Archive record · Historical photographs & documents
"Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life"
1935
African American history · place not specified
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
Musical short featuring Duke Ellington playing his symphonic jazz piece.
- Collection
- Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection
- Archival grouping
- Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection / Series 1: Motion Picture Film
- Catalog date
- 1935
- Format and extent
- 1 Motion picture film (black-and-white, sound, 16mm)
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Catalog reference: sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref233
Collection: Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection