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The March in Washington
High angle TLS/MSs African-Americans walking along sidewalk, headed toward Washington Monument, some singing.
The March in Washington
LS crowd gathering on Mall, standing, singing; MS whites & blacks in crowd singing "We Shall Overcome" (Joan Baez singing, but not seen) LS Lincoln Memorial; MS statue of Abraham Lincoln at Lincoln Memorial. LS Washington Monument from steps of Lincoln Memorial (no crowd). Nice MS inscription at Lincoln Memorial "In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever" tilt down to statue of seated Lincoln.
The March in Washington
Panning LSs crowd gathering on the Mall. TLS procession of charter buses arriving at Mall. TLS/LSs white & black people arriving, marching with signs, many men wearing UAW hats.
The March in Washington
TLS/LSs white & black people arriving. MSs folk trio PETER, PAUL & MARY (Peter, Paul and Mary) performing "Blowing in the Wind" from podium at Mall. LSs crowd gathering, South Lawn of White House in BG, sign in FG reading, "The Catholic University of America." Peter, Paul & Mary singing othre songs over shots.
The March in Washington
LS/MSs black marching band, black & white people marching down street; many signs inc "All D.C. wants to vote! Home Rule for DC"; "Alpha Phi Alpha"; "Woodstock Catholic Seminary for Equal Rights." MS middle-aged white male marcher wearing bow tie flashing peace sign (V for victory sign). Great TLS marchers carrying bevy of protest signs (placards). More shots of integrated marchers. LSs marchers arriving at Lincoln Memorial, crowds gathered around reflecting pool. People singing and clapping at speakers platform. TLS/LSs crowd gathering on steps of Lincoln Memorial.
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights. Delivered from the President's office at 8 p.m. President John F. Kennedy speaks to the Nation after dispatching National Guard to University of Alabama following Governor George Wallace's refusal to admit two black students in June 11, 1963. Washington, DC
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
MSs U.S. President JOHN F. KENNEDY sitting at desk, making notes while preparing to speak to nation. President Kennedy delivers national televised address. "Good evening, my fellow citizens: This afternoon, following a series of threats and defiant statements, the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was required on the University of Alabama to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District Court of the Northern District of Alabama. That order called for the admission of two clearly qualified young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro. That they were admitted peacefully on the campus is due in good measure to the conduct of the students of the University of Alabama, who met their responsibilities in a constructive way. I hope that every American, regardless of where he lives, will stop and examine his conscience about this and other related incidents. This Nation was founded by men of many nations and backgrounds. It was founded on the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened. Today we are committed to a worldwide struggle to promote and protect the rights of all who wish to be free. And when Americans are sent to Viet-Nam or West Berlin, we do not ask for whites only. It ought to be possible, therefore, for American students of any color to attend any public institution they select without having to be backed up by troops. It ought to be possible for American consumers of any color to receive equal service in places of public accommodation, such as hotels and restaurants and theaters and retail stores, without being forced to resort to demonstrations in the street, and it ought to be possible for American citizens of any color to register and to vote in a free election without interference or fear of reprisal. It ought to be possible, in short, for every American to enjoy the privileges of being American without regard to his race or his color. In short, every American ought to have the right to be treated as he would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated. But this is not the case. The Negro baby born in America today, regardless of the section of the Nation in which he is born, has about one-half as much chance of completing a high school as a white baby born in the same place on the same day, one-third as much chance of completing college, one-third as much chance of becoming a professional man, twice as much chance of becoming unemployed, about one-seventh as much chance of earning $10,000 a year, a life expectancy which is 7 years shorter, and the prospects of earning only half as much. This is not a sectional issue. Difficulties over segregation and discrimination exist in every city, in every State of the Union, producing in many cities a rising tide of discontent that threatens the public safety. Nor is this a partisan issue. In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics. This is not even a legal or legislative issue alone. It is better to settle these matters in the courts than on the streets, and new laws are needed at every level, but law alone cannot make men see right. We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution."
President Kennedy Civil Rights Speech
JFK: "The heart of the question is whether all Americans are to be afforded equal rights and equal opportunities, whether we are going to treat our fellow Americans as we want to be treated. If an American, because his skin is dark, cannot eat lunch in a restaurant open to the public, if he cannot send his children to the best public school available, if he cannot vote for the public officials who represent him, if, in short, he cannot enjoy the full and free life which all of us want, then who among us would be content to have the color of his skin changed and stand in his place? Who among us would then be content with the counsels of patience and delay? One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free. We preach freedom around the world, and we mean it, and we cherish our freedom here at home, but are we to say to the world, and much more importantly, to each other that this is a land of the free except for the Negroes; that we have no second class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or cast system, no ghettoes, no master race except with respect to Negroes? Now the time has come for this Nation to fulfill its promise. The events in Birmingham and elsewhere have so increased the cries for equality that no city or State or legislative body can prudently choose to ignore them." (section missing)
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brief film documenting Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Some scratching, workprint marks, and less than stellar sound, but excellent, rather unique footage nonetheless. Great speeches made by Dr. King.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Requires the express written consent of the King Estate in Atlanta. April 3, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee. Excerpt from "I've Been to the Mountaintop" CU Rev. Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. speaking: "Brother, you may not be on strike, but either we go up together or we go down together."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
MS Martin Luther King, Jr. sitting on bus, white man seated beside him, black man seated behind him.
Kennedy Inauguration
Scenes from Inauguration Day of John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1961: swearing in the Kennedy cabinet; Inaugural Parade; guests take seats before Inauguration ceremony.
Kennedy Inauguration
TLS President JOHN F. KENNEDY shaking hands w/ guests at White House. Great panning TLS Kennedys, Kennedy children (mostly RFK's), Kennedy cabinet, political dignitaries & guests posing for pictures in White House, among the notables include ROBERT F. KENNEDY, ETHEL KENNEDY, JACQUELINE KENNEDY, LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, and LADY BIRD JOHNSON. MS press photographers taking pictures. Rear view MS John F. Kennedy shaking hands w/ guests. Panning MS Secretary of Defense ROBERT MCNAMARA, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) & JFK shaking hands with guests. MSs gleeful Sec. Robert McNamara shaking hands & chatting w/ guests.
Kennedy Inauguration
TLS President Kennedy & First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy entering room, standing before seats in White House. TLS Kennedy Presidential Cabinet (inc. Secretary of State DEAN RUSK, Sec. McNamara & Atty Gen Robert Kennedy) entering room, taking seats beside President & Mrs. Kennedy & Chief Justice EARL WARREN. TLSs Kennedy Cabinet raising right hands, being sworn into office by Chief Justice Earl Warren (administering oath of office). TLSs President Kennedy stepping to microphone to speak to crowd at White House ceremony.
Kennedy Inauguration
Inauguration Parade: panning TLS/MSs West Point cadets marching past presidential gallery; panning TLS Anapolis Naval academy cadets marching past gallery stand; panning MS naval band marching, performing; more shots of naval academy cadets marching past Presidential reviewing stand, some cadets bearing rifles w/ affixed bayonets; MS marching bass drum with inscription, "Brigade of Midshipmen, Drum & Bugle Corps, U.S. Naval Academy"; panning MS five West Point cadets marching past gallery; MSs military band marching, performing (brass, fifes, snare drums, etc); MSs soldiers wearing green overcoats, M1A1 rifles shoulderbound, marching, heads turned to reviewing stand. Panning low angle TLS TV cameras on reviewing stand. MSs President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy & Vice-President Lyndon Johnson on reviewing stand. TLS/MS U.S. Army Airborne Rangers (paratroopers) marching in parade with flags. TLS President & Mrs. Kennedy on reviewing stand with Camelot patriarch JOSEPH P. KENNEDY SR. and matriarch ROSE KENNEDY. TLS/MSs Army tanks rolling in parade. TLS military transport trucks hauling missiles (rockets) in parade.TLS/MSs crowds watching Inaugural Parade. TLS U.S. Army marching band performing. Panning TLS "Massachusetts - Cradle of Liberty" float honoring JFK's achievements, a miniature White House on back of float. TLS mounted military men wearing red coats (Texas Rangers?) passing reviewing stand. TLS/MSs University of Texas Longhorns marching band. TLS man imitating Buffalo Bill Cody riding buffalo (bison) along parade route, past gallery.
The 1880s
Opening montage: U.S. minted Morgan silver dollar coin dated 1881, "E Plurbis Unim"; three gas street lamps lit at night; stone façade above intricately designed door frame dated 1882; early incandescent light bulb turning on; Tintype photograph of adult Caucasian woman standing next to Caucasian female child sitting on wooden railing, Caucasian male child standing next to her; adult Caucasian hands holding early Kodak camera, rod pulled out; three adult Caucasian women wearing long, casual floral dresses, slinging parasols while singing on theatrical stage; low angle shot of upper portion of the Statue of Liberty; low angle zoom in of Brooklyn Bridge; tip of Washington Monument in silhouette, sun partially obscured by obelisk; U.S. Capitol Building, framed by leaves, branches; cornice molding atop brick building, dated 1884; panning decorative white railing; gazebo surrounded by bushes; one-room schoolhouse on open land, barren tree to the side; line of medical syrups, oils for medical cures on shelf; bronze statue of Native American adult male; buffalo briefly rolling in dry tallgrass; buffalo herd; Texas longhorn steers galloping toward camera.
The 1880s
Continued opening montage: cornice molding on top of a brick building, dated 1885; standing ornamental wind mill spinning in a field, tress in BG; lumber mill with forest and mountains in BG; "O.K. Corral Feed & Livery Stable"; zoom in to purple grapes growing on vine; cornice molding on top of a stone building, dated 1887; overview of steam engine locomotive train traveling past green brush and river; adult Caucasian male driving antique Yale Bowl trolley. Horse carriage being driven by adult Caucasian male and an adult Caucasian female passenger holding parasol; opening credits superimposed. Overview of a farm with cows grazing and crops, smoke from a passing locomotive billowing; title and copyright superimposed.
The 1880s - Immigrants and Immigration
POV from inside house, through window to fenced farmland, houses in distance. Pan to red barn. Two dairy cows resting in barn. Archival still of adult Caucasian male and female immigrants on ship with male children. Archival still of adult Caucasian male and female immigrants sitting on ship deck. VS Statue of Liberty intercut with still and illustrations of immigrants on ship deck, steamboats sailing during dedication ceremony, 1886. Archival stills of immigrants crowding streets, laundry hanging out to dry from tenements in Lower East Manhattan. Sailboat on water. Illustrated cover of "A New York Boy" by Horatio Alger, Jr. Archival still of adult Caucasian male reading "Success" magazine. Archival still of Alexander Graham Bell using telephone. Archival still of Andrew Carnegie posing in library. Archival still of John D. Rockefeller. Pan from reflection of old oil well & scaffold in field to actual item. Archival still of wealthy adult Caucasian males wearing tuxedos, dining.
The 1880s - Transportation
VS of steam locomotive traveling through countryside, across steel trestle river bridge; overview of vast green landscape as the train passes through. Map of U.S. time zones. Panning view of hilly forested landscape; white smoke puffing from locomotive seen as it appears on top of a hill in the distance. POV from locomotive cab looking back to the smokestack and passenger cars. Steam pouring from wheels of old Ammonoosuc locomotive; two adult Caucasian male engineers in the cab, one shoveling coal. POV of train traveling along old railroad tracks, crossing wooden bridge. Fog rolling across terrain near Mount Washington. Ammonoosuc locomotive and passenger car idle. Steam locomotive traveling through bottom of mountain valley. Steam locomotive traveling along mountainside. Panning view of mountain valley; small, old wood shack in FG. Adult Caucasian male chiseling away at rocks. Group of adult Caucasian males entering old silver mine. Archival still of Colorado storekeeper Horace Taber. Scaffold of old silver mine at Matchless Mine. Archival still of Baby Doe Taber. Red tulips blooming, tilt up to U.S. Capitol Dome. Archival still of Baby Doe Taber walking out of a cabin at Matchless Mine.
The 1880s - Engineering Marvels
Tilt down to Mesa Verde ruins near Cortes, Colorado. VS of Pueblo cliff dwellings. Illustration of celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge completion in 1883. Illustrations of Brooklyn Bridge construction. Illustration of Brooklyn Bridge towering above urban landscape. Illustration of adult Caucasian males standing on bridge during dedication ceremony; suspension tower in BG. VS of suspension tower, cables of Brooklyn Bridge. Tip of Washington Monument; sun behind wispy clouds in BG. Archival still of a paper pamphlet asking for donations to the monument that will be dedicated to George Washington. Archival still of Washington Monument under construction. Panning up Washington Monument to the tip of obelisk. Washington Monument rising above trees.
The 1880s - Politics
Painting of U.S. President James Garfield. Illustrations of the assassination, medical examination, and death of President Garfield. Painting of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur. Political cartoons commentating on President Arthur's support of the Pendleton Act. Painting of U.S. President Grover Cleveland. Political cartoon of President-Elect Cleveland trying to steer a course between office seekers and potential mothers-in-law. Tail end of U.S silver dollar coin. South Lawn, Portico of White House; fountain in FG. East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building; Capitol Dome in BG. Vintage two and three cent stamps on envelopes. Illustration of President Cleveland marrying Frances Folsom. Archival stills of First Lady Frances Folsom Cleveland. VS of Niagara Falls. 1888 Presidential campaign posters for President Cleveland & Benjamin Harrison (D-IN). Painting of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. Illustration of adult Caucasian women standing in line at local voting station. Archival still of adult Caucasian female suffragettes holding banner: "I Wish Ma Could Vote." Archival stills of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and fellow adult Caucasian female suffragettes.
The 1880s - Oklahoma Land Rush
Political cartoon depicting a caricature of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison. Illustrations of adult Caucasian males on horseback, running to Oklahoma in land rush. Panning Oklahoma plain dotted by shrubs. Bronze statue of adult Native American male. Archival still of Chief Sitting Bull of the Lakota Sioux tribe. Archival still of Geronimo of the Apache tribe. Buffalo calf walking through tall-grass. VS of buffalo (bison) herd grazing, walking along prairie. Illustration of adult Caucasian males shooting buffalo. Adult Caucasian males on horseback leading cattle drive. Texas longhorn walk along trail, led into corral. Tilled soil of grassland. Small town church with bell tower. Barbed wire fencing. Adult Caucasian male cowboy on horseback. Archival still of Buffalo Bill Cody with Chief Sitting Bull, 1885. Antique posters (posted bills) advertising Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Steam engine locomotive traveling toward cam, whistle blowing.
The 1880s - Arts and Entertainment
Smoke rising from locomotive steam engine; locomotive is obscured behind hill. VS of locomotive steam engines traveling through plains and mountainside. Archival stills of actor and singers Edwin Booth, Lillian Russell, Sarah Bernhardt, Lily Langtry, and U.S. House Representative William Jennings Bryan (D-NE). Adult Caucasian male actors performing comedic scene from Gilbert & Sullivan's musical "HMS Pinafore". Adult Caucasian male and female actors performing musical number from "Macado". Newspaper advertisement, dated October 22nd, 1883, for "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Archival still of the exterior of the Met. Illustration of interior. Archival stills of small town musical bands; adult Caucasian males posing and holding trumpets, tubas, and trombones. Archival still of composer John Philip Sousa. Empty gazebo. Archival illustrations and stills of adult Caucasian women playing piano in parlors. Sheet music cover: "A Rose From my Angel Mother's Grave". Archival still of author General Lew Wallace. Illustration of a chariot race and crash from Ben Hur novel. Illustration of Mark Twain. Mark Twain's House in Hartford, Connecticut.
The 1880s - Sports
Archival paintings and illustrations of adult Caucasian men playing baseball. Archival illustration of an adult Caucasian male pitcher about to throw baseball underhand. Archival still of adult Caucasian male pitcher leaning back to throw baseball overhand. Advertisement in old home shopping catalog for baseball glove. Archival stills of adult Caucasian men using bare hands to catch baseball. Archival illustrations of adult Caucasian men playing American football. Advertisement in old shopping catalog for "foot balls". Archival stills of football teams. Archival still of adult Caucasian men playing early version of basketball. Archival still of James Naismith. River valley in Pennsylvania. VS of golf course at Foxburg Country Club. Wedge being used to chip golf ball onto the green. Golf ball being tapped into hole with early putter. Burlap bag being dragged across sand trap, smoothing tracks. Archival still & illustration of boxer John L. Sullivan. Archival still of crowd watching John L. Sullivan fight Jake Kilrain in 1889. Painting of a adult Caucasian referee waving a towel at an adult Caucasian male boxer sitting in his corner of the ring, holding on to the ropes.