The Negro Sailor Reel 2 · Part 1

Description

Emphasizes integration, advancement based on ability, equal treatment, and team work in the Navy. Reel 1: Black newspaper employee is drafted. All phases of Navy boot camp are represented as integrated and equal. Shows physicals, clothing procurement, barracks inspection, KP and social activities. Reel 2: Names Black non-combatants who received distinguished Navy Service Awards for bravery: Doris (Dorie) Miller, Elbert H. Oliver, William Pinckney, and Leonard Roy Harmon. Points out that all Navy ratings are open to Black Americans and shows Black sailors learning navigation, radio operation, aviation mechanics, and other specialties. Reel 3: On a destroyer with a predominantly Black crew, Black people fill all positions except commissioned officers. Shows ship in battle action and Black people in Ordnance and CB battalions. Closes with commentary on how Black and White people have fought side by side to keep America free throughout history.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Navy Motion Picture Film Productions