I've been linking to audio files here of various recordings of "The Lambeth Walk." Hope some of you are enjoying them because I have a lot more coming.
Most were recorded around 1938. In 1939, a British experimental filmmaker named Len Lye edited several of them together and used them to make this short. I believe this is what some call a "scratch" movie meaning that the film didn't pass through a camera. Instead, its maker drew or scratched on the film itself to create the images. I tried making one of those on 8mm when I was a kid and it took me about three hours to make around four seconds of film and it looked lousy so I have naught but admiration for anyone who can do it at all, let alone this well…
