Correction: The song at the end is "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho". Everything else is still true. If this film had been shown in theaters & TV AFTER the war, and had its message been picked up by Hollywood producers & writers, the civil rights movement may have occured sooner. Love that ending, starting at 38:45.
Thanks for posting this! The song at the end is "The Walls Come Tumblin' Down". After the war, though, America wanted to forget that African Americans had fought, bled & died for this country. This film was the only one of its type made, so it was easy to put it in mothballs. The armed forces were segregated during the war, so Hollywood just made films about the White troops only. Blacks couldn't be shown in Europe (killing White Germans & being kissed by White women) until "The Dirty Dozen".
Correction: The song at the end is "Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho". Everything else is still true. If this film had been shown in theaters & TV AFTER the war, and had its message been picked up by Hollywood producers & writers, the civil rights movement may have occured sooner. Love that ending, starting at 38:45.
towringer 2 months ago
Thanks for posting this! The song at the end is "The Walls Come Tumblin' Down". After the war, though, America wanted to forget that African Americans had fought, bled & died for this country. This film was the only one of its type made, so it was easy to put it in mothballs. The armed forces were segregated during the war, so Hollywood just made films about the White troops only. Blacks couldn't be shown in Europe (killing White Germans & being kissed by White women) until "The Dirty Dozen".
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