U.S. soldiers at a training camp in the United States during World War I. Soldiers standing on the grounds of the training camp. A group of African American recruits standing in a line. Closeup views of U.S. Army African American soldiers in uniform. Buildings of the camp in the background. Group of soldiers march holding rifles. They pose.
U.S. soldiers at a training camp in the United States during World War I. Soldiers inside barracks. A soldier shaving his beard. A group of soldiers seated in the barracks and enjoying. Two soldiers write letters.
U.S. soldiers at a training camp in the United States during World War I. Soldiers seated aboard a cart drawn by mules moving across a field. Buildings in the area. Food platters heaped with food on a table before serving in a dining hall. The soldiers in a line dipping mess kits and silverware in a line of steaming hot dish washing pots after the meal.
U.S. soldiers at a training camp in the United States during World War I. A group of soldiers inside a class room. An officer instructs them. He explains a model to them. Soldiers seated at tables eating food.
A film on contributions of African American soldiers in various wars, but mostly focusing on World War I era. African American workers at an oil field with oil derricks talk to each other. Depiction of African Americans serving in the Spanish-American War and advancing towards a battlefield. African American man speaks about his experience of the war. Scenes of excavation and construction of the Panama Canal. Huge earth moving equipment at work and a man triggers an explosive detonation during the dig. A U.S. Navy ship underway in the newly completed Panama Canal. World War I scene of a U.S. Army unit including African American soldiers marching through a town in France, in formation, with a military band leading the march. African American soldiers of the 813th Pioneer Regiment near Marseilles France work to build a railroad. Also scenes with soldiers from the 332nd Labor Battalion, and the 808th Pioneer Regiment clearing an area near Verdun. African American soldiers of the 8th Illinois infantry (later the 370th infantry) running with the rifles as they mobilize for battle in France. African American soldiers of 371st Regiment and 372nd regiment crossing battlefield during World War I. Members of the 369th regiment in battle. Railroad guns and heavy artillery firing during World War I. American soldiers leaping from a trench and running across no mans land during battle. African American soldiers of the 369th infantry ("Harlem Hellfighters") receiving awards, medals, and citations at an awards ceremony in France during World War 1. Henry Johnson and other African Americna soldiers marching in New York City victory parade soon after the armistice ending World War I. Graves of soldiers at Arlington Cemetery as seen from a moving vehicle. Images of grave markers for several African American soldiers and officers. Two African American soldiers approaching the All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Close-up view of the memorial and plaque on the memorial. Several other memorials in the U.S. showing African American soldiers. View of a facsimile of the 371st Infantry Regiment, 93rd Division (colored) memorial in France, near the towns of Ardeuil and Séchault. Dramatized depiction of the memorial being destroyed by the invading German Army on June 15, 1941. African American preacher speaks in a church.
Industrial crane in operation on bank of river at Ford Motor Plant in Michigan. A number of Ford plant buildings. Vehicles driven in front of the buildings.