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Film, Video All-American news. [1945-05, no. 4] Inventory title: All American news 4 / Inventory title: All American news IV / All-American news reel no. 4 / All American news 4 / All American news IV

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Title

  • All-American news. [1945-05, no. 4]

Other Title

  • Inventory title: All American news 4
  • Inventory title: All American news IV
  • All-American news reel no. 4
  • All American news 4
  • All American news IV

Summary

  • All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, and to reflect an African-American perspective on world and national events. Highlights of this issue include segments about Ann Petry, the winner of the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship Award, and the official opening of the Burma Road on May 20, 1945.

Names

  • Alexander, William D., production
  • Glucksman, E. M. (Emanuel M.), production
  • Barnett, Claude, 1889-1967, production
  • All American News, Inc

Created / Published

  • [1945]

Contents

  • Career is an unusual one, makes a living by making basketballs (55 sec.) -- Fiction award to Negro girl, Ann Petry wins $2,400 for "The Street" (25 sec.) -- Ledo-Burma road opens, colored troops conduct convoy on 774 mile move / photography, United States Army Signal Corps (4 min., 40 sec.).

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Social life and customs
  • -  World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American
  • -  Petry, Ann,--1908-1997
  • -  Pankey, Aubrey,--1905-1971
  • -  Pick, Lewis A.--(Lewis Andrew),--1890-1956
  • -  Burma Road (China and Burma)

Genre

  • Newsreels
  • Nonfiction films

Notes

  • -  The title, "All-American news reel no. 4" is taken from Blacks in black and white, p. 437.
  • -  Date in title and possible date of release are based on the date of the story "Ledo-Burma road opens" (May 20, 1945). Date taken from China-Burma-India Theater WWW site.
  • -  Appearing: Ann Petry, Aubrey Pankey, Gen. Lewis Pick.
  • -  Cannot confirm that newsreel stories are in the same order, or on the same reel as when originally released.
  • -  Sources used: Moon, S., Reel Black talk, p. 3-6; Sampson, H., Blacks in black and white, p. 437-440; Wheeler, R. "News for all Americans" in American visions, Feb.-Mar. 1993, p. 40, viewed online, June 22, 2018 via Academic OneFile; New York times, March 13, 1945, p. 21; China-Burma-India Theater WWW site, Ledo Road page, viewed July 27, 2018.

Medium

  • 1 video file (digital, MPEG-4) (ca. 6 min.) : sd., b&w.

Source Collection

  • MacDonald (J. Fred and Leslie W.) Collection (Library of Congress)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018600204

Online Format

  • image
  • video

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Chicago citation style:

All American News, Inc. All-American news. -05, no. 4. produceds by Alexander, William D.Uction, Glucksman, E. M. Uction, and Barnett, Claude, Uction [1945] Video. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018600204/.

APA citation style:

All American News, I. (1945) All-American news. -05, no. 4. Alexander, W. D. U., Glucksman, E. M. U. & Barnett, C., prods [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2018600204/.

MLA citation style:

All American News, Inc. All-American news. -05, no. 4. prod by Alexander, William D.Uction, Glucksman, E. M. Uction, and Barnett, Claude, Uction [1945] Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2018600204/>.