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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.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077352
Soldiers of the British Army South Lancashire Regiment patrol Jerusalem during marshal law.

Arab man walking with city of Jerusalem in background behind him. British army soldiers drive GMC OTTER Light Reconnaissance Cars next to the Tower of David (Jerusalem citadel). They are driving on Highway 60, also known as the Talpiot–Atarot Axis, also known as "Road 1." Sign that reads “NO ENTRY." Residents of Palestine, some wearing European clothing, others in traditional Arab attire, wait behind a barbed wire checkpoint. British Army soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment check credentials and admit entry to a Jewish women. A South Lancashire Regiment soldier frisks an Arab man who has his hands raised. Soldiers talk to the driver of a 1945 Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan (one of only 770 made) that pulls up behind barbed wire. British soldier with machine gun behind sandbags and barbed wire. Machine gun pointing behind wall of sandbags. Silhouette of a soldier and barbed wires. Point of view from inside sand bag machine gun position looking out to city. Silhouettes of solidier and of a man putting his hands up.

Location: Jerusalem Palestine
Date: 1947, February
Duration: 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078638
B-25 Mitchell bombers take off one by one from Adak Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska during the Aleutian Islands Camp.

The Aleutian Islands Campaign of World War II. Two soldiers make a last minute weather observation on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Aerial cameras are taken inside a U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber. Pilots make a final meeting. A pilot gets inside an aircraft. The aircraft take off one by one.

Location: Aleutian Islands Alaska USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057603
"Adak History" summarizes history of U.S. military base at Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands.

U.S. Military establishes military bases at Adak Island Aleutian Islands. Footage of U.S. Army forces landing n Adak Islands in 1942 for defensive actions against Japanese Forces occupying nearby islands. Director of MWR at NSGA (Naval Security of Group Activity) Bob Winckler talks about military bases at Adak Islands. Wartime relics and weathered fortifications from World War 2 are shown. U.S. war planes and submarine nets seen. Artillery seen. A board reads 'This submarine net is listed on the National Historic Register, please do not disturb'. PT torpedo boats and PBY planes Bases on Adak. PBY Catalina planes seen. Civilians seen.

Location: Adak Island Aleutian Islands
Date: 1994, March
Duration: 2 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040965
Animation shows U.S. forces bombing Pagan Island in the Mariana Islands during World War II.

Animated map shows U.S. forces acquiring Pagan Island, Mariana Islands from the Japanese during World War II. Pictures of bombings on Pagan Island. Fire and explosions on a ship. American ships fire at the Japanese Army on a beachhead. A fleet of aircraft drop bombs on the island.

Location: Pagan Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064875
A fleet fires at the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands and sailors load ammunition and carry powder guns.

Bombardment on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands during World War II. Tinian island under bombardment. A fleet fires at the island. Auxiliary ships and other ships at sea. Sailors load ammunition. Men carry powder guns.

Location: Tinian Island Mariana Islands
Date: 1944, July 8
Duration: 1 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675071813
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