<P> In Germany, big band leader Adalbert Lutter made a German - language adaptation called Lambert's Nachtlokal that quickly became popular in swing clubs . A member of the Nazi Party drew attention to it in 1939 by declaring The Lambeth Walk "Jewish mischief and animalistic hopping", as part of a speech on how the "revolution of private life" was one of the next big tasks of National Socialism in Germany . However, the song continued to be popular with the German public and was even played on the radio, particularly during the war, as part of the vital task of maintaining public morale . </P> <P> In 1942, Charles A. Ridley of the Ministry of Information made a short propaganda film, Lambeth Walk - Nazi Style, which edited existing footage taken from Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will to make it appear as if they were dancing 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 . </P> <P> One of photographer Bill Brandt's best - known pictures is "Dancing the Lambeth Walk", originally published in 1943 in the magazine Picture Post . </P> <P> Both Russ Morgan and Duke Ellington had hit records of the song in the United States . </P>

You'll find them all doing the lambeth walk