| The Negro Soldier | |
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| Directed by | Stuart Heisler |
| Written by | Carlton Moss |
| Produced by | Frank Capra United States Department of War |
| Starring | Carlton Moss Norman Ford Bertha Woolford George Washington Carver Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Jesse Owens |
| Cinematography | CPO Alan Q. Thompson Capt. Horace Woodard Lt. Paul C. Vogel |
| Music by | Albert Glasser Calvin Jackson Howard Jackson Earl Robinson Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Distributed by | War Activities Committee of the Motion Pictures Industry |
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Running time | 43 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Negro Soldier is a 1944 documentary film created by the United States Army during World War II.[1] It was produced by Frank Capra as a follow-up to his successful film series Why We Fight. The army used the film as propaganda to convince black Americans to enlist in the army and fight in the war. Most people regarded the film very highly, some going as far as to say that The Negro Soldier was "one of the finest things that ever happened to America".[1] Due to both high reviews and great cinematography, The Negro Soldier proved to be a breakout film influencing army members and civilians of all races. In 2011, it was chosen to be preserved in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress.
- ^ a b Cripps, Thomas; David Culbert (Winter 1979). "Cripps, Thomas, and David Culbert.The Negro Soldier (1944): Film Propaganda In Black and White". American Quarterly. 31 (5). Johns Hopkins University Press: 616–40. doi:10.2307/2712429. JSTOR 2712429.