Film clips from Westinghouse Preview Theatre: The Benny Goodman Show: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Film clips from "The Benny Goodman Show” (part of the Westinghouse Preview Theatre television series). It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The footage opens with an announcer stating, "Westinghouse Preview Theatre presents the king of swing, Benny Goodman." The footage then shows fireworks and rides from Disneyland, California. Next, Benny Goodman can be seen on the stage foretelling the show's lineup. The first song they perform is "Ridin' High." The band then plays several other tunes. At various points, audience members can be seen dancing and applauding. At the end of the show, the announcer says, “Benny Goodman saying goodbye from the happiest place on Earth, Disneyland,” before the closing credits role.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1961
• Created by: Universal Network Television, American, founded 1950
• Produced by: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
• Subject of: Benny Goodman, American, 1909 - 1986
• Owned by: Ernie Smith, American, ca. 1925 - 2004
• Type: sound films
• Type: black-and-white films (visual works)
• Type: 16mm (photographic film size)
• Type: film clips
• Medium: acetate film
• Dimensions: Duration (digital file): 00:17:49
• Dimensions: Physical extent (film): 700 ft
• Place filmed: Anaheim, Orange County, California, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Television
• Object number: 2015.275.36.1a
• 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
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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