The National Broadcasting Company in Hollywood, California. Sign on a building reads 'NBC'. Traffic in front of the National Broadcasting Company(NBC). Pedestrian traffic in front of the building, including some military personnel in uniform (it is during World War 2).
African American soldiers during a studio recording in Hollywood, California. Interior of the NBC Broadcasting Studio. An announcer introduces the radio program named "Jubilee." U.S. military personnel seated in the control booth laugh. African American soldiers seated in the studio. They laugh and clap during the recording. American jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong, and American comic actor Eddie Anderson, who plays Rochester, on the Jack Benny show, are at microphone. recording on stage. Soldiers laugh and clap. (World War II period).
A command radio performance at the 20th Century Fox studio in Hollywood, California during World War II. Don Wilson, an American announcer and Carole Landis, an American film actress give a radio performance. Don Wilson reads a request from soldiers abroad to hear Carole Landis sigh. Carole Landis gives an audible sigh to fulfill the request. Board in the background reads 'Command performance U. S. A. war dept'. A Captain and a soldier at work.
U.S. soldiers perform at USO (United Service Organizations) Hall in NBC Studio, Hollywood. A U.S. soldier as timer for the event. Actress Ginnie Simms and the soldier talk over a phone in front of a microphone. The soldiers applaud as they watch the performance. Seated soldiers laugh. (World War II period).
A CBS Playhouse Radio Broadcast recording in Hollywood, California. Vocal Gospel group The Charioteers sing on a stage. They do several takes of the song "Oh, Dem Golden Slippers". Close-ups of members of the group including Billy Williams (lead tenor), Eddie Jackson (second tenor), Ira Williams (baritone), Howard Daniel (bass). A crowd applauds.
Famous Hollywood personalities on stage holding scripts as they prepare for a radio broadcast before an audience of U.S. military personnel during World War 2. . Seen are Fred MacMurray, Rita Hayworth, Ginnie Simms and Lou Holz (with Don Wilson behind them). Camera focuses on MacMurray and Hayworth, as they stand listening intently to someone (unseen) who seems to be giving them directions. Then, they applaud, even shaking the scripts as they clap their hands. Next, Camera focuses on Rita Hayworth listening to the director. She looks at the script and applauds. Camera focuses on MacMurray, who listens again to director. Then camera focuses on Simms and Holz with Wilson between and behind them. The three of them converse momentarily, and then break into applause. Camera shows them again seemingly conversing with the director. Next, the audience is shown, consisting of Servicemen in uniform, and friends. They listen and applaud. View of the broadcast studio control room, with two U.S. Army officers there, one of whom is speaking. He wears a U.S. Army Service Forces Shoulder patch. He motions with his hand as it to signal the start of the broadcast. (Perhaps he was the unseen director.)