Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Red tails : [videorecording (DVD)] the real story of the Tuskegee Airmen / [WQED Pittsburgh] ; produced and written by Christopher T. Moore and Olga George.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 55 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"They were often treated as second class citizens, yet many (if not most), of the African American men who eventually joined the Tuskegee Institute volunteered to serve during World War II. Why? Find out in Red Rails: The Real Story of the Tuskegee Airmen, as the film takes you directly to the Tuskegee training base as it exists today. And through the use of archival footage transports you to the battles where some of Americas bravest men fought in the air and on the ground. Hear from their family and friends, and see film and pictures from the war that capture the thrill and danger of air battle over Europe"--Container.

Subjects:

United States. Air Force -- African Americans -- History.

United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.

African American air pilots -- History.

Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.) -- History.

Documentary films.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

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