Students and teachers at the Tuskegee Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama. A teacher teaches a class pointing towards the map of Europe on display. African American students in class make notes. All the students of class listen attentively to the professor and make notes.
Opening segment of "Army Air Forces special film project 151" known as "Wings for This Man". African American airmen being trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama during World War II. Panoramic views of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Monument to Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute. Construction of airstrip near Tuskegee Institute. Planes , barracks, and building after construction of airfield nearby. African American pilots, Tuskegee Airmen, board P-40 airplanes and take off during training flights. Various training classes cover topics such as navigation, engine basics, instruments and instrument flying. Trainee in a link trainer, and later in a BT-13 trainer airplane in flight (presumably under a hood). Trainees engage in calisthenics. BT-13 performs barrel roll. Aircraft seen in various scenes include: Lockheed P-38s; Vultee BT-13s; P-40s; and Stearman trainer. (Note: Narrator is Ronald Reagan)
Two men on stage during graduation ceremonies of Tuskegee University in the United States. African American students in convocation gowns and caps. New graduates file out of the graduation ceremony, pose for pictures and then visit with friends and family. A statue of Booker T Washington at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama. View of stone inscription at base of the statue.
A film about academics and fine arts education in African American schools in the United States. Students in a photography class at Tuskegee University (1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, United States) in Tuskegee, Alabama. A girl seated as a man clicks her picture. The girl poses and smiles. Negatives hang from the roof of a room. The students develop the photographs. They work on the negatives and positives.
From "Army Air Forces special film project 151" known as "Wings for This Man". Tuskegee Airmen U.S. Army Air Force African American pilots flying out of Tuskegee Army Air Field, Alabama during World War 2. Training flights in P-47 Thunderbolt fighters. Pilots around bombers parked at Tuskegee Army Air Field. Graduating class receive wings from U.S. Army Air Force officer. U.S. Army Air Forces P-40 Warhawks, P-47 Thunderbolts, and P-51 Mustangs take off from air strip. U.S. African American pilots being briefed in the European Theater. U.S. aircraft strafes grounded planes on enemy airfield. A grave site showing crosses and tombstones. (note: narrated by Ronald Reagan)
An African American boy on a donkey rides down a street in Tuskegee, Alabama. Sign boards at shops read "Atlanta Life Insurance Co", "Tuskegee Cafe" and "Cigarettes and Cigars We Serve Froze-rite Ice Cream". Close up views of an African American man and an elderly African American woman in a horse driven cart. Close up of a young African American man. A simple wooden house in a rural setting. Door of shack opens and an African American family of eight people are seen in the doorway, posing for the camera with smiling children. A white man talks with an African American man and two women converse on the front porch of a house. Two women with a boy. Two men talk standing at a well and discussing the well. View of rural farm land and freshly plowed rows. African American men in a farm field rake and spread straw. Two men appear to be spreading the straw with small sticks or brushing at it to look beneath the straw. Footage is during Great Depression years.
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