Piano Pieces - Peggy Desmond (1941)

Peggy Desmond. Probably filmed at Pathe studios, London. M/S of sheet music for Chopin’s 15 Valses. Various shots of a tower block. C/U woman’s hands playing the piece on the piano and getting it wrong, M/S of another girl practising it. Various shots of Peggy Desmond playing it properly, M/S of couples dancing. Various shots as she plays “In the Mood“. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.