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Achievements of African Americans in art, literature, music science, and medicine in the United States, in the late 1930s and 1940s.
A film about achievements of various African American men and women citizens in the United States. A statue of Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee University in Alabama. View of African American scientist and inventor George Washington Carver, as an elderly man, working with another scientist in a 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 "Harlem Renaissance" 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. A football game underway in one of the colleges, and view on the field as quarterback throws a pass.
WPA improved facilities at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.
Parishioners of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York City, present gifts to be presented to Great Britain for war relief (WW2)
Reverend Roelif Brooks blesses parishioners’ gifts for war relief, at a Sunday Service in Saint Thomas Episcopal Church (Saint Thomas Church 1 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019) in New York City, United States. He prays to God to bless the offerings of people non- military aid which will reach Britain through 'Bundles For Britain Service' in World War II. A procession of men and boys in church choir passes the altar. Color Guard of British Legion presents the flag of the Empire followed by procession of flags past the altar.
The Works Progress Administration builds roads in rural area connecting them to New York, during the Great Depression.
The WPA (Works Progress Administration) project in New York. The WPA constructs roads connecting rural areas to New York. A man in a rural area drives in his car with milk cans. His vehicle gets stuck in mud on a road. Workers construct roads. A rural farmer drives his car on a newly constructed road. Dynamite used to clear an area for road construction. Workers leave the area after a day's work.
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.
United States Works Progress Administration Federal Theater Project during Great Depression
Newsreel quote saying, “As 30,000 destitute show people clamor for work, a new firm, biggest and richest in the world, enters the theatrical business”. Office lady talking on the phone in her desk. American theatrical producer and director, Hallie Flanagan, discussing about the Federal Theater Project, a theater program established during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal economic program by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A US Works Progress Administration Portable Theater truck drives in New York. Actors in blackface perform a Minstrel dance onstage. Posters for Federal Theater Project Minstrel shows. An audience watch a performance inside a theater. An actor stands up from a chair onstage. A man reads a Program. Federal Theater Project staff work inside their office. Federal Theater Project Backstage staff arrange stage design. Touring actors enter backstage. Wooden sign says “”The CCC Murder Mystery” by Miss Grace Hayward Presented by Federal Theater Project W.P.A. C.CC. co #5434 Wilderness VA. Wed. Night 7.30 All Welcome”. Actors perform “The CCC Murder Mystery” onstage. The audience, all young men, laugh at the scene where an actress offered a cigarette to the judge.
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