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Soundies: Black Music from the 1940s. The Riverbends Channel. 49.2K subscribers. Subscribed. 95K. 4.1M views 12 years ago. From Internet Archives: 0:12:13 Delta Rhythm Boys in "Take the...
"Soundies" are the music videos that came decades before MTV — even before television was widespread. A small subset of these soundies brought a more diverse reflection of 1940s America to the mainstream — partially contributing to, as some experts say, the foundation of the civil rights movement.
"Soundies" were the music videos of the 1940s, predating both MTV and widespread television. Amidst a backdrop of war and segregation, these three-minute fil...
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But decades earlier, in the 1940s, there were short music films called "soundies." KJZZ's Jill Ryan takes a look at how Soundies brought Black performers to the spotlight.
From Internet Archives: 0:12:13 Delta Rhythm Boys in "Take the 'A' Train" (1941). 0:14:46 Fats Waller in "Your Feet's Too Big (1941). 0:17:45 Count Basie Orc...
Black Journal conducts a live 90-minute special framed around the crucial question of whether the physical and cultural survival of Black people in America is possible. The episode brings together ...
In the 1940s, these short films set to music transgressed Hollywood’s racial mythology to create space for Black artists to experiment—and have fun.
A forgotten film technology from the 1940s offered artists a way to reach audiences on their own terms, free from Hollywood’s constraints
Soundies Black Music From the 1940s. Produced during the years 1940 to 1946, "Soundies" were made to be seen on self-contained, coin-operated, 16mm rear projection machines called Panorams...