World War II 75th anniversary: VP Day, Dancing Man and the potential spy who filmed him

By Anna Wolf
August 19 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.

It's is one of the most iconic moments caught on film in Australia's modern history, a 12-second clip of a man triumphantly dancing down a city street as a jubilant crowd celebrates the end of WWII.

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