America dances! 1897-1948: a collector's edition of social dance in film

1897-1919 : from the Cakewalk to the Castle walk. Charity Ball ; Foxy Grandpa & Polly in a little hilarity ; Cakewalk ; Comedy Cakewalk ; Comedy Cakewalk on beach ; One step : Everybody's doin' it now ; Comic Fox Trot with Mr. & Mrs. Sydney Drew ; Airplane Waltz ; Two Step ; Irene and Vernon Castle : the whirl of life

1920-1929 : from the Blackbottom to the Lindy Hop. Let's do The Blackbottom ; Charleston basics ; Charleston and Blackbottom ; Charleston in newsreels ; Charleston dance contests ; Charleston contests ; Ballroom acrobats ; Shimmy ; Raggedy Ann, Tangolio ; Kinkerjeu, Lindy Whirl, Yankee Prance ; Old fashioned Waltz ; Lindy Hop introduction ; Lindy Hop

1930-1939+ : from dance marathons to Lindy Hop / Jitterbug contests. Dance marathon newsreels ; 8 couples remain in grueling 3 month dancing marathon ; Exhausted couples drag fatigued feet in endurance walk ; Tired couples totter on feet over 2,500 hours ; Endurance dancers still seek record after 5 months ; Lambeth Walk ; Waltz : New York City ; Waltz, Rumba, Mambo : Harvest Moon Ball ; New style Rhumba makes a hit with winter tourists ; Susie Q basics ; Big Apple basics ; Big Apple dance: a Tarheel stomp agitates country ; From the Minuet to the Big Apple ; Big Apple : keep punching ; Collegiate Shag ; 200,000 Jitterbugs go slap happy at Swing Jamboree ; Beach resort has new slant on Jitterbug ; A dizzy round of Jitterbug and Jive hits the big town ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Moon Ball ; Lindy Hop/Jitterbug Jive : New York City ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Moon Ball ; Lindy Hop : Harvest Time in Rhythm ; Lindy Hop : newsreel

1939-1948 : from romantic dance to acrobatic classics. Waltz : Irene Castle at the world's fair ; Adagio : may I have the next trance With you? ; Adagio : dreamland of mine ; Cuban Pete ; A Rumba story ; Rumba with spice ; Mexican Jumping Bean ; Conga Loca ; Rhumba Serenade : mi Rumba ; Lindy Hop : keep punching ; Lindy Hop : Cottontail (Hot Chocolates) ; Lindy Hop : boy! what a girl! ; Lindy Hop : killer diller.