Soundies: The Ultimate Collection

Through the course of the '40s--four decades before the boom of the music video--the biggest bands and singing stars of the day, as well as emerging acts, made short performance films for presentation on special "video jukeboxes" in bars and restaurants. This remarkable offering presents 200 newly restored and carefully curated shorts from the heyday of the "soundies," covering a diverse range of performers including Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, Doris Day, Duke Ellington, more. 10 hrs. on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English; featurettes.