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13172_39572_african_americans1

1940s, 1950s, 1965
B&W

Historical film of African Americans in the US. World War II African American (AA) soldier reads map, CU; AA soldiers together speaking; AA soldiers firing mortars, multiple shots; AA soldiers firing various weapons; long shot of smoke rising from town; AA soldiers marching with weapons; AA soldiers in field hospital, being awarded medals; shot down street of shacks; stills, AA mother with child, pull back from slum revealing AA children playing; AA children playing in front of anti-racism billboard; long shot of United Nations building, New York, busy street in foreground; African delegates taking seats in UN; black man speaking from podium, medium CU, pan to delegates applauding