Summary

[Paul Robeson Talking & Singing Joe Hill]

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: [Paul Robeson Talking & Singing Joe Hill]
File Number: DN-208 1 inch
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1944
Subjects: Music - Singing - Paul Robeson; Strike - Copper - Joe Hill; Birthday - Paul Robeson; Union - Organizing - Song; Tolerance; Internationalism; Cultures; Pride - Negro - Blacks; Immigrants - Friends; Freedom - Struggle; Fascism - Threat;
Description: 08:45:47:00 - 08:55:10:15 B W 1944 [Paul Robeson Talking & Singing Joe Hill] New York City - 17th Regimental Armory Robeson talks on birthday. Sings re hammer on mountain. Sings Joe Hill. Thanks people, talks about the need for cooperation of all the people of the world & how as a child among immigrants he found the need to get along. The negro people have had a great past and they can have a great future. Speaks of pride in his own group (Negro) but had friends in all groups. Struggle for freedom can never stop. Fascism. (08:54:56) Silent 2nd camera. Robeson, Paul Hill, Joe (not seen)
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