Al Minns

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Blues Dancing - Spirit Moves dancers Al Minns and Sandra Gibson

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Identified by JiveSwing.Com — "Blues Dancing with Sandra Gibson (Mildred Pollard) and Al Minns. An extract from 'The Spirit Moves'." · source

Al Minns, his life in dance in his own words

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Identified by The American Lindy Hop Championships — "Whitey's Lindy Hopper and Harvest Moon Ball Lindy Division Champion Al Minns talk about his life in dance." Minns identifies himself on camera. · source

Al Minns & Frankie Manning demo at the Swedish Swing Society

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Identified by The American Lindy Hop Championships — "Al Minns worked with the Swedish Swing Society teaching Lindy and vernacular jazz. When he dies in the mid-1980s they sought out Frankie Manning. Both do demos." · source

Swing It Seattle - Al Minns & Leon James "After Hours"

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Identified by Mark Kihara, Swing It Seattle — "Excerpt from the 1959 documentary short, 'After Hours.'" Names the source film and year. · source

Swing It Seattle - Al Minns Jazz Dance Montage

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Identified by Mark Kihara, Swing It Seattle — Lists its own film credits: Swedish Swing Society 1984 (Ramona Cup), Newport Jazz Festival 1960, The South Bank Show 1982, Sonny Allen Lindy Hop Reunion 1983. Cites Terry Monaghan's biography of Minns. · source

Swing It Seattle - Al Minns Swingout Variations

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Identified by Swedish Swing Society, via Swing It Seattle — "Footage courtesy of the Swedish Swing Society. Filmed in Sweden in October of 1984." · source

Swing It Seatte - Al Minns & Leon James Big Apple Re-Edit

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Identified by Mark Kihara, Swing It Seattle — "Al Minns & Leon James demonstrating steps from The Big Apple." A re-edit; original source film unstated. · source

Hellzapoppin (1941) featuring Harlem Congaroo dancers, aka Whitey's Lindy Hoppers

1941

Identified by JiveSwing.Com — Names the dancers in order of appearance with on-screen descriptors: "Al Minns (white coat, black pants) and Willa Mae Ricker". Agrees with the film's own cast credits. · source

3 further clips in the library are linked to this dancer without a recorded identification, so they are not listed here. Naming who made an identification is what turns a link into a citation.