| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 David Puttnam | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. | Crew | Crew | Thanks |
Jeremy Thomas | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Philippe Mora | Crew | Directing | Director, Writer |
Sanford Lieberson | Crew | Production | Producer |
 Al Jolson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Alice Faye | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Barbara Stanwyck | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Bela Lugosi | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Benny Goodman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Betty Compson | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Bill Elliott | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Billie Holiday | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Bing Crosby | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Bob Hope | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Boris Karloff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Brooks Benedict | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Busby Berkeley | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Carole Lombard | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Cary Grant | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Cecil B. DeMille | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Charlie Chaplin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Chico Marx | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Clark Gable | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Cliff Edwards | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Cliff Saum | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Constance Bennett | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Dewey Robinson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dick Foran | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dick Powell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Douglas MacArthur | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Eddie Cantor | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Edward G. Robinson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Eleanor Powell | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Errol Flynn | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ethel Merman | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Ethel Waters | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Fanny Brice | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Fay Wray | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Fayard Nicholas | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Fiorello LaGuardia | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Frankie Darro | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Franklin D. Roosevelt | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Fred Astaire | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Fredric March | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gary Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George 'Gabby' Hayes | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Chandler | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Gershwin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 George Raft | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gerald Ford | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ginger Rogers | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Grant Mitchell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Groucho Marx | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Gypsy Rose Lee | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Harold Nicholas | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Harpo Marx | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Harry S. Truman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Hedy Lamarr | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Herbert Hoover | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Herman Bing | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Hobart Cavanaugh | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Humphrey Bogart | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Irene Dunne | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Irving Berlin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 J. Edgar Hoover | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jack Benny | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jackie Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jacqueline Kennedy | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 James Burke | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Cagney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Dunn | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
James Roosevelt | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 James Stewart | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Janet Gaynor | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jean Harlow | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jeanette MacDonald | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jesse Owens | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jimmy Durante | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Joan Blondell | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Joan Crawford | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Joe E. Brown | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Joe Louis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John F. Kennedy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 John Wayne | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Johnny Weissmüller | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Judy Garland | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Katharine Hepburn | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Kay Francis | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Laverne Andrews | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Loretta Young | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Lyndon B. Johnson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Madge Evans | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mae Clarke | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mae West | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Margaret Dumont | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Marie Dressler | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Max Schmeling | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Maxene Andrews | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Mickey Rooney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Myrna Loy | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Nelson Eddy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Oliver Hardy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Orson Welles | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Pat Nixon | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Patty Andrews | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul Muni | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Paul Robeson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Preston Foster | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Richard Nixon | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ruby Keeler | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Rudy Vallee | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Shirley Temple | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Spencer Charters | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Spencer Tracy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Stan Laurel | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Stepin Fetchit | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tammany Young | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tyrone Power | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Vivien Leigh | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 W.C. Fields | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Wallace Beery | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Walt Disney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Walter Huston | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Warner Baxter | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Will Rogers | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 William B. Davidson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 William Hopper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 William Powell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Willie Best | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Winston Churchill | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Woody Guthrie | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tom Dugan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Walter Winchell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Kate Smith | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Harlow Wilcox | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
John Dillinger | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Eleanor Roosevelt | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
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