00:10 “ALL-AMERICAN NEWS” title card. All-American news is an episode of a rare newsreel produced for a Black audience throughout the 1940s and 1950s. The first newsreel of its kind, these films reflected an African-American perspective on world news and were part of an effort to increase Black American participation in and support of World War II.

00:16 All Black soldiers march. 00:22 Montage of various Black athletes playing baseball 00:25 football 00:27 Boxing 00:29 track and field 00:31 and tennis. 00:33 Title Card: “American Day Celebration: Throngs Renew Their Allegiance to U.S.A.” 00:41 Crowd of white army servicemen are assembled in Chicago Soldier Field (American football and soccer stadium in Illinois) for a military display. A white soldier holds the American Flag. 00:44 An American flag is raised. 00:47 The 8th regiment band marches. 01:03 Crowd of American citizens cheer in audience. Troops lines walls below. 01:05 Three white officers salute marchers. 01:08 Black female conductor leads an all African American band. 01:27 Three Black women sing to crowd. 01:30 Black children dressed in all white march. 01:34 Black servicewomen within a WADC unit (Women’s Axillary Defense Corps) march. 01:38 Governor Dwight Greene of Illinois addresses crowd. 01:47 Mayor Edward J Kelly of Chicago speaks. 01:49 Shot of Black and White children in crowd. 01:50 Servicemen ride in army truck. 01:56 Shot of waving American flag. 02:01 Title card: “State Labor Head Busy: Settles Disputes for Michigan”. 02:09 Charles Mahoney (Commissioner of Labor for the Michigan) answers telephone. 02:22 Female secretary hands Mahoney paper. 02:32 Title Card: “Brother Boyd Banquet Host: Entertains Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity”. 02:39 Fraternity brother in formalwear sit at banquet tables. 02:45 Speaker addresses dining hall. 02:53 Henry Allen Boyd (founder of Nashville Globe, prominent Black businessman) dines at main table. 03:01 Waiter serves fraternity brothers. 03:05 Fraternity brothers dine together. 03:12 Dr. Frank Plummer, oldest member of Alpha Phi Alpha, eats at table. 03:17 Fraser T Lane, signs guest register. 03:23 Table of brothers sign register. 03:27 Montage of notable Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members: J. E. Oaks of Mississippi, Jasper “Jack” Alston Atkins (attorney, educator, activist from Winston-Salem, NC), Henry Walter Hammond (founding member of Eta “The Jewel” Chapter), and Major Homer Lewis. 03:34 Brother Boyd speaks to applauding crowd. 03:46 Title card: “Atty. Gibson is promoted: Toledo Lawyer is Given New Post”. 03:54 James Slater Gibson (first African American lawyer employed by City of Toledo in 1934) takes a book from bookshelf and reads it and other legal documents at his desk. 04:14 Gibson pages through legal book from executive bookcase. 04:24 Title Card: “Harlem Boys Show Skill: Present Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition”. 04:31 Young boys assemble toy house display. Sign “NY Vocational” hangs above. 04:35 Mrs. Ira Wilson shows male dressed in business casual a house model built by her son Fred D. Wilson. 04:46 Two boys play with a marionette of an African American boy. Two paintings hang behind. 04:55 Two boys in formal dress examine weaved baskets. 05:00 Two boys examine model planes hanging above. 05:06 Three boys gathered around table of crafts and art examine pieces. 05:19 Title card: “With G.I.’s in India: Kept Busy on Famed Ledo Road”. Ledo Road was an overland supply route built by U.S. Army Engineers between India and China between 1942 and 1945 during WWII. 05:26 Train exits station along Ledo Road. 05:31 Black troops unload cargo from train as soldier supervises. 05:42 Troop directs crane carry supplies as workers watch from station deck. 05:54 Parking lot of American military trucks. 05:59 Montage of mechanics service trucks in repair shop. 06:14 Sign reads “American Red Cross Field Directors Office”. 06:17 Exterior of Field Directors building. Two troops enter. 06:21 Group of servicemen lounge in chairs. 06:29 A white officer consults with a black soldier. 06:38 Mary Heffman, a white woman works at Red Cross desk. 06:43 A Black soldier hands her a paper. 06:59 Heffman gives him a loan. 07:06 Exterior of building. 07:10 A group of soldiers gather at lawn tables. 07:15 A woman scoops ice cream and hands it to a man. She continues scooping. 07:28 People laugh and eat ice cream at table.

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