Film · 1944

The Negro Soldier

Name: The Negro Soldier
Director: Stuart Heisler
Genre: Documentary, Drama, War
Released: 1944-04-10

43 min · Directed by Stuart Heisler

Documentary Drama War

6.230
ratings

America's Joe Lewis vs. The Axis!

Documentary focusing on the contributions to the American war effort of African-American soldiers.

Cast

Carlton Moss

Minister

William Broadus

Jim

Clarence Brooks

Chaplain

N

Norman Ford

Himself / Lt. Robert E. Bronson

C

Clyde Turner

Himself - Soloist in church

B

Bertha Woolford

Herself / Mrs. Bronson

George Washington Carver

Himself

B

Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

Himself

Jesse Owens

Himself

G

Gertrude Elise Ayer

Self (archive footage)

R

Richmond Barthé

Self (archive footage)

E

Erich Borchmeyer

Self (archive footage)

D

Dean Dixon

Self (archive footage)

W

W.C. Handy

Self (archive footage)

M

Matthew Henson

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

C

Cornelius Johnson

Self (archive footage)

H

Henry Johnson

Self - WW1 Soldier (archive footage)

Crew

Director: Stuart Heisler
Producer: Frank Capra
Writer: Carlton Moss
Cinematography: Allen Q. Thompson, Horace Woodard, Paul Vogel
Composer: Albert Glasser, Earl Robinson, Dimitri Tiomkin
Sound: Harold Lee

Details

Studios: United States War Department
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English
Release: April 10, 1944

Themes

world war iiwar propaganda

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