Film, Video All-American news. [1945-04, no. 2] Inventory title: All American news 8 / Inventory title: All American news VIII / All American news 8 / All American news VIII
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Title
- All-American news. [1945-04, no. 2]
Other Title
- Inventory title: All American news 8
- Inventory title: All American news VIII
- All American news 8
- All American news VIII
Summary
- All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include a segment about Harriet Wright chosen by soldiers to receive a set of silver, the important work done by the WAVES, and General Benjamin Davis inspecting troops in Belgium.
Names
- Alexander, William D., production
- Glucksman, E. M. (Emanuel M.), production
- Barnett, Claude, 1889-1967, production
- All American News, Inc
Created / Published
- [1945]
Contents
- Burma vets pick "pin-up", send set of silver to their choice (42 sec.) -- WAVES help nurse corps, trained for vital hospital posts (1 min., 18 sec.) -- Rally for Red Cross, war industry has big mass meeting (1 min., 3 sec.) -- Bunche plans for post-war, ready for United Nations conference (1 min., 3 sec.) -- Gen. Davis in Belgium, makes inspection of Western Front (1 min, 8 sec.).
Headings
- - African Americans--Social life and customs
- - World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American
- - Bunche, Ralph J.--(Ralph Johnson),--1904-1971
- - Davis, Benjamin O.,--1880-1970
- - Red Cross and Red Crescent
- - World War, 1939-1945--Women
Genre
- Newsreels
- Nonfiction films
Notes
- - Date in title and possible date of release are based on the date of the United Nations conference. Date given in newsreel.
- - Appearing: Harriet Wright, Reverend Ivory Blackman, Ralph Bunche, Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis.
- - Some footage provided by the United States Army Signal Corps.
- - Incomplete: end titles lacking.
- - Cannot confirm that newsreel stories are in the same order, or on the same reel as when originally released.
- - Sources used: Moon, S., Reel Black talk, p. 3-6; Sampson, H., Blacks in black and white, p. 437-440; Wheeler, R. "News for all Americans" in American visions, Feb.-Mar. 1993, p. 40, viewed online, June 22, 2018 via Academic OneFile.
Medium
- 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 5 min.) : sd., b&w.
Source Collection
- MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018601433
Online Format
- image
- video