Summary

THE HOME FRONT: FDR IN NIGERIA; 99th NEGRO FIGHTER UNIT

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Title: THE HOME FRONT: FDR IN NIGERIA; 99th NEGRO FIGHTER UNIT
File Number: TAP-9AJ Beta SP
Color: B W
Type: Newsreel
Year: 01/01/1940
Description: B W 1940s FDR inspects black soldiers American soldiers engage in D-Day amphibious landing practice black WWII pilots MOS 00:18:35:00 B W 1940s FDR shakes hands with soldiers looks on from army jeep as the 99th Negro Fighting Unit marches by, VS 00:22:50:00 B W 1940s American troops engage in amphibious landing practice: soldiers storm beach, plant flag on beach, talk on radio, lay down a wire mesh grounding, operate bulldozer, unload supply crates and vehicles, fire machine guns, belly-crawl across ground and through moat amid incoming artillery, etc Some shots could read as being real 00:29:42:00 B W 1940s ms Soldiers (British?) in berets strategize over maps on table, VS 00:31:56:00 B W 1940s ms cu Black pilots in full flying gear convene around a map and strategize team of black and white air force men arm a fighter plane with both bombs and bullets black pilot gets into cockpit of fighter plane good, unpretentious shots
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