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).

2/1972-3/1972

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Summary: INT, VS, marines, sailors, American women and children with cut-a-ways to the show. INT, CUs, George Rhodes and his orchestra. LS, UH-1H helicopter landing at FSB Melanie. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. and his wife Aldo Beeds are greeted by a group of officers. CU of soldiers in audience at FSB Melanie USO show. VS, soldiers enjoying the show. VS, members of the USO troupe sitting with the audience. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. sitting with the soldiers. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. disembarking from an AH-1G Cobra helicopter. VS, USO troupe watching soldiers giving a fire power demonstration at FSB Gibraltar. VS, audience with cut-a-ways to the show. COMMENTS: Good quality. Shot from a variety of angles. Most shots were of the audiences.

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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...