San Francisco Jitterbugs - Lindy Hop

[JadeSauce]

Cool how they made it seem older than it is! LOVE IT!!!!

[harvey1954]

Nice clip, but way too short.

[67nairb]

The Jitterbug was a dance from the 1940s. But the music in this skit is more like the 1950s.

[sgmarshall]

@67nairb The song is from the early 1980's. Though your confusion in thinking it was made it the 1950's is understandable.

[67nairb]

@sgmarshall The recording sounded like like Elvis Presley.

[vanhalenfreak]

Rock this Town by Brian Setzer and the stray cats

[67nairb]

@vanhalenfreak Thans for the info. They used some kind of a device with the film to make it look old, look older than it actually is. The same concept Orson Welles used in producing his 1941 masterpiece CITIZEN KANE in a scene where his charater Charles Foster Kane was found waving to the public on a train with an actor playing president Teddy Roosevelt.

[Llaryhi]

oh yay! I was there, I remember this, it was on the USS Hornet. I miss them coming to the dances. They were definitely a highlight. Everyone misses them. Can't they come back?! (for free :D)

[jhn128]

If only Pittsburgh had a club like this!

[PhilK1231]

Ah...a tribute to a period when men were men, and women WEREN'T

(Unlike now)

[altairPWK]

@PhilK1231 What?

[beboppinbetty]

The gal closest to the camera has fabulous '40s style! It makes me glad when swing dancers have the style of the era the dance was popular in!

[bushoisa]

groovie movie^^

[catonabike]

great...dancing simple and smooth...did annybody else think the 5&6 seemed a little more delayed than what we typically see today?

[nii87]

I have a feeling this is a modern video, edited to look like an old video. Perhaps the audio is slightly desynced?

[IzzySage1212]

@nii87 I agree

[unfohyes]

Thanks. :D

[unfohyes]

Anybody know what the song is playing in the background?

[roasbeef]

it's Stray cats - rock this town

[AbGretsch]

"rock this town" by the stray cats