In 1963/1964, young cinematographer Robert Elfstrom ventured into a still segregated South. In what would prove to valuable historical footage, he captured black life in all its poverty, shown in stark contrast to the prosperous white community of Greenwood, Mississippi. The footage shows the indignity of segregation signs and voter restrictions, along with audio interviews with Malcolm X, John Lewis, Whitney Young and others. The documentary culminates in a visit to a black church graced by the presence of Fannie Lou Hamer. Visuals: - scenes inside a poor black family home - Views of the living room with television playing and capturing the sparse surroundings - a dirt floor, one chair and free standing woodburning firebox . All children sitting on floor watching tv. The mother is sitting in the chair holding infant. They are watching the Sargeant Preston television show while camera pans around sparse living room, Audio from television show is in stark contrast to the close ups of the sparse surroundings. - views of downtown Greenwood, Mississippi -cu Greenwood ""City with a future"" license plate -Confederate flag flying from an apartment balcony, -ws of various large southern houses, (song of the south heard in the background) - Greenwood, home of The White Citizens Council. Mayor Charles Sampson talking about states rights and communistic threats to US intercut with scenes of downtown Greenwood . VO of various civil rights leaders (Whitney Young, Malcolm X, John Lewis etc) over footage of an empty Mississippi State Fair grounds which has been converted to the Mississippi State Penetentiary. Views inside the penetentiary. Inside black church service, Fannie Lou Hamer at pulpit giving impassioned speech about racism in the South to the congregation. The congregation joins hands and sings ""We Shall Overcome"

ORIG. COLOR 75' SOF / MAG. CUT STORY: WHITNEY YOUNG'S COFFIN IS CARRIED INTO CHURCH. VS PEOPLE ARRIVING. VS PEOPLE VIEWING THE BODY. CI: PERSONALITIES: YOUNG, WHITNEY. FUNERALS: WHITNEY YOUNG.

14:00:22:00, Bugs Bunny Bond Rally song (COLOR, NICE), Spanky Speed-0 Bike commercial (late 1930s), Mae Questel as Betty, sings song, Bela as Drac comes to life to put the bite on her (NICE), WB outtakes with Robinson, Power, Powell, Rains, Bogart, Cagney, 1939 Academy Awards: Laughton, Lanchester, LaMarr, Stewart, Vivian Leigh and David O. Selznick, Olivia DeHavilland and John Whitney, Louella Parsons, Hedda Hopper, Jack Warner, Harry Warner, Ann Rutherford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Elsa Maxwell, Laurence Olivier, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Norma Sherer, George Raft, Norman Weggner announces winners, Seated applause, Mervyn Leroy gives Oscar to Victor Fleming, Fleming speaks, Fay Bainter gives award to Thomas Mitchell, he speaks, Bette Davis gives Oscar to Hatie McDaniels, she speaks, cries, Spencer Tracy gives best Oscar award to for actor (reads nominees, reads Best Actress nominees, Vivian Leigh takes award, gives speech), Abbott & Costello outtakes (Little Giant), Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland at various appearances, speaks to crowd, semi-mobbed, cut cake and kiss with Louis B. Mayer, play/race in pool, with Fiorello LaGuardia at World's Fair, Fiorello speaks about how great New York is to visit (it's cheap and safe, 5 cents a night), Shirley Temple in For Their Sakes (Red Cross Appeal), Disaster and Red Cross Nurses at work, doctors at work, Cecille B. Demille chastises crew and actors from camera crane (from Hollywood Extra Girl), More WB bloopers: Garfield, Jory, Cagney, Bob Hope doing monologue from Strictly GI, Lane Turner does steak routine (and talks with Bob), Ext. Pantages theater for A Star Is Born premiere (NICE), Gloria Graham speaks with moderator, Raymond Burr and Evelyn Russell, Dean Martin and wife (NICE), Shelly Winters (looking good), Lauren Bacall speaks to host, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, Sue Carrol and Alan Ladd, Lucy and Desi!!!! (speak, nice), Edward G. Robinson and Miss Anderson, Jack Carson takes over moderator role, Jack Palance seen in crowd, Donald Crisp speaks, Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Wilding!!!!, Liberace and mom and Ann St. John, Dennis O'Keefe, Debbie Reynolds and Joey Foreman, Kim Novak speaks at mike, Sophie Tucker speaks, Danny Thomas in crowd, Doris Day with Carson and Howard Marx, Judy seen in crowd, George Jessel speaks, Joan Crawford speaks at mike (nice CUs), Judy Garland and Sid Luft and Jack Warner, Judy speaks, Throng at opening, At Home with Joan Crawford and her kids, "Give to the Jimmy" fund (for children's cancer), WB outtakes: Robinson, Patsy Kelly, Dick Foran, Pat O'Brien, Constance Bennete and her Daily Beauty Ritual (COLOR), gets out of bed, puts on cleaning cream, speaks to camera, takes bath, speaks about staying beautiful, Johnson & Johnson blooper baby powder spot, Reagan introduces Jayne Mansfield and gives award with Mickey Rooney (gets off famous line, LONG, NICE, Ron stands bemused), Bette Davis sells dishwasher (1935, NICE), shows how dishwasher works, Frank Sinatra in House I Live In tolerance clip, speaks to kids and sings House I Live In, WB outtakes with Porky, Laughton, Fields clip from The Dentist (woman wraps legs around him), Faked earthquake clip with Fields, Outtakes from My Man Godfrey, Powell and Lombard, Jean Harlow reveals beauty secrets, she golfs, smiles, Grauman's Chinese Premiere, pan of journalists at work, Harold Grayson and his band, stars arrive: Dempsey, Houston and Baer, Lorrett Young, Russ Columbo, Chaplin with Goddard and Cooper, Mae West arrives, speaks about I'm No Angel, says "Come up and see me sometime", Marilyn Monroe in Royal Triton commercial, Monroe screen test with Richard Conte, (NICE), Monroe gets photoplay award (looks really good), color footage of Marilyn arriving for Garden Party by helicopter, in red dress plays trumpet, gets 1952 Look award from Lauren Bacall, WB outtakes with Bogart, Davis, Bogart and Bacall screen test (VERY NICE), more a costume test, Bette Davis Christmas Appeal with kids, WB outtakes with Davis, Power, says "son of a bitch", James Dean in Highway Safety spot in cowboy outfit, Mickey and Judy for March of Dimes, WB outtakes: Cagney and Raft dance, Porky says "son of bitch"

Carpenter -Whitney expedition in Alaska, United States. Snow covered mountains in Alaska, United States. A grizzly bear along with its young ones. A bear family moves up a slope. Sheep bone spread near the den of the bear. Location: Alaska United States USA. Date: 1929.

HANNAH LEE

Civil Rights leader Whitney Young speaks on the need for black people to determine their own lives. Transferred from film, mastered in Apple Pro Res 422 HQ and Uncompressed, available in all forms of HD and SD.

b&w newsreel - U.S. and Europe - navy planes in air - Sir Charles Kingsford Smith gets out of plane after his Australia to California flight - government airmail inquiry - c/u Charles Lindbergh speaks at investigation - scenes of streamlined trains - the launching of the Normandie, launching of the Queen Mary - Captain Rickenbacker's plane in air - Mrs. Harry Pane Whitney, relatives of Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt outside of court - surrounded by press - Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt - scenes relating to her custody case - French Astor wedding - Mrs. Madeline Force Astor, Dick Fiermonte and Enzo Fiermonte, young Astors prize fighting stepfather - wedding of princess Marina and prince George of England - c/u of the newlyweds - Duke and Duchess of Kent

Interview

Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney vie for custody of young Gloria Vanderbilt

Washington D.C., United States of America (USA). <br/> <br/>CU. Seal of the President of the United States. Various shots of gathering in room in White House for the signing of the Civil Rights Bill. People gathered include Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Senator Hubert Humphrey, Mr Whitney Young, Clarence Mitchell and many other diplomatic figures. Various shots of the US President Lyndon Johnson arriving. He sits at desk and proceeds with the signing. Afterwards he presents pens to all present. <br/> <br/>(F.G.) <br/> <br/>Date found in the old record - 02/07/1964.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10pm.

Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney arrive at 1934 court proceeding in New York City regarding custody of Gloria Vanderbilt

TODAY IN HISTORY - JANUARY (AUDIO ONLY)

Mayor John Lindsay of New York speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King. Shows Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the masses. Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young Jr. condemns Martin Luther King's assassination. Location: United States USA. Date: 1968.

ORIG. COLOR 415 FT. SOF MAG WHITNEY YOUNG, DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE, PRESS CONFERENCE. DISCUSSES SNCC'S ANTI-SEMETIC STATEMENTS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON JEWS IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. CI: PERSONALITIES - YOUNG, WHITNEY.

WHITNEY YOUNG WALKING THROUGH ROOM AFTER SPEECH

Civil Rights leader Whitney Young gives testimony at a Congressional hearing about the civil unrest that has disrupted life in American cities.

A 10-YEAR-OLD DROWNS DURING A BOAT OUTING ON THE LAKE SUNDAY.

Bowman Steeplechase Handicap won by St. Francis

Civil rights leaders at the White House in Washington DC. The "Big 6" leaders pose at the White House. Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader in the American Civil Rights Movement moves ahead and is greeted by leaders present. Cameramen take photos. Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders stand in a group and talk. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Height speaking to Robert Kennedy. James Farmer, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, and Whitney Young also seen, as well as Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson. View of the White House. Location: Washington DC USA. Date: June 22, 1963.