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African American athletes make their mark at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
Opening scene shows stadium filled with spectators for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany. View from behind six sprinters ready to start the 100 meter dash. Front view closeups of African American runners, Jesse Owens and Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. Official fires gun for the start, and the runners are off. Camera tracking the runners shows Jesse Owens well ahead of all the rest, at first, but Metcalfe soon catches up with him. Crowd roaring and cheering in the stadium. Scoreboard shows Owens first, Metcalfe, second, and Osendarp (of Holland) third, separated each by only one tenth of a second. The American National Anthem can be heard in the background. The next event is the men's high jump. Sign shows the bar initially set at 1.97 meters height. The first competitor is Gustav Weinkötz of Germany. He fails to clear the bar. Next is Hiroshi Tanaka of Japan, who also fails to clear. Bar is reset to 2.03 meters (6 feet-8 inches). African American, Cornelius Johnson makes the next attempt. He successfully clears the bar and the crowd roars its approval. (He had set a new olympic record.) Three American flags flying over the stadium as the U.S. National Anthem is again heard being played.
African American soldiers training during World War II, including some earning commissions as Officers
In opening scene, African American soldiers perform bayonet training at an Army Base in the desert. Then they run out of a trench in practice attack. Next, the troops are seen assembled in an outdoor stadium, where religiious services are being held. An African American Army Chaplain tells them of increased Officer Candidate opportunities. A group of Officer candidates is seen that includes a number of African American soldiers. Candidates are seen graduationg and receiving their commissions. A parade of ROTC (Reserve officers' training Corps) cadets is seen including mostly African Americans. Views of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, in West Point, New York, receiving graduation diplomas. An African American graduate is among them. Scene shifts to an African American woman in a church, reading a letter from her son who has just been commissioned as an Army Officer. Glimpse of the congregation's pastor thanking her for sharing her letter. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
African American soldiers engaged on all fronts in World War 2
Film opens with map of the world showing the various theaters of operation in World War II. Narrator refers to Allies liberating town after town, as they advance. View of American troops being welcomed in a European town during an advance (probably Italy in 1944). Next, African American troops are seen boarding troop transport ships. A huge convoy of ships is seen from the air. Huge piles of war materiel on a dock. Ammunition being delivered by landing craft from the transport ship USS Hunter Liggett (APA-14) to American troops at a beachhead in the Pacific. An African American sailors directs the lowering of a piece of artillery from a ship into a landing craft. Construction equipment being used to clear the way for a new landing field. Docks, roads, and bridges being built as the Allies advance. American troops in the swamps of the South Pacific. American Army engineers clearing trees to build the Alaska Highway (ALCAN Highway) in 1942. Corps of Engineers building the Ledo Road (from India to China) during the war. African American soldiers building a bridge across a river in Europe. A U.S. Army truck under fire, driving along a dirt road in Europe as shells burst all around it. U.S. troops firing various kinds of field artillery and tank guns. U.S. infantryman using a flame thrower. Closeup of African American soldier using a bayonet and others firing small arms. A tank being blown up by artillery fire. A Japanese Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero aircraft maneuvers overhead in the Pacific theater. An African American soldier runs to man his Browning .50-caliber, water-cooled antiaircraft machine gun, and begins firing as the Zero fighter plane strafes his position. Closeup of Japanese pilot in his cockpit and his machine guns firing from leading edges of his plane. His rounds strike all around the U.S. gunner, who turns and follows him with more fire. His tracers show behind the plane. Closeup of the African American gunner as he continues firing. View of the Japanese airplane rolling over and diving. Next the Japanese plane, aflame, crashes on a tropical island and explodes. (Note: It is apparent that some of these combat scenes have been made up of clips from other sources, edited into this film.) (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
A crowd gathers as the Great Lakes Naval Reserve Band under the direction American composer John Philip Sousa marches by.
John Philip Sousa's U.S.Navy Band of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station leading a World War I Liberty Loan parade on a city street (possibly in Chicago, Illinois). Behind them two cars are seen and other marchers carrying signs. One sign reads: "Chip In." Numerous spectators line the sidewalks. View from above of the band in formation for a concert. John Philip Sousa and his wife, Jane, pose in front of a residence. He wears the uniform of a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. (Note: During World War I, the Navy asked Sousa to train bandsmen at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. On May 31, 1917, at the age of 62, he accepted a commission as a Lieutenant, in the U.S.Naval Reserve and organized a new band at the Great Lakes Center. His fame attracted so many band recruits that he was able to form several Navy bands for other Navy bases and units.)
Sailors seated around a boxing ring watch a bout between two boxers in the United States.
Sailors engage in various sports in the United States. Two sailors box in a boxing ring. A referee in the ring along with the boxers. He declares a boxer as the winner. He gives instructions to two new boxers. A bout in progress. Sailors seated around the ring watch the bout. They cheer and wave their hats.
Men work to develop projectiles at Armor and Projectile laboratory at U.S. Naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia.
United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. Armor and Projectile laboratory building at the naval proving grounds. A sign on the building reads 'Armor and Projectile Laboratory' Men at the laboratory work on instruments and machines to determine the hardness pattern of projectiles, to fabricate small number of projectiles and develop new inert loading for rocket heads.
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