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, George Rhodes and Blinky Williams at a rehearsal. INT, members of the orchestra playing their instruments. VS, rear views of Lynn Kellogg and Ted Barret entertaining a large soldier audience in bg. VS, rear views of Sammy Davis Jr. singing as the chorus girls dance. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. playing the drums. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. singing and dancing with the chorus girls. VS, soldiers on stage dancing with the chorus girls. VS, UH-1H helicopter landing, Sammy Davis Jr. and some members of his troupe deplane. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. taking pictures of the aircraft and his USO troupe. VS, members of the USO show disembarking from a CH-47 helicopter. VS, Sammy Davis Jr. and entourage disembark from a C-141 aircraft and are greeted by a group of officers. VS, Blinky Williams singing to the soldiers at Bienhoa, South Vietnam. AVS, aircraft carrier USS Hancock at sea. COMMENTS: Good quality. Varied angles and distances.

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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...