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Soda Fountain Dance from the Original Reefer Madness (1936)
The extras dance Shag (more or less) while the principles are a bit of a hot mess, which I suppose is in itself an interesting artifact. I have found these '30s "Warn your children" exploitation movies to be a nice source for popular dance of the time, and this, the king of them all, has its dance bits as well, though the dancers are not quite as skillful as they are in classics like "Assassin of Youth" and "Marihuana".
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