By-line newsreel. #1

Series: Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

Duration: 12

Creator: Phoenix

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: In Washington D.C., Colville Richardson, Chairman of the Federal Parole Board and the first Black ever appointed to the Board, is interviewed as are Howard Jenkins and Roberta Church, Eisenhower appointees to important Labor Department positions. 36 Marine reservists, both Black and white, embark via train from Baltimore to the Marine base at Parris Island for training. At Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, Black stars Lenny Moore for the Baltimore Colts and Bobby Watkins for the Chicago Bears battle for victory. The Washington D.C. chapter of The Continentals hosts representatives from other Eastern seacoast chapters. In New York City, chorus girls and fashion models sport Ike buttons. At the offices of the U.S. Mission to the United Nations, cameras visit Mrs. Carmel Carrington Marr, Advisor on Political and Legal Affairs. (This film is part of the Tyler, Texas Black Film Collection, a group of motion pictures made between 1935 and 1956 featuring mostly or all-Black casts, produced and/or directed by African American filmmakers and shown primarily to Black audiences. All films are preceded by a 4 minute explanatory introduction by Ossie Davis.)