Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860-1985. Motion Pictures 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 Pictures 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: VS, Sammy Davis Jr. accompanied by George Rhodes and his orchestra entertaining the troops at Can Tho Army Airfield, South Vietnam. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. playing the drums. INT, Blinky Williams playing the piano and singing at a rehearsal at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California. INT, CUs, members of the orchestra rehearsing. VS, USO troupe leaving the hotel. VS, USO troupe boarding a USAF C-141 aircraft. INT, Timmy Rodgers rehearsing his routine. INT, Sammy Davis Jr. speaking into a microphone. INT, Lynn Kellogg and Ted Barret playing guitars and singing. VS,Sammy Davis Jr. sitting on a hotel balcony, ocean in bg. He replies to questions from an interviewer who is off camera. COMMENTS: Interview of good quality. Overall quality is adequate. 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...