- Title: NT-122
- Summary: BLACK JOURNAL #22 - BLACK G.I.: TV SHOW, BLACK JOURNAL, WITH HOST LOU HOUSE, COVERAGE OF ISSUES CONCERNING BLACK AUDIENCE, 1969, FOCUS ON BLACK SOLDIERS, VIETNAM WAR
- Description:01:00:21 - BLACK JOURNAL OPENING GRAPHICS AND MUSIC 01:00:29 - HOSTS, LOU HOUSE AND WILLIAM GREAVES GREET VIEWERS, "JAMBO" 01:00:42 - WILLIAM GREAVES INTRODUCES SEGMENT ON THE BLACK SOLDIER, BLACK GI 01:00:55 - LOU HOUSE TALKS ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF BLACK IN VIETNAM AND DECLINING RE-ENLISTMENTS 01:01:19 - WILLIAM GREAVES TALKS ABOUT NON-PRODUCTIVE FIELDS IN THE MILITARY FOR BLACKS, "ONLY 1 ACTIVE BLACK GENERAL IN THE ENTIRE MILITARY" 01:01:50 - LOU HOUSE TALKS INTRODUCES KEN GARRET 01:02:03 - MONTAGE OF ILLUSTRATION BLACKS AND WHITE IN THE MILITARY, GREAT PICTURE OF BLACK CIVIL WAR SOLDIER WITH PISTOL, TALKS ABOUT LINCOLN, HISTORIC PHOTOS OF BLACK SOLDIERS, WWI, WWII 01:03:23 - EXPLOSION ON D-DAY BEACH, BLACK SOLDIERS HIT THE BEACHES, BLACK SOLDIERS WITH GAS MASKS RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS, SALUTING, LOADING AMMO, GETTING N AIRPLANES, TUSKEGEE AIRMAN 01:04:11 - WWII FOOTAGE OF BLACK SOLDIERS, MARCHING THROUGH EUROPEAN COUNTRYSIDE 01:04:18 - POV MARCHERS THROUGH EUROPEAN CITY, LIBERATION OF PARIS, CHEERING CROWDS 01:04:25 - BLACK SOLDIERS BEING GIVEN AWARDS IN PARIS ? 01:04:31 - NEWSREEL FOOTAGE OF JOE LOUIS GREETING BLACK SOLDIERS, STEPPING OFF PLANE 01:04:40 - DIVISION OF BLACK SOLDIERS MARCHING, NEWSREEL FOOTAGE OF KOREAN WAR SOLDIERS, END OF SEGREGRATION 01:04:55 - MS OF BLACK SOLDIERS IN KOREAN WAR, STANDING AT ATTENTION 01:04:57 - BLACK SOLDIERS MARCHING KOREAN WAR 01:05:15 - MONTAGE OF BLACK SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM 01:05:38 - BLACK SOLDIERS TALK ABOUT VIETNAM, NOT HAPPY, PEACE CORP JOKE 01:06:00 - CLIPS OF BLACK MEN TALK ABOUT THEIR MILITARY SERVICE 01:06:18 - AERIAL SHOT OF VIETNAM, RIVER, POV HELICOPTER 01:06:54 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF CITY TRAFFIC CIRCLE WITH FOUNTAIN IN VIETNAM, SAIGON 01:07:05 - STREETS OF SAIGON, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, 1960S 01:07:26 - MILITARY HELICOPTER TAKES OFF, VIETNAM 01:07:40 - INT OF HELICOPTER, NAM 01:07:43 - ARMORED TANKS, 1960S 01:07:50 - FIGHTER JETS, DROPPING BOMBS, VIETNAM 01:07:57 - HELICOPTERS LANDING VIETNAM 01:08:04 - SOLDIERS IN FOX HOLES, HELICOPTERS, GUNS, BATTLE 01:08:23 - SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM WALKING ACROSS FIELD, BATTLE 01:08:29 - FIRE 01:08:33 - CLIPS OF BLACK SOLDIERS IN VIETNAM FIGHTING, IN THE JUNGLE, LOOKING DOWN TUNNEL 01:08:51 - VIETNAMESE VILLAGERS SIT AND WAIT 01:08:53 - SOLDIERS PULL BODIES OUT OF TUNNEL OPENING, WHITE SOLDIER PUTS GRENADE ON BODY 01:09:23 - GREEN BERET ON BOAT ON VIETNAM RIVER WITH SPEAKER 01:09:27 - POV BOAT ON RIVER, PASSING VIETNAMESE SHACKS AND CHILDREN, UPPER SAIGON RIVER, RIVER PATROL 01:10:00 - CU OF BLACK SOLDIER ON SAIGON RIVER WITH MOUNTED MACHINE GUN 01:10:18 - SMALL VIETNAMESE BOAT, MAN WAVES TO BLACK SOLDIER, LOOKS AT HIS PAPERS, OLD TOOTHLESS VIETNAMESE MAN 01:11:06 - BLACK NAVY MAN ON BOAT IN NAM, TALKS ABOUT HIS JOB 01:11:16 - CU OF BLACK HANDS ON MOUNTED MACHINE GUN 01:11:24 - CU OF BLACK SOLDIER TALKING ABOUT RETURNING HOME 01:11:27 - POV MOVING BOAT, BLACK SAILOR AT 50 CALIBER GUN, SWAMPS, SAIGON RIVER, SAILOR TALKS ABOUT NIGHT AMBUSH 01:12:00 - TWO BLACK SAILORS ON BOAT IN SAIGON RIVER 01:12:21 - US NAVY PATROL BOAT ON SAIGON RIVER, VIETNAM, US FLAG, BLACK SAILORS, AMBUSH 01:12:33 - CU OF PASSING BOAT WITH SAILORS, VIETNAM WAR 01:12:54 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR TALKING ABOUT HIS TOUR 01:13:27 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR ON BOAT 01:13:36 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR TALKING ABOUT BLACK MAN BEING PUSHED ALL HIS LIFE, LEANING ON MACHINE GUN 01:14:13 - BLACK SAILOR ON PATROL BOAT, WEARS PEACE SIGN NECKLACE, AMERICAN FLAG, 1960S, VIETNAM 01:14:22 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR 01:14:37 - MS OF BLACK SAILOR AT MACHINE GUN ON PATROL BOAT, PAN OVER TO SWAMPLANDS 01:14:48 - SAIGON RIVER PATROL BOAT, US NAVY 01:15:05 - SAIGON CITY SCENES 01:15:10 - USO GROUP: WALKIN' (live) USO SHOW, BLACK FEMALE SINGING GROUP PERFORMS, MINI SKIRTS, VIETNAM 01:16:09 - MS OF WHITE MP, MILITARY POLICE AT USO 01:16:27 - VIEW FROM HELICOPTER OF VIETNAM JUNGLE 01:16:34 - TANKS MOVE THROUGH THE JUNGLE 01:16:42 - POV TANK, CU OF SOLDIERS ON TANKS, BLACK SOLDIERS, DMZ 01:17:05 - TANK MOVES 01:17:10 - POV INSIDE TANK LOOKING UP AT SOLDIER 01:17:13 - POV MOVING NAVY BOAT AT SEA, BEHIND SOLDIERS SHOOTING MACHINE GUNS 01:17:31 - CU OF AMMO GOING THROUGH MACHINE GUN 01:17:35 - POV NAVAL BOAT, RIVER PATROL, SHOOTING GUNS, BLACK SOLDIER 01:18:11 - SPENT SHELLS FALLING INTO THE RIVER, SEAMAN KICKS SHELLS 01:18:18 - BLACK SAILOR IN VIETNAM SIT ON BUNK AND TALK ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH WHITE SAILORS, DON'T LIKE THE SAME MUSIC 01:19:11 - PAN OF BLACK SAILORS ON BOARD 01:19:17 - SAILOR TALKS ABOUT BEING COURT MARTIALED, (THE RESULTS OF HIS TRIAL) 01:20:08 - PAN OF BLACK SAILORS ON BOAT 01:20:15 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR TALKING ABOUT BLACK EXPERIENCE 01:20:39 - POV MOVING BOAT 01:21:01 - BLACK SAILOR TALKS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE NAVY 01:21:28 - BLACK MAN ON BOAT 01:21:34 - CU OF BLACK SAILOR TALKING ABOUT RACE RELATIONS IN THE NAVY, PARANOID, "CAUSE ALL WHITE MEN THINK ALIKE, DEVILISH" 01:22:12 - BLACK SAILOR, VIETNAM 01:22:24 - BLACK SAILOR TALKS ABOUT VIETNAMESE GIRL CALLING HIM UGLY, MONKEY, RACISM 01:22:43 - SCENES FROM SAIGON, 1960S, TU-DO STREET, NEON SIGNS, BARS 01:23:02 - WHITE SOLDIERS ON STREETS OF SAIGON 01:23:09 - BLACK SAILOR TALKS ABOUT DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE 01:23:22 - POV NAVAL PATROL BOAT, VIETNAM, BLACK SAILORS, FISTS IN THE AIR, BLACK POWER 01:24:17 - FIGHTER JETS TAKE OFF 01:24:28 - FIGHTER JETS IN THE SKY, CLOUDS, VIETNAM 01:25:03 - FIGHTER JET LANDS, PARACHUTE DRAGS 01:25:22 - ECU OF BLACK AIR FORCE COMMANDER BRIEFS PILOTS, MEN GET UP 01:26:18 - BLACK AIR FORCE PILOT GETS GUN 01:26:44 - AIR FORCE SQUAD LOGO, 390 TFS, ON BUILDING, PILOTS EXIT BUILDING, BARRACKS 01:27:13 - PILOTS PUT ON GEAR, INSPECT PLANES, CLIMB INTO COCKPIT IN HANGAR 01:28:03 - FIGHTER JET TAKES OFF 01:28:10 - CU OF BLACK AIR FORCE PILOT, HAS NOT EXPERIENCED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE MILITARY, REVIEW BOARD IS COLOR BLIND 01:28:46 - BLACK MAN IN ARMY UNIFORM, 22 YEAR VETERAN, STATES THAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION HAS HELD HIM BACK 01:30:09 - BLACK ARMY OFFICER FEELS HE HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR PROMOTIONS 01:30:41 - BLACK ARMY OFFICER FEELS HELD BACK BECAUSE OF HIS RACE, COMMANDERS ARE NOW (VIETNAM) FLUSTERED DEALING WITH DEMANDING YOUNG BLACK SOLDIERS 01:32:21 - INTERVIEW WITH BLACK BRIGADIER GENERAL, FREDERICK E. DAVIDSON, PENTAGON, ASKED ABOUT BEING AN UNCLE TOM, STRONGLY DISAGREES WITH THAT, TALKS ABOUT THE BLACK PANTHERS, CUTS TO BLACK JOURNALIST, ASKED ABOUT VIOLENCE, TALKS ABOUT THE ADVANCES IN THE ARMY REGARDING RECOGNITION OF BLACKS, MILITARY CANNOT ACCEPT MUNITIOUS ACTIONS 01:35:18 - VIETNAM WAR SOLDIERS WALKING THROUGH FIELD, PATROLLING VILLAGES, SEARCHING 01:35:49 - AERIAL SHOT OF VIETNAM, LARGE BAY 01:36:02 - WS PAN OF OKINAWA 01:36:13 - OKINAWA MARINE BASE, CAMP HANSEN, TRUCKS COMING AND GOING 01:36:28 - TROOPS MARCHING AT CAMP HANSEN, SOLDIERS SMOKING 01:36:41 - CU OF BLACK MARINES 01:36:45 - BACK MARINES AT RESTAURANT OR MESS HALL, SOUL BROTHER HANDSHAKES 01:36:56 - MS OF BLACK SOLDIER TALKING ABOUT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE MILITARY, BEING USED, TALK ABOUT DASHIKIS BEING BANNED, MANY HANDSHAKES ALL AROUND, NO BRACELETS ALLOWED IN THEATER, RIGHTS ARE BEING VIOLATED, BEING CALLED THE N WORK BY VIETNAMESE GIRLS, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON SPEAKERS, ANGRY BLACK MEN, THREATEN BY MPS 01:42:15 - CU OF BLACK SOLDIERS TALKING AND LISTENING, TOOTHPICKS IN THEIR MOUTHS, TALK ABOUT FREEDOM 01:42:51 - OKINAWA, FOUR CORNERS, BLACK SECTION, SIGN FOR SOUL BROTHERS MCGEE'S TAILOR 01:43:06 - SIGN FOR MICKEY'S SOUL BAR-BE-QUE, SIGN FOR SOUL LAND RECORD STORE, STORE SIGNS 01:43:16 - BLACK MEN IN FRONT OF JAPANESE STORES WEARING BLACK POWER, SOUL POWER JACKETS WITH EMBROIDERED PATCHES, SOUL BROTHER HANDSHAKES 01:43:56 - HIP, COOL, BLACK MEN WALK AWAY FROM CAMERA, 1960S FASHIONS 01:44:09 - PAN OF STORES IN OKINAWA, PEPSI AND 7UP SIGNS 01:44:21 - BLACK MEN TALK ABOUT RACE ISSUES, THE DRAFT, DISCRIMINATION IN THE MILITARY, "EITHER FALL INTO LINE OR YOU DIE" 01:45:20 - ECU OF BLACK SOLDIER TALKING ABOUT MUSIC IN VIETNAM ARMY CLUBS, MP ARRESTED BLACKS AT COUNTRY AND WESTERN CONCERT, RACIAL PREJUDICE IN MEDICAL CENTER,"THEY WANT YOU TO BE SOME KIND OF WHITE NEGRO" 01:47:36 - BLACK SOLDIER TALKS ABOUT DOUBLE STANDARD, COWBOY HAT OK BUT DASHIKI ISN'T 01:48:14 - AERIAL SHOT OF PENTAGON 01:48:29 - BLACK MILITARY OFFICIAL, L. HOWARD BENNETT, TALKS ABOUT RACIAL PROBLEMS IN MILITARY, SELECTING THE MUSIC FOR SHOWS 01:49:56 - BLACK JOURNALIST ASKS ABOUT COMMUNICATION GAP IN CHAIN OF COMMAND 01:50:28 - CU OF BENNETT, TALKS ABOUT DEFICIENCY IN MILITARY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RECOMMENDS HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCILS IN THE SERVICE AND FORUMS 01:52:21 - MS OF BLACK MILITARY OFFICER STATES HE HAS SEEN IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING BLACKS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY IN SPITE OF RECENT POLARIZATION, SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY PUTS BLACKS IN A BETTER POSITION TO DEMAND EQUALITY 01:53:53 - BLACK JOURNALIST ASKS ABOUT WHY BLACK MEN SHOULD GIVE UP THEIR LIVES 01:54:06 - BLACK MAN AT DESKS RESPONDS 01:54:13 - BLACK JOURNALIST ASKS ABOUT THE BLACK MAN IN COMBAT, BENNETT RESPONDS WITH COMMENT ABOUT CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILITY 01:54:33 - MS AND CU OF BLACK SOLDIERS, VIETNAM, 1960S 01:54:48 - MPS MARCH UP STAIRS, FOLD AMERICAN FLAG AS TAPS PLAYS 01:55:10 - SOLDIERS WITH FLAG DRAPED COFFIN 01:55:16 - BLACK SAILORS WITH FISTS RAISED, BLACK POWER, CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON FIST 01:55:34 - LOU HOUSE 01:55:42 - BLACK JOURNALIST TALKS ABOUT ASSOCIATION OF BLACK MEDIA PRODUCERS, PROGRAMMING 01:56:06 - LOU HOUSE TALKS ABOUT NEXT MONTH'S PROGRAM 01:56:23 - CLOSING CREDITS 01:56:44 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1970
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: NT-122