Red Caps musical short Smash Your Baggage on Television Caps, Red performer Wallace, Emmet Babe performer Williams, Rubberlegs performer Television/Video 1949-07-30 Premiere date: July 30, 1949 Narrative: "The Redcaps' musical film short, Smash Your Baggage, is shown on television." In this fictional narrative the Red Caps perform tap routines while playing the sound score for the camera. The short features such tap numbers that include acrobatic movements like back flips, jump rope, and somersaults. "The group is currently appearing at the Club Martinique, Wildwood, NJ." Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Sampson, Henry T.: Swingin' On the Etherwaves: A Chronological History of African Americans in Radio and Television Broadcasting, 1925-1955. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press (2005). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1330