WWII ERA “ ALL AMERICAN NEWS “ AMERICAN DAY CELEBRATION AFRICAN-AMERICAN NEWSREEL XD46844

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website 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 .“ 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 Ame