2.8K views · 59 reactions | Jitterbug in 1930s... The Lambeth Walk. Benny Goodman and his Swing Orchestra. From the documentary film, Dance Americana (1956). | Tony Azar | Facebook

33K views · 395 reactions | Director and choreographer Warren Carlyle and assistant choreographer Sara Edwards demonstrate the Lambeth Walk, a 1930s dance craze that originated from the musical Me and My Girl. Encores! Me and My Girl: May 9-13 at New York City Center | New York City Center | Facebook

In September of 1940, amidst the chaos and devastation of the Blitz, locals of Lambeth Walk in London found a way to maintain their spirit and resilience through dance. As the city was under constant attack from German bombings, the area, which had once been a thriving market street during the Victorian era, had now become a symbol of both hardship and defiance. Despite the rubble and destruction around them, residents of Lambeth Walk took to the streets, dancing the energetic and joyous "Lambet

Lambeth Walk - Nazi Style - aka “Schichlegruber Doing the Lambeth Walk, Assisted by the Gestapo Hep Cats” - is a film created by Charles A. Ridley in 1941. It's a mash-up of the Nazi film Triumph of the Will and the British musical Me and My Girl. Nazi party officials didn't much like the musical's hit song Doing The Lambeth Walk, calling it “Jewish mischief and animalistic hopping". | Flashbak