Thursday, September 08, 2005

The Negro Soldier

US 1944. PC: 834th Signal Service Photographic Detachment, Special Services Division, U.S. Army. No personal credit titles in the film. [In charge of production: Frank Capra, with a mighty staff of film professionals. SC: Carlton Moss, D: Stuart Heisler]. A fine Imperial War Museum print. 41'. Viewed at Orion, Helsinki, 8 Sept 2005. "Joshua fit the battle of Jericho". Black audience at church hears the wise sermon of preacher Carlton Moss. The black American history summarized. Hitler's thoughts on the black people are quoted. A mother reads a letter from her son, which is illustrated as a montage sequence of a soldier's path in US Army. West Point, Tuskegee. A montage on the tasks of war. Paying homage to the war heroes.

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