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This is an incredibly rare TV documentary, first shown in October 1967, about bandleader and impresario Jack Hylton. For more information on Jack Hylton, please visit the official website at www.jackhylton.com The 50th anniversary of his death is due to be commemorated with a gala concert on January 29th 2015, featuring a twenty piece orchestra recreating the original Hylton arrangements.

We've recently been able to add some really great rare video to the site. Above is the perfect way to start. It's a fifty minute documentary, first broadcast on TWW in 1967. It'll answer many of your Hylton questions, it's ultra-rare and it's fantastic!

You want more? Well how about some more ultra rare footage? This time, a 16mm silent film from the Hylton archive, showing the band backstage at the filming of "Band Waggon".

This is rare Jack Hylton silent footage, from the archive, transferred from an untitled 16mm reel.

If you feel like you want something a little bit longer, I can offer you the full "She Shall Have Music" movie, from 1935, starring Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, June Clyde and Claude Dampier.

The full "She Shall Have Music" film, transferred from VHS. Starring Jack Hylton and His Orchestra, with June Clyde and Claude Dampier. If there is any copyright infringement here, please let me know and I'll remove it straight away.

There are also things being added all the time, both to YouTube and to the British Pathe website. The following links ought to do the trick.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jack%20Hylton&search=Search

http://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/jack+hylton

It's also possible to buy the DVD of the Hylton film "Band Waggon" on Amazon.