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Sharing 29 videos about 1940s

Pen Point Percussion and Dots: Norman McLaren

Rion NakayaMay 22, 2014June 28, 2021

Viola Smith Drums with Frances Carroll & Her Coquettes (1939)

Rion NakayaApril 25, 2014October 27, 2020

Glenn Miller, the Nicholas Brothers, and Dorothy Dandridge

Rion NakayaFebruary 5, 2014January 22, 2022

Whitey’s Lindy Hoppers in Hellzapoppin’ (1941)

Rion NakayaDecember 6, 2013June 19, 2019

Midget Motor Mania!

Rion NakayaOctober 11, 2013August 30, 2018

Chico Marx plays the piano (and an apple)

Rion NakayaAugust 14, 2013August 14, 2015

Ray Harryhausen’s Mother Goose Stories (1946)

Rion NakayaAugust 6, 2013September 10, 2020

Judy Garland sings Over the Rainbow for U.S. troops (1943)

Rion NakayaJuly 26, 2013September 24, 2021

Ella Fitzgerald sings A Tisket a Tasket (1942)

Rion NakayaSeptember 7, 2012March 28, 2020

Tito Puente performs A Maria Cervantes on the vibraphone (1945)

Rion NakayaApril 27, 2012May 9, 2017

The Andrews Sisters – Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B

Rion NakayaApril 12, 2012April 15, 2019

Visit to Picasso: Watch Pablo Picasso painting on glass (1949)

Rion NakayaOctober 29, 2011January 14, 2021

The Nicholas Brothers in the greatest dance number ever filmed

Rion NakayaOctober 14, 2011March 1, 2022

Norman McLaren’s Boogie Doodle (1948)

Rion NakayaAugust 25, 2011May 22, 2014