The Negro Sailor

The Negro Sailor
Directed byHenry Levin
CinematographyUnited States Navy
Production
company
Distributed byAll-American News
Release date
  • 14 July 1945 (1945-07-14)[1]
Running time
27 Minutes
CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish

The Negro Sailor is a 1945 documentary short film made for the U.S. Navy[3] and shown by All-American News, a company producing newsreels and later feature films for the race film market. It was directed by Henry Levin.[4] The film was inspired by the success of the film The Negro Soldier,[5] and was one of only five films documenting the war time activities of African Americans in a positive light before 1950.[6][7] Released after the surrender of Japan, the film highlights the service of African American seamen.[8]

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  2. ^ Columbia Pictures : portrait of a studio. Bernard F. Dick. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky. 2010. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8131-3019-4. OCLC 880860178. Archived from the original on 2023-04-11. Retrieved 2022-06-28.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "The Negro in the United States Navy During World War II" by L. D. Reddick, The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 32, No. 2 (Apr., 1947), page 215.
  4. ^ p. 265 Murray, Florence (editor) The Negro Handbook 1946-1947 Current Books, Incorporated, 1947
  5. ^ Murphy, William T. (2021-09-24), "The United States Government and the Use of Motion Pictures During World War II", The Japan/America Film Wars (1 ed.), London: Routledge, pp. 59–68, doi:10.4324/9781003205289-3, ISBN 978-1-003-20528-9, S2CID 244222903, archived from the original on 2023-04-11, retrieved 2022-06-28
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