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Teamwork - Black And White Soldiers United
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keywords: wwii, racial integration, black soldiers, white soldiers
Synopsis: In an effort to fight German Propaganda this film documents the united front by Black and White soldiers as they work hand-in-hand in combatting Nazi tyranny in Europe...(read more)
- Date: 1930's-1940's
- Duration: 00:15:41
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Teamwork - Black And White Soldiers United
Responding to German propaganda about U.S. race relations, this film depicts black and white soldiers united against Nazi tyranny during WWII.
This film, on interracial cooperation in the U.S. Army, fights the German propaganda machine’s effort to divide the American Army along racial lines. Scenes depicting the Nazis effort to use race as a weapon to divide the ranks of the white soldier and the black soldier.
Images of the Reich Chancellery building on Voss Street in Berlin in1939.
Scenes of Fortress Europe, the fortification of the German (Nazi) occupied Europe to prevent an Allied invasion from Britain (England) in WWII.
The Normandy landings, codename Operation Neptune, were the Allied amphibious assault on the beaches of Normandy in Operation Overlord, the Battle of Normandy that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe in WWII.
Shows ships of the Allied Invasion fleet and naval bombardment of German fortifications along the Normandy coast. Shows Higgins boats (LCU-Landing Craft Utility) loaded with Allied soldiers and vehicles underway to Normandy beachhead. CU of soldiers firing a howitzer from LCU (Higgins boat). Rocket ship firing rockets. Higgins boat drops ramp on beachhead. Point of view (pov) soldiers exits Higgins boat (LCP landing craft).
Soldiers "hits the beach" from Higgins boat (landing craft). Various scenes Normandy beachhead on D-Day. Army Medic gives blood to black soldier from plasma bottle hung on rifle jammed in sand. Scenes of the storm that swept the English Channel after D-Day. Scenes of storm damaged equipment on the Normandy beachhead. Scenes of amphibious tracked landing crafts (LVT) ferrying supplies from ship to shore. Soldiers unloading supplies from transport ships offshore to LVTs. Sherman M4 tank exits LCT (Landing Craft Tank).
Close-up images of U.S. soldier in foxhole fires M1 rifle, black soldier talks on field radio, head-on shot of approaching tank. U.S. soldiers erect telephone poles and string communication wire. Soldier use climbing spikes to climb telephone pole. Black soldiers work as “sappers” detecting mines. Shows supplies being unloaded at Port of Cherbourg France after repairs made to harbor. Shows tanks of Patton's Third Army moving through a French village.
Scenes of truck convoy on Red Ball highway in France. Road sign reads “Red Ball Convoy's Only, All Others Keep Off”. Scenes of Red Ball driver's receiving commendations, Major General E.S. Hughes pins medal on black soldier of the Red Ball Express. Planes of the 15th Air Force over Germany. Close-up of a B-17 Flying Fortress in flight, pilots wearing oxygen masks.
Flight of two P-51 Mustang fighter planes of the 332rd “Red Tail” Fighter Group, close-up of black pilots. Scenes of P-51 aircraft dropping “belly tanks” and engaging Nazi Luftwaffe planes. Scene of pilot's gloved hand on control stick, close-up of P-51 firing machine guns. P-51 firing machine guns, German plane explodes. Long shot of flight of U.S. bombers with fighter escorts.
On Sept 21, 1944 the U.S. 101st Infantry launched an attack supported by the 769th Field Artillery. On Dec 25, 1944 the all-black 370th Infantry attack in the Po Valley Italy supported by the 695th Field Artillery. On March 16, 1945 the 409th Infantry cracked the Siegfried Line. Running interference was the 761st Black Panther Tank Battalion, the first African-American armored unit to see combat.
Shows German artillery gun firing propaganda leaflets, leaflets floats to ground and is read by a black soldier. Close-up of message on propaganda leaflet reads in part “What Will You Get Out Of This War” “Surrender Come Over To Us”. German Officers sign surrender documents. The Nazi Swastika, German symbol at Zeppelin Field destroyed by explosive charge. Sgt. Joe Louis receives Legion of Merit Medal. Key words: race relations, Black G.I., African-American soldiers in WWII.
Shot List:
00:00:37;11
Images of the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin in1939
00:02:44;09
Head-on shot of three U.S. warships approaching camera at high speed
00:02:53;22
Howitzer is fired from Landing Craft loaded with soldiers and vehicles
00:03:03;04
Landing Craft drops ramp, point of view of soldiers hitting the beach
00:03:34;20
Army Medic giving blood to black soldier from plasma bottle hung on rifle jammed in sand
00:03:50;14
Scenes of storm that swept the English Channel after D-Day, aftermath of destruction
00:04:50;06
Amphibious landing vehicle tracked (LVT) ferrying supplies from ship to shore
00:05:29;17
Sherman M4 tank exiting Landing Craft Tank (LCT)
00:05:46;12
Close-up images of U.S. soldier in foxhole fires M1 rifle, black soldier talks on field radio, head-on shot of approaching tank
00:06:37;09
Soldier use climbing spikes to climb telephone pole
00:08:44;13
Tanks of Patton's Third Army moving through a French village
00:09:03;02
Scenes of truck convoy on Red Ball highway in France
00:09:13;01
Road sign reads “Red Ball Convoy's Only, All Others Keep Off”
00:10:35;01
Close-up of a B-17 Flying Fortress in flight, pilots wearing oxygen masks
00:10:41;15
Flight of two P-51 Mustang fighter planes of the 332rd “Red Tail” Fighter Group, close-up of black pilot
00:11:17;02
P-51 aircraft dropping “belly tanks” and engaging Nazi Luftwaffe planes
00:11:29;11
Aerial combat, pilot's gloved hand on control stick, close-up of P-51 firing machine guns, enemy plane trails smoke
00:11:39;03
Aerial combat, P-51 in low level pursuit of enemy plane, close-up of pilot, machine guns firing, enemy plane explodes
00:12:12;18
U.S. soldiers from the 101st Infantry firing a 50 cal machine gun
00:12:15;04
Black soldiers of the 769th Field Artillery load and fire artillery
00:12:25;18
The all-black 370th Infantry Regiment launched an attack in the Po Valley of Italy
00:12:29;08
Soldiers of the 695th Field Artillery load and fire artillery
00:12:40;20
Tanks of the 761st Black Panther Tank Battalion cross the Siegfried Line
00:12:53;12
Crew of the all-black 761st Tank Battalion loads shell into tank
00:13:07;21
Tanks of the all-black 761st Tank Battalion in battle
00:13:25;14
Crew members of the 761st rest, service tank weapons
00:13:34;07
Infantry advance with fixed bayonets
00:13:56;17
German propaganda leaflets fall from the sky
00:14:08;08
Black soldier holds leaflet that reads in part “What Will You Get Out Of This War” “Surrender Come Over To Us”
00:15:01;16
The Nazi Swastika, German symbol at Zeppelin Field destroyed by explosive charge
00:15:27;05
Sgt. Joe Louis receives Legion of Merit Medal
