Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection 1964-1980. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F 232).

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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. SAMMY DAVIS JR. USO SHOW (AF1F 232).

3/1972

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Summary: INT, George Rhodes and his orchestra rehearsing. INT, CUs, individual orchestra members playing their instruments. LS, The Ambassador Hotel, Los Angles, California. VS, bus is driven away from the hotel. VS, members of USO show boarding a bus. VS, entertainers sitting in moving bus. VS, USO troupe boarding USAF aircraft. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. taking pictures of the aircraft. AVs, night shots, airport landing lights lining field as plane lands. INT, LSs, entertainers performing. INT, audience applauds. INT, Sammy Davis performing. COMMENTS: Cameraman used special effects on band members at the rehearsal, four and five images of one person. Good shot of runway as plane lands. The show itself has poor quality coverage.

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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...