the truth!

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Just stay away from any unscripted television shows, it brought us the last 4 years....

🎯

You are so fkn right and I'm white Your the first I have heard of being Proud along with Muhammad Ali CASSIUS CLAY Australia 💕 Christina

@@christinalikoski4937 Absolutely! These people performing parents and grandparents were just in shekels. Slavery had only ended 76 years before this was filmed. Look at the age of the performers. When you hear someone say "I made something out of nothing" or "I came from the bottom to the top" These people not only did these things but did them while dealing with lynching's, segregation, being made fun of in the form of minstrel shows and much much more. Resilience, talent, mental and physical strength, intelligence and much much more is what they are made of. Anyone should be proud to be a descendant of humans such as these.

And your job is to make sure no one you know forgets this history, this humanity and this talent.

Include me in I am also proud to see this talent which occurred far before I was born.

I am white ...so I have to say ...this was the best performance I've ever seen in my live ❤️🤷‍♂️

I'm going to guess that it took two takes to shoot this because the maid didn't catch her hat in the first one. Incredible talent!! So much fun!!

@@jeffhagerman2905 Yeah, Frankie mentioned, that it took multiple shots because they had to move the camera

@@MarkusChamber But not because the dancers screwed up. 🙃

AND FUN!

Jazz has no timing no perfection, is just love and interpretation

You saw fearless, I saw trust.

@@m.dewylde5287 💀

Me too!! The speed???

@@m.dewylde5287 I guess what we see is an interpretation of ourselves.

I wonder what the tryouts were like🧐 fearless!

Only one take! It's called talented dancers...

Norma Miller said it took 1 take they were the famous Lindy Hop Dancers😊

I was looking in the comments for anything about the guy in the overall jeans, his was the best dance break, just amazing throws and timing

♥

This is good but only one dance routine to top them all Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_8yGGtVKrD8.html

Electro swing seems to be making a return, just slowely

I love Jazz. ❤

My son loves playing jazz. He is 17

It's there. Just smaller. I love jazz and my husband hates it. Growing up, we introduced our kids to all our music types. One daughter fell in love with jazz and searches out new talent all the time, as well as listening to the oldies. I'm so proud of her.

It's not dead my son loves Jazz loves swing used to be part of the swing dance group

Right 😭

Also a self defense class

​​@@kevingamache1512For sure it looked like wrestling class or judo.

Was LA African American densely populated? If so, did that make it a safe place for niggas to live, cus my grandfather lived in LA an he was safe from racism

@@ya.thegoat8795 I grew up on the west side of Compton off of Central ave and Rosecrans. In those days I felt safe, musicians were different, in the 40s the white union and the union for us integrated and allowed many in the business to make money. The stronger issue was the same as it is today, most lost there publishing because of the same crooked business practices. I used to laugh at the checks my dad got, $30 a year for 40 years of studio work, as well as recording with many orchestras and troupes. I'm happy for those who have won in this game but look how long it took.

Right!

I’m gonna slow it down and really check it out!

I mean ye they are super fast, but in those days they'd also speed that mutha up.

Fantastic time in america!!

Only if you were white. Everyone else was marginalized and discriminated against especially immigrants and black people.

That was so funny Spot on lol Australia 💕 Christina

"one" 😂😂😂😂

Hahahaa...!

Норм !!!))))

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🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

I agree wow

Pro wrestling??? Bahahahahaha!!!😹👍🏽

😂😂 agree! I've done a MUCH inferior version of what they're doing . It's called Lindy Hop. 😊

😄

It would be great to see today, but what young person would be in physical shape to perform this sort of dance? Not many, if any.

The jitterbug. Just RU-vid this dance. It was absolutely acrobatics with music. But of course this was choreographed so you didn't catch a foot in your face or snap your neck but it's so physical it would kill most people today.

Its more passion than "violent". Its pure fun and joy

@@3713msg what are you talking about? There’s dancers of all shapes and sizes

@@missiamtwinkles0169 Sure but I don't think you going to see 300 lb'ers tryin these moves

That is because people loved what they did back then, Now the only thing people love is money. So the money is there but ABSOLUTELY no TALENT IN SHOW BUSINESS TODAY!

Sad but true, the dancing looks like so much fun, and the music, pure heaven.

I don't think you should even compare these amazing people with the non talent of today.

@@mickram23 you’re right 😂 good point!

😲🤣🤣🤣🤣

Absolutely.

You should know the answer to that they ah well lets see the year was 1955 when this fantastic movie came out the country was Jim crow n this was the year 1955 was Emmett Till was lynched I think that should answer your question hello

Nowadays it would because everything is so trash, back then standards were really high and to win an award would mean only the best of the best got one. This was back during the age of American exceptionalism, no participation awards...it was real talent.

They deserve more, fuck these award shows!!!!!!! They really had this happening and giving awards to mediocrity......Lol!!!!!

And people are still wondering why there are kids saying "I kinda wish I lived in the 40's". I don't exactly wanna live in that time period but there have been millions of times where, at least for a few seconds, I did. As a Black American I just love the culture.

I remember taking a few guest lessons from Frankie. We were all hoping the magic and glory would rub off on us. He still had that lean-forward style. To heck with all of the stuffy upright and rigid dancers from the ballroom dance rule-making societies! Last I saw him was in Montclair (about a year before he passed?) - still on his feet! :-)

I was born in 1980!

I love my culture! Just to get to see the dances my grandparents did!

@@armonrakhman3791 My grandparets generation also. I miss that generation and now I wish I would've had better conversations with them back in the 90's when I was a kid.

@@blast4me754 that's something we all say and wish we could go back and do cause we are so fascinated to hear what it was like in those days. I always say yeah you had the great depression and WWII but people seemed happy

Word

Yup.

Cyrious 🕺 wats a tik tok? ... Bwaaahahaa jk BRING tawkers that cry when it is a well funny fact of sittin sidlines here. INDEED 🤓

They can barely do a shuffle 😩

Amen

I used DeepL to understand what you wrote. I completely agree with you, and there's almost 80 years between that time and this moment...

@@arturoaguilarsanchez2020 да...сейчас они могут только вспоминать свою энергетику и радоваться этим воспоминаниям!

@@Mavka33 Yes, that's what we can do now. I really love that energy, that's almost an acrobatic stunt dance-style

I love seeing people use language models to talk to people casually more now

@@arturoaguilarsanchez2020 If you use Microsoft Edge, you can select text, right click, and then select "Translate selection to English". I've been a life-long free software advocate/Microsoft hater, but I'm loving Edge.

This and the Nicholas Brothers in Stormy Weather: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IoMbeDhG9fU.html

@@castroleiro damn you beat me to it haha

I used to get out of bed like that. Then i fell out of a tree trying to rake the leaves.

Amazing

Indeed.

When the music is that good it really moves you.

I dig it baby

at 2:54 this womans hair brade falls off her head and she caught it. completely impromptu, totally adlib and with zero preparation. the woman was not only a good dancer but she had fast reflexes. beautiful dancing

Ever see breakdancing ?

@@MakeSomeNoiseAgencyPlaylists sorry, this beats the dog snot out of breakin'. There are so many more variations, especially with two people.

Lol

Lol that's me

Clever response. Made me laugh

Lmao!

Lindy hoppin'

I thought The Wiz live had it going on. They are incredible! Dancing with the Stars couldn't keep up with these dancers. Oh my aching back.

I've got bruises and a backache, just from watching this!

Actually a lot of singer & dancers now can still learn a lot from these people.

Know you right.

Michael learned from the best. He respected them. And that showed in his incredible work.

best freaking post i've seen in six months

Lol

2:19 And rap.

@@earthpet True indeed!

and don't forget Rap or Hip Hop.

... which were not not improvements, just something different. IMHO.

@@spacelemur7955 bro what 😑

IKR

It's not hard, they were probably born in 1900-1916, so they lived their lives to the full

@@ya.thegoat8795 lives well lived and you need to get one.

Brasileiro que curte um bom jazz e outro nível 😉

I got to dance with Frankie Manning before he died. It was amazing. He was amazing.

Yeah the musical precision, seeing that they were obviously not just going through the motions but actually playing, and then the choreography of the dancers so insanely on point… Pretty much just wtf

@Liam Berg (STUDENT) around 2:54, you can see it fly off and she catches it and tosses it aside

@@DarthltHead Talk about reflexes!

🤩

#BOSS

as coincidental as an angel

Wow that’s amazing!!!!

I got learn from and dance with him in a special workshop put in by my University swing club. It was amazing. The modern stuff just isn't as good. Too sterile.

Frankie Manning lived into his 90s teaching dance. Much applause 👏🏻

Wow that's cool Australia 💕 Christina

@@kaylahall1219 , it’s not the modern stuff. Unfortunately, it’s the version that was adopted by white culture.

Joy is the exact same thing I was thinking. It brought tears of joy to my eyes.

A spring of life, that very thing.

Shaleena F. JOY. I agree! This has talent, musicality, rhythm, athleticism to the max, but it's singular exuberance is due to the great joy of everyone involved. I thought the exact same thing you did when I watched it.

This is good but only one dance routine to top them all Jumpin Jive - Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_8yGGtVKrD8.html

JOY!she was last seen walking away with the year 2000,their friends 2003 and 2005 joined em and off they left this planet.

AI is getting real good at restoring archived footage. Do a search and you will see some fricking amazing footage bought back to life. There are a few early reels from the 1920's that have been AI restored and colorized, upscaled and converted to 60fps.

Is that grammatically correct?

Same here, but in this case it improves the original. This is very sharply defined so we can see more detail, like the satin costumes. I don't seem to get tired of watching this!

I KNOW!!!!!!😎😎

@@LazyIRanch I think it is just fake to add colour, but amazing performances. Jaw dropping.

1937: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--5oS-OFMNws.html

YOOO, WHY YOU HERE LOL

Fully agree!!!

I desagree.

Me too

How old r u? 🤔

Incisive Commenter: Yes, it sure does 'Wow'. Almost 80 years may have passed and they're likely all passed away by now but this single short film will keep them alive.