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).

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

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

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34815

Summary: VS, Sammy Davis Jr. performing before a large soldier audience at Long Binh Post, Vietnam. VS, members of the USO troupe entertaining the audience include: George Rhodes and his orchestra, Diane Day, Aldo Beeds, Lynn Kellogg, Ted Barret, Blinky Williams, Timmy Rogers and chorus girls. VS, USO troupe board an aircraft at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. Night Shots, Sammy Davis Jr. and USO troupe deplaning. INT, cameraman photographing Sammy Davis Jr. at an interview. A woman sits at his side. INT, USO troupe performing in a hangar. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. shaking hands with a few soldiers from the audience. VS, Sammy Davis and his USO troupe mingling with other guests at a cocktail party. COMMENTS: Good quality outdoor scenes. Interiors are dark but adequate.

eng, Latn

National Archives at College Park

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 11633527

National Archives at College Park

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67n10bd (person)

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...