Training of Colored Troops

Creator(s): Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 9/18/1947-2/28/1964 (Most Recent)
Series: Historical Films, ca. 1914 - ca. 1936
Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985
Production Date: 1936
Other Title(s): Historical Film, No. 1211
Sound Type: Silent
Scope & Content: On training the 154th Depot Brigade and the 301st Engineers at Camp Meade, Md. Recruits detrain at the camp, drill, eat, go through bayonet drill, play in a band, dance, and pass in review. Includes shots of a Negro soldier's home as his family reads a letter from him.
Contact(s): National Archives at College Park - Motion Pictures (RDSM), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
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National Archives Identifier: 24716
Local Identifier: 111-H-1211
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