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Savoy Ballroom at the 1939 World's Fair, Part 1

Name: Savoy Ballroom at the 1939 World's Fair, Part 1
Description: Archival footage from a Savoy Ballroom exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, showing Lindy Hop being danced for an audience outside Harlem. It captures the social dancing of the era rather than a polished film routine, so you see more natural variation in style, spacing and tempo. Watch the rel

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1939 New York World's Fair · Lindy Hop · On YouTube from Sonny Watson · YouTube title: “Savoy Ballroom Exhibit - 1939 NY Worlds Fair (Lindy Hop) Part1”

Archival footage from a Savoy Ballroom exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair, showing Lindy Hop being danced for an audience outside Harlem. It captures the social dancing of the era rather than a polished film routine, so you see more natural variation in style, spacing and tempo. Watch the relaxed hip-driven rhythm, the ordinary-looking dancers who still move with remarkable precision, and the way a bandstand and dance floor interact. Part one of a two-part set.

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