# “ NEGRO COLLEGES IN WAR TIME ” WWII FILM HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITIES TUSKEGEE INSTITUTE 32242

This 1943 propaganda film was produced by the Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures and looks at the different contributions being made at Black universities. It shows the campuses and activities at famous Black universities including Tuskegee University, Prairie View College, Howard University, and the Hampton Institute. Students are shown learning vital skills to the war effort including agricultural studies, mechanical engineering, flying and medical training. It also focuses on fields open to women, including in agriculture, science, and mechanics. The film also shows the renowned agricultural scientist George Washington Carver. 0:01 The US Government Presents “Negro Colleges in War Time”, produced by the Office of War Information Bureau of Motion Pictures, 0:14 “Lifting the Veil of Ignorance” statue of Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee University in Alabama from different angles, 0:43 different shots from the Tuskegee University campus and classrooms, 1:19 the renowned scientist Dr. George Washington Carver, 1:33 scientists distilling alcohol from sweet potatoes, 1:51 women working in a mechanic workshop, 2:00 Campus of Prairie View College in Texas, 2:13 agricultural students maintaining farm equipment, 2:27 students at a forging class, 2:36 students working in a machine shop, 2:55 different shots of the campus at Howard University in Washington DC, 3:09 men and women in a mechanical designing class, 3:15 students learning navigation in a meteorology…

- Kind: Newsreel
- Genres: War, History, News, Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/28052NegroCollegesInWartime)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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