“Jubilee – BW – WWII – All Black “, “EELIBUJ Strictly G.I.”, “Jubilee”,

“Jubilee: Strictly GI” is a documentary film about Tuskegee airmen and Black wartime radio during World War II. It is an extra feature in the film short Black cinema: silence to sound, 1903-1950, which explores the first Black filmmakers.”

“Documentary combining interviews and news and movie footage. Tells not only the story of the Tuskegee Airmen but also an overview of how the unit came into existence. “Jubilee : strictly G.I.” is footage taped during the broadcast of a radio show that was shipped overseas to the Armed Forces Radio Network.”

“Jubilee: Strictly G.I.” (1944) was a variety radio show program in the 1940s that was made to help boost the morale of soldiers in World War II. This rare clip features some legendary people and gives you an idea of how the radio show went.

Starring Ernie ‘Bubbles’ Whitman, Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Lena Horne, Emmett ‘Babe’ Wallace, and Timmie Rogers.

Jubilee is an AFRS radio program that featured African-American musicians and singers. It was broadcast to servicemen via AFRS from 1942 to 1953. Jubilee was conceived at least in part as a morale-building service for African-American troops overseas. The wartime host was Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman. Most of the shows were recorded before live audiences in Los Angeles. The series emerged as an important piece of black heritage. Its War Department status exempted the performing artists from the union-mandated recording bans of 1942-43 and 1947–48 and many of the shows contain unique performances.”