Black Soldier Blues
Clip 2: Aussie welcome
0 min 39 sec
Taken from the documentary Black Soldier Blues (2004)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG
Availability of the complete title
Curator’s clip description
African American ex-servicemen recall the friendliness of the Australians during the Second World War in Queensland. Frederick J Smith and Jay Crosby were intrigued by the ritual of teatime.
Curator’s notes
What is shocking to us now is the fact that one of the African American soldiers was shocked by being approached as an equal by a white Australian soldier, and what an impact this had.
Damien Parer, curator
