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African American soldiers serving in wars, especially World War I; Memorials to African American United States soldiers.

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.

Date: 1918
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077351
Contributions of African Americans in various fields in the United States.

(See also clip 65675078146 from different film transfer). Famous African American men and women citizens in the United States. Clip opens with of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee University. Scene in a laboratory with African American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, as an elderly man, working with another scientist in the laboratory. African American judge of New York city court. African American explorer Matthew Henson is seen looking at a globe (he was with Admiral Peary planting the American flag at the North Pole in 1909), and an unnamed African American surgeon at work in an operating room in New York. Next scene shows famous "father of the blues" musician and composer W.C. Handy (William Christoper Handy) smiling. Next is seen the financier and publisher of the Amsterdam News, Dr. C.B. Powell (Clilan Powell) greeting three uniformed African American women during a World War 2 war bond drive, and handing them a check (close up is shown) for 25,000 dollars, dated January 4, 1942, for the war bond drive. It is from the account of the Victory Mutual Life Insurance Company which Dr. Powell also owned. The check is signed by C.B Powell and Philip M.H. Savory (Dr. Savory was co-owner of the New York Amsterdam News). The next scene shows Elise Johnson McDougald, better known as Gertrude Elise Ayer, who was the first black full-time public school principal after the consolidation of New York City schools in 1898. She was also a noted woman writer during the Harlem Renaissance. She is seated in her office at her desk, likely in P.S. 119 in Harlem, since this is approximately year 1945 and she was at P.S 119 at that time. Her name plaque is visible on the front center of the desk. Principal Ayer smiles as a woman delivers a document to her. Next is seen the African American historian, author, and professor, Lawrence D. Reddick, serving in his role as the curator of the Schomburg Collection of African American Literature. In an art studio is seen the famous African American sculptor and painter Charles Alston, at work on a sculpture. Next scene shows the famous African American contralto singer, Marian Anderson, receiving a bouquet of flowers and smiling after a performance. This transitions to a view of African American orchestra conductor Dean Dixon leading an orchestra in a performance of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Several views of different sections of the orchestra performing under Dixon's direction. Clip closes with brief shots of campuses of several historically black colleges and universities in the United States like Howard University, Hampton, Tuskegee, Fisk, Prairie View. An American college football game underway at the stadium of one of the colleges.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077352
New recruits, including African Americans, commence training in the U.S. Army during World War II

Views of damage in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Scene shifts to African American pastor in pulpit of a church speaking about U.S. armed forces. A woman in the congregation whose son is serving in the Infantry, points to a flag filled with blue stars for service members from the church. She reads letter from her son telling her he has been selected for Officer Candidates School. View of new recruits in a railroad depot. African American recruit pauses to say goodbye to his mother, but is moved along by a uniformed Army officer. Closeup of locomotive wheels turning. Glimpse of barracks in an Army base. Recruits leaving railroad train and entering a snow-covered building. Army sergeants organizing the new recruits inside the building. An army spokesman welcomes them to the training camp. Recruits being interviewed about their past training and experiences. Closeup of a Sergeant inquiring about the kind of machine tools a recruit had worked with. Recruits assembled in a base auditorium where they hear from a Chaplain and an officer who demonstrates how to salute. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077355
African American recruits in U.S. Army are issued uniforms and begin basic training in World War II

African American recruit sits in a chair with feet on a measuring device. A sergeant gives him a pair of shoes. But before he wears them the Sergeant tells him to stand, in the measuring device, holding two 20 pound weights. He then tells him to put on the shoes and go into the next room, where other African American recruits are lined up. They are instructed to remove all civilian clothes and begin dressing in army clothing. Next, completely dressed in their army uniforms, the recruits carrying duffel bags as they leave the snow-covered camp to board a train. Views of steam locomotives pulling trains in various places in the country. A convoy of army trucks carrying the new soldiers into a military base. The trucks park side-by-side in a line and the soldiers jump out with their gear to begin their basic training. A sergeant instructing the new soldiers on how to make a bed and other responsibilities. The new African American soldiers assembled in formation outside their barracks, on the snow, practicing close order drill, and making mistakes in the process. Next they are seen in a cross country march, carrying rifles. they take a 10-minute break. Soldiers in an infirmary, being visited by army doctors and African American nurses. Newly recruited soldiers being tended in an army dental clinic by African American dentists and hygienists. Soldiers shooting rifles on a firing range. Targets moving up and down on the range. Soldiers participating in sports, including football, baseball, boxing, and ping pong. A woman in the base library reading poetry aloud from a book entitled: "An Anthology of American African American Literature." African American members of the Women's Army Corps (WAC) are seen at another base, engaged in close order drill. Next these WACs are seen driving and riding in jeeps over rough terrain. A soldier shines his shoes, on Saturday night. African American soldiers and women dancing to music from an orchestra. The soldiers performing calisthenics in the open air. Rifles are held in some of the exercises. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1942
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077356
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)

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077357
African American soldiers serving in various combat positions during World War II

At the beginning an African American pastor is seen speaking to his congregation during World War II. Scene shifts to Morton Field,where the "Tuskegee Airmen" were trained. They are seen receiving their pilot's wings in a graduation ceremony. A band plays. North American T-6 training aircraft are parked in the background. Next, the pilots in flight gear, and wearing seat-pack parachutes, walk toward Curtiss P-40 fighter airplanes parked on a flight line. A pair of P-40s take off. Two groups of four planes, each, is seen in formation high above. Closeup of a Tuskagee Airman pilot at the controls of his airplane, in flight. Several views of their P-40 aircraft in various formations flying above clouds. Scene shifts to a snowy Northern location where Army troops board jeeps and trucks and maneuver through the snow. A large battery of M1918 155mm howitzers is lined up in the snow. The soldiers fire them simultaneously on an officer's command. Scene shifts to a desert setting, where African American soldiers are seen closeup, in turrets of tanks. Others who are gathered on a field run to their respective tanks, that begin moving out. Views of M3 Stuart Light Tanks in training maneuvers over terrain where explosives are being detonated. African American Army engineers building a pontoon bridge across a river. Army quartermaster vehicles moving troops and supplies along dirt roads. A soldier silhouetted against light sky signals to others who are installing telephone and telegraph lines on poles. Mounted cavalrymen on maneuvers. Half track M3 Gun Motor Carriage tank destroyers operating on a snowy field. Closeup of one with an African American Officer manning a heavy machine gun. Numerous M3 tank destroyers firing their guns as they move across a training field. Anti-aircraft gun crews racing to their respective gun emplacements, in the snow, as a large barrage balloon is sent aloft behind them. An African American crew manning a 37mm anti-aircraft gun. The gun sight is raised in front of the primary gunner. The position is sandbagged. Infantrymen, crawling through sandy terrain in a training course as live machine gun fire is directed above them. Glimpse of troops running through water and starting to scale a bluff. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)

Date: 1942
Duration: 3 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077358