The Black Soldier - Reel 2

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keywords: African-Americans, Black History, Spanish American War, WWI, Olympian Jesse Owens

Synopsis: African-American contributions in the Spanish-American War, WWI and Olympian Jesse Owens....(read more)

Date: 1944
Duration: 00:10:19
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: U.S., Europe

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The Black Soldier - Reel 2

The Black Soldier: Reel-2

Footage that detail accomplishments of African-Americans (Blacks) in history of America. Brief scenes of the U.S. 9th Calvary soldiers in the Spanish American War in Cuba and construction of the Panama Canal. Shows U.S. warship moving through the Panama Canal. Shows troop transport ship departing for Europe with AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) in WWI. Blacks fought with Pershing in France serving with the 813th Pioneer Regiment, 332nd Labor Battalion, 808th Pioneer Regiment. Heavy artillery guns firing WWI, explosion as shell strikes target. Blacks fighting with the 8th Illinois which became known as the 370th U.S. Infantry. African-Americans with the 372nd Infantry Regiment and the 371st troops shown charging "over the top" in WWI. Brief image of railway gun WWI. African-American soldiers with the 369th Infantry Regiment. WWI troops charging out of the trenches and across a smoke filled battle field. Soldiers of the African-American 369th Regiment receives the Croix de Guerre.

The 369th Infantry regiment, nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters and the Black Rattlers, parade in New York City at end of WWI. Image of "All Wars Memorial To Colored Soldiers and Sailors" in Philadelphia Pennsylvania erected in 1934. Image of stone memorial to Colored Troops of the 371st Infantry erected in France in 1918 and blown up by the Nazis in 1941. Scenes of Booker T. Washington monument. Footage of George Washington Carver working in laboratory and other prominent African-Americans as a judge, explorer, surgeon, publisher, educator, sculpture, and singer. Symphony orchestra plays Beethoven. Football game with players wearing leather helmets. Newspaper Headline reads "Negro Athletes Star In Berlin Olympics". Flashback to Jesse Owens and Ralph Harold Metcalfe in 1936 Berlin Olympics. Cornelius Johnson high jump 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Images of African-Americans in church, cut to African-American pastor. Hitler and Nazi Officers looking at maps and war plans on table. Japanese military officers looking at map and plotting WWII. Image of Hitler and Officers in jovial mood. Images of explosion and falling building in WWII. Russian civilians hung by the Germans WWII, bombing of Chinese cities by Japanese bombers, Chinese civilians fleeing in panic in WWII. Atrocities committed by the Germans in Russia hanging civilians and the Japanese in China by bombing Chinese cities. Scenes of the Japanese attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor.