There is a bar around here that shows old black and white video, which includes bellydancing, cartwheels, partial nudity (but still, it doesn't appear to be slimy), weird stage tricks, etc. all in one show. It's definitely "older" but I don't know what year.

The dancers appear to be American, and this isn't traditional stuff at all, in fact some bellydancers may hate it...but I am glued to the screen everytime I am there, and would love to find a copy. It reminds me of like old pin-up girl stuff, but is very fascinating. I'm wondering where these women learned to bellydance, who from, where, when was it, did their teacher object to their performances (which at the time I'm sure seemed "too revealing" although to me it looks fun, and these days doesn't look so bad compared to all the junk and straight up porn that Americans see today even in public places)...etc.?

Short skirts and granny panty underwear, and an occassional topless or near-topless woman back then seemed "really bad"...but today, I look at those videos and think that there's something empowering about the fact that those women were able to step beyond "being good little housewives and 'Obeying the man'" and actually do something like reveal their granny panties.

I feel that such videos have an important spot on the time line of women's history and the societal changes women have gone through, and I'd like to find some copies to watch.

I haven't yet contacted the bar to inquire, but should do so.

Anyway, that is not the "vintage bellydance videos" I was originally looking for, but thought about it recently and decided to post it to see what other people think about it, if other people have seen such video or know where to get it, etc.

I'm looking for any older bellydance videos...whether it be footage of a tribe in another country...video from Egypt, video from Turkey, or American videos which happen to be from performances from years ago...anything that is not the new, recent, American bellydance stuff.

The further back in time, the better, but anything recorded before 1970 would be great. I'd still enjoy stuff from after 1970, but I am really into the idea of watching older stuff if possible.

Zenobia suggested "The fabulous Samia Gamal"...but unless I'm wrong (which I could be), I think that one was recorded fairly recently.
I'd still like to see it, though, so thanks for the suggestion!

The movie Son of Sinbad, which was made in 1955, has a wonderful dance scene near the beginning featuring Nejla Ates, a Turkish dancer. I highly recommend it.

The movie The Brass Bottle, which was made in 1964, has a performance by Lulu Porter that's fun.

The movie From Russia with Love has a dance scene by Lisa Guiraut.

Of course, in all these cases the dance scene is somewhat brief, not a full-length performance of the sort you'd expect to see in a club.