| Negro Heroes From American History | ||
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| Catalog #: | 490856 | |
| Clip Number: | 490856-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 1697 | |
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| Location: | Various | |
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| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA | |
| Description: | ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 202078 An ultra-brief survey of famous and not-so famous black heroes from American history. Most of the film consists of stills and illustrations, though there is some live action. MS's of a boy lying on his stomach and reading a school book in the park. Cut to illustrations of Boston Harbor circa 1770's. Illustrations of the Boston Massacre. Illustrations of a lone cabin situated in area that would later become Chicago (representation of the trading post of Chicago's first settler, Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, who was an African-American). Illustrations of an Indian trading post (essentially a series of tepees). Illustration of a Crow tribe gathering. B&W photo of HARRIET TUBMAN. Illustrations of the Underground Railroad. Photos and illustations of steamships sailing on the Mississippi River, late 1800's.......... Newsreel of folks boarding ADMIRAL PERRY's ship The Roosevelt, bound for the North Pole; stills of crew and ship at or near the North Pole.......... 1919 newsreel of doughboys marching in Washington after the WWI Armistice. Newsreel of black doughboys marching for the front, stopping for a mess meal; staged MS's of black soldiers in trenches, firing at the enemy......... 1941 newsreel of attack on Pearl Harbor: LS's of Japanese fighters taking off from carriers; MS of bombs being released from bay of enemy plane; LS's of American battleships on fire and sinking after the attack; MS of an American sailor firing at a Jap fighter; great LS of the fighter getting hit and crashing into the sea. | |
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