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Made for Nightline show "Selma Mayor / Politics" air date 09/11/00, Michel Martin, Correspondent, Jay Lamonica, Producer. assignment dcba101464. from assign no. a11677 (lib no. 017127) bad optical track, badly scratched SEGMENT [0] 03/09/65 ************************************************ REVERSAL 1000 FT. SOF OPT CU MRS. PAUL DOUGLAS WALKS THROUGH STREET FILLED WITH CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS. VS GOVERNOR GEORGE WALLACE IS SERVED SUBPEONA BY A US MARSHALL IN WALLACE'S OFFICE. VS CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS HOLD FREEDOM RALLY IN FRONT OF CHURCH. THEY SING AND CHANT FREEDOM SONGS AND SLOGANS. CU JOHN LEWIS HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE ON BRUTAL TREATMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS MARCHERS BY LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THEY ATTEMPTED TO MARCH TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. CU JAMES FOREMAN, HEAD OF SNCC ANSWERS REPORTERS' QUESTIONS ON FUTURE PLANS TO CONTINUE PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS. EXTS OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE (SCLC) HEADQUARTERS. CU STATE TROOPERS CONFRONTS CIVIL RIGHTS MEMBERS AND ORDER THEM TO STOP. CU MARCH LEADERS INCLUDING DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR, JAMES FARMER, FOREMAN, DR. RALPH ABERNATHY. GV MARCHERS HALT. KING ASK THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO PRAY. HEAD TROOPER AGREES. MARCHERS SING: WE SHALL OVERCOME. VS SAME SCENE. CU ABERNATHY LEADS KNEELING MARCHERS IN PRAYER. PAN OF SAME. CU KING KNEELING. VS MARCHERS & TROOPERS. MCU OF MAYOR JOE SMITHERMAN STANDS NEARBY. VS MARCHERS RETURN TO CENTER OF TOWN. VS KING WALKS THROUGH STREETS WITH MEMBERS OF CLERGY TO CHURCH. THEY ARE JOINED BY FARMER, FOREMAN AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS. CI: PERSONALITIES: DOUGLAS, MRS. PERSONALITIES: WALLACE, GEORGE PERSONALITIES: FOREMAN, JAMES. PERSONALITIES: LEWIS, JOHN. PERSONALITIES: KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR. PERSONALITIES: FARMER, JAMES. PERSONALITIES: ABERNATHY, RALPH. PERSONALITIES: SMITHERMAN, JOE. DEMONSTRATIONS: CIVIL RIGHTS. CIVIL RIGHTS: SOUTH, SELMA, ALABAMA. from assign no. a12032 (lib no 017312) bad optical track SEGMENT [0] 03/19/65 ************************************************ ORIG. NEG. 800 FT. SIL SELAM STREET SCENES SHOW PREPARATION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH FROM SELMA TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA. CU MAYOR JOE SMITHERMAN WALKS BY, ENTERS HIS HOME. EXTERIOR SHOTS HIS HOUSE. CU PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, WILSON BAKER STANDS BY WITH SMITHERMAN AS CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS BOARD BUSES. EXTERIOR SHOTS ACTIVITY OUTSIDE ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUATERS. GENERAL VIEW GROUP OF CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS STANDING ON SIDEWALK. EXTERIOR SHOTS ALABAMA NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY BUILDING. EXTERIOR SHOTS NATIONAL GUARDMEN PREPARATIONS. EXTERIOR SHOTS MEMORIAL STADIUM, NATIONAL GUARDMENS ARRIVE WITH GEAR. GENERAL VIEW CONVOY PASSING, TROOPS MARCHING BY. VAIOUS SHOTS THEM AT FIELD HEAD- QUARTERS. EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR SHOTS BROWN'S CHAPEL - CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS PREPARE FOR MARCH. CU PACKAGES OF FOOD AND TRAVEL EQUIPMENT. CI: GEOGRAPHIC - ALA. , SELMA. DEMONSTRATIONS - CIVIL RIGHTS. PERSONALITIES - SMITHERMAN, JOE. PERSONALITIES - BAKER, WILSON. from assign no a11692b (lib no 017165b) scratched bad optical track SEGMENT [0] 03/10/65 ************************************************ ORIG NEG 2600 FT SOF MAG / ROLL B CONTINUATION OF FTG OF SELMA. CU INTV W/ REVEREND OLSON, WHO TELLS ABOUT THE ATTACK ON REVEREND JAMES REEB WHO WAS KILLED BY SEGREGATIONISTS. CU SHERIFF JAMES CLARK (JIM). CU MAYOR JOE SMITHERMAN OF SELMA AND WILSON BAKER, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER STOPPING THE MARCHERS FROM GOING ANY FURTHER. CU SHOTS OF PRIESTS, NUNS GIVING SPEECHES.