African American soldiers and Women's Air Corps singing and attending a church during World War 2. A pastor rises to pulpit and address the gathering. He names a few soldiers and they smile. A woman gives her introduction and smiles. Views of boxing match in June 22, 1938 as boxer Joe Louis knocks out opponent Max Schmeling. African American soldiers at army training camps readying for service in World War 2. They drill and climb stairs then jump down in initial paratrooper training. Other training drills of soldiers are also seen. Flags of United States and Germany. First page of Constitution of United States is shown. The reverend takes a book. Face of Adolf Hitler is printed on cover page of Mein Kampf held by the pastor. The cleric reads from the book. People listen to him. He closes the book and keeps it aside, still speaking
African American reverend speaking in a church. Sign board of Granary Burial ground, where the victims of Boston massacre are buried. The Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory is seen. Series of drawings, artwork, still images, and reenactment footage of prominent events in American history, including Boston massacre, Revolutionary War. Gun of Peter Balem, who shot Major Pitcairn is displayed. Biography book pages about George Washington are shown. Reenactment footage of revolutionary soldiers marching without shoes in snow. Flag of United States. Bell of church rings. A man cuts logs. View of ship building and a tall masted ship at sea. Reenactment footage of start of civil war in America; statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
Rube Collins, African American tenant farmer in the American rural south, at work as he sharpens his tools. Hannah, his wife, draws a bucket of water from well. Obe, one of his sons, is holding a rifle or shotgun which he inspects. A woman feeds poultry. A child sits on stairs and eats. People engaged in farming in the fields. They use a tool, possibly a hoe, clearing space between planted rows of a crop, possibly cotton. They leave the fields. African American children play in front of a simple farmhouse or cabin, with one out building. A man plays violin and a older woman sits next to him in a rocking chair. Children wearing no shoes dance in the dirt in front of the house.
Rube Collins, a tenant farmer and Phillpot, his neighbor with horses in a field. Phillpot shows pest infected cotton plant to Collins. Both move to their landlord on horses. Collins comes out with landlord and shows him the sample of infected plant. The three of them, along with county agent reviews the sample. More people gather around them. Boll Weevil moves in infected plants. Farmers pick infected plants and burn them. Farmers moving in a field, behind horse drawn plows. Collins working in a corn field. Collins, Hannah and Obe engaged in their works outside their house.
United States soldiers march. Men work in a weapon factory. A tractor moves in a field. A fenced hut. Henry Brown, a farmer washes his face and wipes with a towel. He milks a cow and collects milk in a bucket. The cow feeds a calf. Henry sits with family at the breakfast table. His wife serves them breakfast. Henry prepares his horses and moves to field. He ploughs the field. Vegetables are growing in the field. His wife works in the house. Hens in the poultry. His wife and daughter move to field. Henry is ploughing field. Henry's farming equipment in his house. Ploughed field is seen. (World War II period).
Henry Brown and his wife and two children board a horse cart. The horse cart moves, passing fields, trees and stores in Tuskegee, Macon County, including WJ Brantleys grocery market and the Macon Theatre on Northside Street. They reach an Army Air Force Base (Moton Field). Henry's eldest son, a cadet of 99th Pursuit Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen African American fliers in World War 2) receives them. They all move to the aerodrome where planes are parked. Henry's eldest son gets ready for a flight. He enters the cockpit. The plane takes off. The two children wave their hands. Henry and his wife look to the sky.
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