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"Go Down Death" & "Black GI"

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African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Tape # Format: VHS 1) "Go Down Death" a 1944 race film directed by and starring Spencer Williams 2) "Black G.I." a two-part documentary episode of the television series Black Journal.

Collection
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection
Archival grouping
Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection / Series 2: Video Tape
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Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗

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Catalog reference: sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref342

Collection: Pearl Bowser Audiovisual Collection

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