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This is one of the best things I have ever seen.  Mento music video clip from 1939:

“Here is a clip of a folk/mento/Pocomania rendition of “Linstead Market” and “Sweetie Charlie”. The singers and dancers are backed by acoustic guitar and a three piece drum section. It comes from an American movie originally called “Pocomania” and later re-titled “The Devil’s Daughter”, a name it shares with several other movies. From 1939, its the earliest video of Jamaican music I’ve encountered.”

-From mentomusic.com