1940-19491940s NEWSREELS
RARE EXAMPLE OF ALL BLACK NEWSREEL. PRODUCED IN THE 1940s THIS NEWSREEL SERIES WAS SPECIALLY FOR BLACK MOVIE GOING AUDIENCES AND SHOWN ONLY IN MOVIE THEATERS TO BLACK AUDIENCES. AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
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TITLE CARD READS: "THREE NEGROES SEEK OFFICES UP FOR ELECTIONS AS NEW YORK COUNCILMEN"
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MS CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR N.Y. COUNCILMEN: NORMAN JOHNSON, BENJAMIN DAVIS, JR. & JOHN A. ROSS
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TITLE CARD: HAITI PRESIDENT VISITS WASHINGTON, D. C. ELIE LESCOT MAKES FINE IMPRESSION
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PRESIDENT LESCOT'S LIMOUSINE ARRIVING, POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, MEETING PRESIDENT & ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, MEMBERS OF HIS CABINET
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TITLE CARD: LESCOT TELLS OF HAITI WAR EFFORT
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MS LESCOT GIVING SPEECH IN FRENCH W/ENGLISH SUBTITLES AT BOTTOM OF SCREEN
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TITLE CARD: FOREIGN STUDENTS CROWD HOWARD "U"
TAKE UP MANY ARTS, TRADES & PROFESSIONS |
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MS PAN BLACK FOREIGN STUDENTS FROM CARIBBEAN, AFRICA & ELSEWHERE
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BANQUET HONORS CONGRESSMEN POWELL MANY WELL KNOWNS AT TESTIMONIAL TO STATESMAN
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MS NAMIE BURROUGHS AT PODIUM INTERCUTS ALL BLACK AUDIENCE
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SCU MRS. FANNY ROBINSON & COUNCILMEN BEN DAVIS
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MS "THE BLACK EAGLE" HUBERT JULIAN
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MS & CU REVEREND ADAM CLAYTON POWELL AT PODIUM INTERCUTS AUDIENCE OF UPPER CLASS WOMEN SOME WEARING FUR COATS
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TITLE CARD: UNION WORKER OFF TO BRITAIN WILL STUDY PROBLEMS OF WOMEN IN INDUSTRY
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MS FEMALE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LABOR DELEGATION TO ENGLAND BEING CONGRATULATED BY AFL SPOKESMAN
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CU WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE GIVING SPEECH ON BEHALF OF INTERNATIONAL LADIES GARMENT WORKERS UNION AMERICANS GOING TO LEARN FROM ENGLAND
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TITLE CARD: AFRICANS IN ACTION 81ST WEST AFRICAN DIVISION IN BURMA
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SCENES OF NIGERIAN SOLDIERS IN BURMA CARRYING FIGHTING EQUIPMENT ON THEIR HEADS, CROSSING A RIVER IN SMALL BOATS
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SCENES FROM 81ST DIVISION HOSPITAL BIVOUAC MEDICS DOCTORS BANDAGING WOUNDED SOLDIERS, LISTENING TO HEARTBEATS
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| 00:08:24 461.47 |
TITLE CARD: INTERRACIAL GROUP MEETS YOUTH CONDUCTS WAR ON PREJUDICE
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SCENES FROM CONFERENCE IN CHICAGO, INTERCUTS AUDIENCE & SPEAKERS AT PODIUM. PATRICIA CASSIDY, KERRY OR CARRIE GREEN AT PODIUM. STUDENTS, TEACHERS & MEMBERS OF CLERGY IN AUDIENCE
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TITLE CARD: CONGRESSMEN FROM NEW YORK AND ILLINOIS
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MS & CU DAWSON & POWELL WALKING AROUND CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON D. C.
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TITLE CARD: START 1945 DRIVE FOR COLLEGE FUND CHAIRMAN OF CAMPAIGN GIVEN TOKEN OF THANKS
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MS DIRECTORS OF "THE UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND"
DR. JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY, DR. PATERSON. WALTER HUBBING PRESENTED SCROLL FOR HIS HELP IN THE DRIVE |
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MS PAN FLORENCE REED, DR. PATERSON & THOMAS JONES
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MS GROUP PAN
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TITLE CARD: FREEDOM CELEBRATED CONGRESSMAN POWELL SPEAKER IN WASHINGTON
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VARIOUS ANGLES CONGRESSMAN POWELL AT PODIUM ON ANNUAL FREEDOM DAY CELEBRATION. INTERCUTS AUDIENCE LISTENING & APPLAUDING
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| 00:11:23 640.47 |
TITLE CARD READS: "CONDUCT NEGRO HISTORY WEEK DR.
WOODSON, FOUNDER OF IDEA, TALKS" |
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MS DR. WOODSON TALKING ABOUT THE CELEBRATION & BLACK / AFRICAN AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENTS
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TITLE CARD READS: "FICTION AWARD TO NEGRO GIRL ANN PETRY WINS $2,400 FOR "THE STREET""
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MS ANN PETRY & AUBREY PANKING ?SP
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TITLE CARD: CAPITAL MAN WELL AT 102 VOTED FOR GRANT, AND STILL YOUNG
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MS MR. WIGGINS BEING INTERVIEWED TALKS ABOUT VOTING FOR GRANT
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TITLE CARD: NO RELAXING FOR O. P. A. LEADERS URGE ALL TO CONTINUE EFFORT
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SCENES FROM REGIONAL MEETING IN CHICAGO
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CU POSTERS CIRCA 1940s ON FIGHTING INFLATION
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PUBLIC RELATIONS EXPERT BRYANT A. HAMMOND GIVING PRESENTATION. USING POINTER & VISUAL BOARD. CU POSTERS URGING CITIZENS TO CAR POOL PREVENT INFLATION
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TITLE CARD: NOTABLES AT CONFERENCE LIBERIANS AND ETHIOPIANS PRESENT
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LS PAN SAN FRANCISCO CIRCA 1940s. MS CAPITAL BUILDING, S.F. GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS CARS
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SAN FRANCISCO TRAIN STATION. TRAINS CIRCA 1940s PULLING INTO STATION, COMMUTERS PASSENGERS ON PLATFORM
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MS PAN DELEGATES FROM LIBERIA, COL. GRANT, WALTER WALKER, RICHARD HENRY, SENATOR J. L.
GIBSON, SEC. OF STATE J. L. DENNIS & V. P. C. L. SIMPSON |
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CU BLACK BUSINESSMEN & WOMEN LEAVING TRAIN
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MS PAN ETHIOPIAN DELEGATES
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MS MEMBERS OF ELKS CLUB, JAMES KELLY & WIFE JUDGE PERRY HOWARD, MRS. TERESA ROBINSON, HENRY LEWIS AND MORE
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ELK MEMBERS, DELEGATES WALKING PAST VIEWER
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MOTORCADE WITH MOTORCYCLE POLICEMEN PASS VIEWER
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C. I. O. UNION HOLDS RALLY CHICAGO MAYOR AND PAUL ROBESON SPEAK
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SCENES FROM RALLY IN CHICAGO STOCK YARD WORKERS MAYOR KELLY AT PODIUM. MS PAN WORKERS LISTENING PAUL ROBESON, ACTOR, AT PODIUM.
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MS GROUP OF BLACK MEN LEANING & SITTING ON CARS LISTENING INTERCUTS ROBESON AT PODIUM
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MS AUDIENCE OUTDOORS APPLAUDING
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SCU MAYOR KELLY & PAUL ROBESON
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TITLE CARD: DELEGATES VISIT ZOO SAUDI ARABIANS ON SIGHT SEEING TOUR
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MONTAGE SAUDI DELEGATES WALKING AROUND ZOO IN TRADITIONAL ARABIC COSTUME. UNITED NATIONS.
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YOUNG GIRL PRESENTS FLOWERS TO DELEGATES
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CU SAUDI DELEGATES IN COLORFUL COSTUME
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MS ZOOKEEPER RIDING GIRAFFE LIKE A HORSE
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TITLE CARD: ATTY. GIBSON IS PROMOTED TOLEDO LAWYERS IS GIVEN NEW POST
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SCENES OF JAMES GIBSON IN HIS OFFICE SMOKING PIPE, GOING THROUGH PAPERS, BOOKS, WORKING LOOKING AT MAPS, OPENS GLASS BOOKCASE, READING FROM BOOKS. SCHOLARLY MAN
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TITLE CARD: TROOPS RETURN FROM EUROPE FIRST GROUP LANDS AT PORT OF NEW YORK
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SCENES OF SHIP BRINGING IN SOLDIERS TO NEW YORK HARBOR MS PAN BLACK SOLDIERS
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MS SOLDIERS DEBARKING SHIP, WALKING DOWN GANG PLANK WITH RUCKSACKS DUFFLE BAGS
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POV ON SHIP COMING INTO NEW YORK HARBOR STATUE OF LIBERTY IN B/G
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TITLE CARD: DR. DU BOIS AT DENVER REPORTS ON FRISCO WORLD CONFERENCE
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LS TILT DOWN CHURCH FACADE
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MS SPEAKER DR. WEB DU BOIS, DUBOIS, DEBOIS ON PULPIT ADDRESSING FULL HOUSE
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TITLE CARD: DRIVE HONORS MRS. BETHUNE SEEK $55,000 FUND ON HER ANNIVERSARY
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MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ON HER 70TH BIRTHDAY SPEAKING TO AUDIENCE FROM PULPIT INTERCUTS AUDIENCE. YOUNG WOMAN SPEAKER ALSO.
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TITLE CARD: COMMENCEMENT AT HOWARD "U" CIO LEADER AND ROBESON GET HONORARY DEGREES
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SCENES FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY GRADUATION CEREMONY CIRCA MID 1940s. STUDENTS, FACULTY MEMBERS ALL GRADUATION CAPS & GOWNS MORTARBOARDS. HONORARY DEGREES. CU ROBESON RECEIVING DEGREE
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