World War II 75th anniversary: Do you know the identity of Sydney's dancing man?

By Anna Wolf
Updated August 21 2020 - 11:29am, first published August 20 2020 - 10:00am
DANCING MAN: This now-famous still from a newsreel features an anonymous man dancing on the street in Sydney, Australia, after the end of WWII. It was featured on a 2005 commemorative $1 coin.
DANCING MAN: This now-famous still from a newsreel features an anonymous man dancing on the street in Sydney, Australia, after the end of WWII. It was featured on a 2005 commemorative $1 coin.

A man, dressed in trousers, jacket and hat, dances down a Sydney street; he pirouettes, waves his hat and smiles at the camera that is following behind him.

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