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

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/34818

Summary: VS, girls in dressing room putting on make-up. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. talking to some officers as he has a soda in a club. (Dark) VS, Sammy Davis Jr. performing before a large soldier audience, girls dancing behind him. Night shots, Sammy Davis Jr. and his USO troupe entertaining sailors aboard a ship. Night shots as Sammy Davis sings as sailors dance with the girls on stage. INT, officer interviewing Sammy Davis Jr.. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. and USO troupe leaving customs building. They are greeted by Hawaiian hula girls who give them flower leis and perform a hula dance. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. attending a session on the drug abuse program. COMMENTS: Overall quality is good. Some dark scenes. Mostly fixed camera position.

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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...