This DVD/VHS covers a part of World War II history which is ordinarily overlooked...the Negro (African-American) soldier. There are scenes which show the physical, academic and practical challenges Black American troops met and completed. Additionally, this film shows the morale and spirit of the "home front" while the troops were away fighting. My favorite portion of this includes the reading of some sections of Mein Kampf and the specific mention of Blacks therein. Some film scenes were used elsewhere. Overall, this is not a comprehensive documentary. Rather, it is a snapshot of a place in time designed to booster wartime morale and to combat the argument-put forth elsewhere-that WWII was not the Black man's war but instead should be left for whites to fight without involvement by Black America. The direction of this is worthy of Frank Capra.
Review of The Negro Soldier
