- Distributed by
- RKO-Pathe, Inc., American, founded 1931
- Subject of
- Goodman, Benny, American, 1909 - 1986
- Goodman, Benny Orchestra, American
- Carnegie Hall, American, founded 1891
- Owned by
- Smith, Ernie, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
- Date
- 1938
- Medium
- acetate film
- Dimensions
- Duration (digitial file): 00:01:27.
- Physical extent (film): 60 ft
- Description
- A 16mm print of a film with the title S-Wing It!: The "Cats" Yowl in Carnegie Hall. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film without sound. The film opens with a title card that reads [RKO-PATHE NEWS / S-WING IT! / THE "CATS" YOWL / IN CARNEGIE HALL / Described by ANDRE BARUCH]. In the first scene, cars can be seen driving past Carnegie Hall as people holding placards march outside the building. The next shot shows a poster that reads [BENNY GOODMAN / AND HIS / SWING ORCHESTRA] before another scene with people entering a building plays. In the next scene, the Benny Goodman Orchestra is seen performing on stage as members of the audience sing and tap their feet.
- Place filmed
- New York City, New York County, New York, 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
- 2015.275.27.1a
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




