Sunday, February 21, 2010

I really like old newsreels.

Here’s Louis Armstrong visiting Africa 50 years ago.

3 comments:

Ryan S said...

That's great. I have read in print a few times that Louis Armstrong was America's ambassador to the world, but seeing the footage really helps bring it home.

Is there a really good Armstrong documentary? Gotta be, right?

Ash said...

wow, great find!

JCD said...

Awesome. I wonder if he passed out Swiss Criss