Negro Soldier, The R3 of 4

WWII - Blacks / Negro Army Troops Training View past wreckage outside hangers; ships. Black minister preaching about WW2 to black congregation. Woman stands & talks about her son, an infantry officer, reads from letter from him (becoming voice over narration for reel) CUs listening. 04:01:30 Blacks & whites in railroad station marching to board train, Black breaks away & hugs the mother. LS of barracks at; soldiers off train, into receiving area; officer speaks (SOF) greeting them, welcoming into US Army. “...you’ll be converted from a civilian into a full-fledged soldier.” Large room of desks w/ recruits interviewed. 04:02:52 Montage: orders given, intercut w/ marching in civilian clothes w/ tags; Chaplain lecturing about availability of Chaplains to answer all questions, CUs listening. Another officer tells what will happen if they don’t get along in the army, need for saluting & how to salute. 04:04:30 Montage: CUs barking orders, checking for flat feet & issuing boots; uniforms issued. Marching to train w/ duffel / duffle bags & boarding. 04:05:44 - 04:05:53 Trains criss-crossing as transition. GOOD 04:05:55 Army truck convoy past sentry at army base; Black soldiers out into snow. 04:06:08 CU Black hands making bed, giving instructions; standing on drill field; drilling & making mistakes. 04:07:03 MCU feet marching; marching w/ rifles thru woods, resting & rubbing feet. 04:07:30 White officer / doctor touring hospital w/ Black officer & nurses; dental clinic w/ all Blacks. 04:07:44 Blacks on firing range, snow on ground. Firing practice w/ large targets. 04:08:00 Football, baseball, boxing & ping pong. Black woman woman reading An Anthology of American Negro Literature, men standing listening. 04:08:21 CU truck wheels; Black women WACS drilling on parade ground in front of barracks. Riding in jeeps over hilly road. 04:09:02 CU brushing boot on bed. Black orchestra & large number of couples dancing; MCUs & CUs. 04:09:33 CU giving orders, men doing calisthenics / exercises on drill field in front of barracks; w/ rifles. 04:09:47 Bayonet exercises 1940s Government Propaganda; Segregation; Jim Crow; Religion; Transportation;