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, Sammy Davis Jr. sitting in on a rap session at a military drug rehabilitation meeting. LS, buildings and palm trees. CU, sign: "US Army Hawaii Drug Abuse Division." INT, rear view and side views of entertainers performing on stage. VS, man interviews Sammy Davis Jr. They are sitting on a balcony, ocean in bg. Interviewer is off camera. COMMENTS: Interview scenes have good quality. Scenes of the show are dark and poor quality. Cameraman used multiple image special effects on a good part of the show scenes.

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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...