Episode 96: "The March of Time" Newsreel




BMA: Black Media Archive show

Summary: This episode is of "The March of Time" Newsreel No. 2, from 1935 starring the legendary Huddie Ledbetter better known to millions of fans simply as Leadbelly. An autobiographical reenactment of a few important moments in Leadbelly's life, this newsreel shows how Leadbelly was able to begin recording, with the help of John Lomax.