Jazz, episode 7, Dedicated to chaos, a film by Ken Burns; a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. in association with BBC
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Jazz, episode 7, Dedicated to chaos, a film by Ken Burns; a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. in association with BBC
Language
eng
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videorecording
Main title
Jazz
Responsibility statement
a film by Ken Burns; a production of Florentine Films and WETA, Washington, D.C. in association with BBC
Series statement
Jazz
Sub title
episode 7, Dedicated to chaos
Summary
The seventh part of Ken Burns' series covers the years 1940 to 1945 and finds jazz at the center of battles at home and abroad during World War II. Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw enlist in the armed forces and take their bands overseas to entertain the troops. Hitler bans jazz in Germany despite, or rather, because of its underground popularity with "swing kids." Yet, as jazz serves as a symbol of American democracy in Europe, many black Americans still aren't allowed to hear freedom swing
Target audience
general
resource.variantTitle
Jazz, Dedicated to chaos, episode seven
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