Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park 00 21 35 00
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This reel from the Willow Grove Park 1956 concert series documents a small combo or band performing in what appears to be an indoor venue with a plain tan-to-beige curtain backdrop — notably different from the pink/burgundy draping seen in the earlier reels. The hqdefault thumbnail shows the central visual clearly: a Black man with a short beard, wearing a white shirt, playing an electric guitar (solid or semi-hollow body, neck angled upward), with a younger person in a horizontally striped short-sleeve shirt positioned behind him; a drum kit with cymbals is visible at frame right. Frame 1 confirms the same two performers near the drum kit, the darker setting suggesting low-key indoor lighting. Frame 2 moves in for a tighter portrait of the electric guitarist — he gazes downward in concentration, guitar visible at left of frame. Frame 3 was too underexposed to yield usable detail. Taken together, the frames show an intimate electric combo performance — guitar, drums, and possibly additional instruments — making this the only reel in the Willow Grove Park series that visually documents an electric band rather than purely acoustic or percussion acts.
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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