The Park Parade (1939)

Full titles read: "THE LATEST PALLY DANCE 'THE PARK PARADE'"



Several shots of couples dancing, to Ivor Kirchin and his band playing at the Locarno Streatham. Many of the men are wearing straw boaters. L/S's of a lady standing next to a microphone. She introduces the new dance called the 'Park Parade' (similar to the 'Lambeth walk'). L/S's of a couple demonstrating how to form the new dance on the dance floor. Various shots of numerous couples performing the new dance intercut with some nice footage of the jazz orchestra playing.
FILM ID:1186.05

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