- Produced by
- Hollingshead, Gordon, American, 1892 - 1952
- Subject of
- The Three Whippets, American
- Calloway, Cab, American, 1907 - 1994
- The Five Racketeers, American
- Hall, Adelaide, American, 1901 - 1993
- Nicholas, Fayard, American, 1914 - 2006
- Nicholas, Harold, American, 1921 - 2000
- Wilson, Eunice, American, 1911 - 1984
- Owned by
- Smith, Ernie, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
- Date
- 1946
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (digital file): 00:09:39
- Physical extent (film): 400 ft
- Description
- A motion picture film with the title Dixieland Jamboree. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. It opens with footage of people working in a field and a narrator saying, "Always, music has been an intimate part of a people's existence and in America, the negro has given to music a newer, greater significance…" Short clips of different musical performances accompany his commentary, sometimes including scenes from the film Jammin' the Blues. At 00:00:53, singer/actress Eunice Wilson and vaudeville entertainers Five Racketeers can be seen performing on stage. In the next scene, The Three Whippets, dressed as chefs, are seen performing acrobatics on a stage. In the subsequent scene, Adelaide Hall sings on a stage while a pianist plays behind her. The penultimate act features the Nicholas Brothers tap dancing, while the final scene showcases Cab Calloway and His Orchestra performing onstage.
- Place made
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Time-based Media - Moving Images
- Topic
- Film
- Jazz (Music)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Anonymous Gift in memory of Ernest (Ernie) R. Smith, Jazz Historian
- Object number
- 2015.275.19.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- © Warner Brothers Pictures
- Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




