Felix Mendelssohn’s Hawaiian Serenaders Issue Title Is Jack And Jill (1942)

Part of issue JACK AND JILL. Pathe Studios, London. Various shots of Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders performing traditional-sounding South Seas number (might be called “Farewell to Thee“). Felix plays the steel lap guitar which, with a ukulele and a xylophone, adds Hawaiian flavour to the music. All the musicians wear vaguely Hawaiian costume with garlands of flowers. Various shots of girl dancer in grass skirt wiggling about in front of tropical island backdrop. 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 a