the song was popularized by Dino Di Luca and the Trio Lescano in an Italian version titled . In 1942, Charles A. Ridley of the Ministry of Information made a short propaganda film, Schichlegruber [sic] Doing the Lambeth Walk, which edited existing footage – including comical 'backstepping' – taken from Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will to make it appear as if they were goose-stepping and skipping to "The Lambeth Walk". The propaganda film was distributed uncredited to newsreel companies, which would supply their own narration. Joseph Goebbels placed Ridley on a Gestapo list for elimination if Britain were defeated. One of photographer Bill Brandt's best-known pictures is "Dancing the Lambeth Walk", originally published in 1943 in the magazine Picture Post. Both Russ Morgan and Duke Ellington had hit records of the song in the United States. Cultural impact "The Lambeth Walk" had the distinction of being the subject of a headline in The Times in October 1938: "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances – to The Lambeth Walk." In the film The Longest Day (1962), about the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, this song is sung by glider troopers of Major John Howard in a glider on its way to capture Pegasus Bridge. The composer Franz Reizenstein wrote a set of Variations on the Lambeth Walk, each variation a pastiche of the style of a major classical composer. Notable are the variations in the styles of Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt. 1899 song by Alec Hurley An earlier, different song titled "The Lambeth Walk" (composed in 1899 by Edward W. Rogers) was popularised by music hall singer Alec Hurley (1871–1913). References Bibliography Ariane Mak, "Danser la Lambeth Walk ou les formes de folklorisation de la culture cockney. Étude et revisite de l’enquête du Mass Observation", Mil neuf cent. Revue d'histoire intellectuelle, n° 35, 2017. External links - Movietone Newsreel using Charles A. Ridley's footage edited from "Triumph of the Will" 1937 songs Songs from musicals Songs about London Songs with lyrics by Douglas Furber Songs with music by Noel Gay Dance in England Novelty and fad dances