Summary

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 1964: MARTIN LUTHER KING, MISC RFK

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Title: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 1964: MARTIN LUTHER KING, MISC RFK
File Number: DN-LB-627 Beta SP
Color: B W, Color
Type: Documentary
Description: Segregation Civil Rights movement Boycotts and protests Non-violent civil disobedience RFK in TV Q&A, political advertisement, funeral 02:00:25:00 B W 1963 CU Martin Luther King, Jr, excerpt from I have a dream speech, March on Washington, 1963 (grainy) Various HA shots of huge crowds at rally, Washington, DC 02:02:51:23 B W 1960s Montage of riots (not necessarily civil rights - very grainy footage) 02:03:24:05 B W 1960s MLK speaks from podium to audience of mostly black women (poor quality) EXT Beulah Baptist Church with congregants entering King speaks from podium VS audience applauding, singing WA shot of mass rally at Los Angeles Coliseum ? with VS of ML King speaking to mixed-race, mixed-ethnic, supporters 02:04:47:13 B W 1955 Montgomery, Alabama, 1955 Busy main street, traffic VS Colored Gallery neon sign over doorway (SEGREGATION SIGN) Black protesters pile into car during Montgomery bus boycott Several white people climb aboard empty bus CU man's hand removing WHITE FORWARD COLORED REAR sign from bus (desegregation) Montgomery bus boycott MS pile of segregation signs in box Black and white protesters on moving picket line carry placards, WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL JIM CROW IS DEAD THE ALPHABET IS NOT KNOWN IN THE SOUTH - ICC CAB ETC MS picket outside of Woolworth store Activists carry signs WOOLWORTH SEGREGATES (grainy) Lunch counter protest White man hands out leaflets Black and white protesters carry signs, WE PROTEST THE POLICIES OF THIS COMPANY IN THE CONDUCT OF ITS SOUTHERN STORES Civil disobedience action - women climb into police wagon Black activists arrested MS young black men sit at lunch counter until police escort them out Sit-in protest Civil rights movement 02:06:52:15 B W 1963 Train pulls into Washington DC station for March on Washington, summer 1963 VS people leaving station (poor quality) VS march (poor quality) 02:08:50:14 B W 1964 Kennedy addresses US Congress regarding civil rights bill LBJ addresses congress after Kennedy assassination - No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President JFK's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long VS congressmen applauding, or not LBJ signs bill, hands pen to MLK Martin Luther King, Jr, interview - talks about friendship and reconciliation with the white man, and non-violent protest 02:12:26:20 B W 1960s TV studio interview with RFK, US senator for New York, on Upstate Report hosted by Donald McIsaac (sp?) Questions posed by Dick Gale, and Harry Bayer, who sit on either side of RFK First question addresses possibility of strike legislation - airline, newspaper, and New York City subway strikes mentioned Second question and answer deals with pollution of Hudson river and clean up plan Third topic is pending passage of moderate civil rights bill with emphases on how legislation might effect housing Gun control issue discussed Vietnam war - RFK says he doesn't see any prospect for negotiation in the near future RFK opposes New York State lottery He agrees with lowering voting age to eighteen Says he thinks Democrat can beat Governor Rockefeller 02:26:27:20 B W 1960s Political advertising CU RFK endorsing Californian Congressman, Jeff Cohelen TV studio Campaign ad Advertisement repeated 02:27:59:24 Color 1968 Scenes from RFK funeral at Arlington Cemetery, 1968 All footage was shot at night and is, for the most part, useless - too dark Shotlisting covers best footage from these reels 02:30:04:19 Color 1968 ZI pall bearers carrying RFK's coffin, which is draped with American flag 02:33:00:16 Color 1968 ZI Edward Kennedy standing near coffin, Ethel Kennedy and children stand next to him Mourners hold candles 02:36:46:00 Color 1968 Ted Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy and family stand next to grave, similar to above shot ZO from graveside 02:39:47:18 Color 1968 Man presents American flag to Edward Kennedy, who then hands it to Ethel Kennedy 02:41:02:08 Color 1968 Men express their condolences to family - includes LBJ, President Johnson and Ladybird Johnson, and lots of priests ZI as Ethel (or perhaps Jackie Kennedy) kneels to pray at coffin, joined by children Kennedy women and children place flowers on grave 02:45:04:12 Color 1968 Ted Kennedy escorts Ethel Kennedy from graveside - LBJ in FG 02:45:56:27 Color 1968 CU Kennedy women follow in procession, brief 02:58:52:00 TAPE ENDS
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