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Skilled African Americans involved in demanding occupations and businesses. The National Negro Business League.

African Americans contributing to community and nation in the United States. Unnamed African Americans seen at work include: Welder; Quality control inspector; Chemist; Accountant; Machinist; fabric testing technician; White collar workers and executives; A credit manager in a major department store; and a bank teller. James Temple, Jr., and engineer with a St. Louis Public Utility, is seen in his office. Ora Higgins, Human Resources Director of one of the world's largest mail order houses, seen at her desk, interviewing an applicant. View of Willard S. Townsend, Labor Leader, and President of the United Transport Service Employees of America. Scenes of Annual Meeting of the National Negro Business League (NNLB), in Atlanta, Georgia, where its President, Horace Sutters, presents the Businessman of the year award to Samuel B. Fuller of Chicago, founder of the Fuller Products Company, who, himself, later became President of the League and owner of several newspapers, a department store and a theater.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045064
African American businessman George Sevelle, and his Sevelle Service Station Maintenance Company in Los Angeles.

Brief views of African American businessman George Sevelle and his Sevelle Service Station Maintenance Company in Los Angeles. Sevelle is seen in his office. One of his crews with their specialized truck and equipment are seen working on a gas station building. Sevelle has become well known in business and civic affairs, as indicated by examples of coverage in periodicals spread out on a table. Mr. Sevelle walks out of his company office building.

Location: Los Angeles California USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045065
African American businessman W.C. Wingate and sons, Bill and Edward, at their Barber and Beauty Shop Supply company

Exterior of Wingate Barber and Beauty Supply Company in Philadelphis, Pennsylvania. African American businessman, W.C.Wingate, is sitting in his office and gives a list of products used by professional customers to his daughter. He leaves the office and is joined by his son, Edward at their warehouse store. Edward Wingate takes order from a business customer. Bill Wingate is seen with workers in their carpentry department where they manufacture cabinet display cases for beauty and barber shops.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045066
African American owned banks, Savings and Loans, and Insurance companies. African American businessman C.C. Spaulding.

African American ownership of banks, Savings and Loans, and Insurance Companies, in the United States. Names on various banks owned by African Americans: Citizens Trust Company; Industrial Bank; The Citizens and Southern Bank and Trust Company, Customers being served by tellers in a bank lobby. Signs on African American owned insurance companies: Metropolitan Mutual Assurance Company of Chicago; Proficence Home; Industrial Mutual Life Insurance Company; Supreme Liberty Life Insurance Company, Home Office, at 3501 South Park Blvd, Chicago. African American insurance executive, Charles Clinton (C.C.) of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, seen in his office conversing with another person. Street view of storefront with "Service Federal Savings" painted on window, at 104 East 51st Street, Chicago. A man and woman discuss mortgage matters with a Savings and Loan official.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045068
African American business interests in transportation. Bus line and air charter service.

A bus of the Bison bus lines, in Washington, DC, passes on the street. African American owner, John Nipson, poses in uniform. African American drivers for the company pose. Several chartered buses of the Bison Line drive on a street in Washington DC. Their destination signs read "Blossom Special." Merrill C. Meigs Field in Chicago, Illinois. African American pilot and two businessman passengers climb aboard a light airplane of the Lake Air Service. The passenger airplane taxis to a runway and takes off. African American, William Barnett, owner of Lake Air service, is seen, with one of his employees.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045070
African American businessman, Andrew Means,of Gary Indiana. He is successful in real estate and construction.

A store front sign reads: "Means Bros Real Estate, Leslie Builders and Contractors". Andrew Means, owner of the real estate office, in Gary Indiana, is seen at his desk . View of Mr. Means, with his daughter, Sylvia McDonald and several other persons coming out of his "dream house." He escorts the other persons to his Park Manor Development where suburban homes are under construction.(It appears that they are prospective home buyers.) Views of partially built houses in the suburbs. African American bricklayers are seen at work, as the African American home buyers look on.

Location: Gary Indiana USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045071
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