Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980.

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964-1980.

3/1972

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Summary: INT, Tim Rodgers moves around as he sings on stage. Band is in bg. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. dancing, singing and telling jokes on stage. Girls dancing as he performs. INT, members of the audience going up onto stage and dancing with the girls. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. talks briefly with the soldiers as they leave the stage. INT, officer presents a plaque to Sammy Davis Jr. COMMENTS: Camera flash lights popping and lighting up the stage. Fixed camera. Film quality adequate.

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Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...