Shows African Americans looting shops during the riots following Martin Luther King's assassination. Crowd of people looting and stealing from stores. The Rev Wyatt Walker, close friend of Martin Luther King Jr, condemns the riots. Police maintains law and order. James Brown makes a public speech. Location: United States USA. Date: April 1968.

B/W1967 VS police & investigators at the scene of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. VS rioting & burning buildings in Washington D.C. Riot police fire tear gas on street in Washington , D.C. Robert F. Kennedy pleads for calm, gives speech in Indianapolis. VS MLK funeral. Coretta Scott King being helped to coffin. Demonstrators marching on street w/ coffin being led by two mules. RFK, Richard Nixon walking in funeral procession

FUNERAL AND MASS FOR ASSASSINATED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GRAVESIDE CEREMONY. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH. HARRY BELAFONTE. MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING. RAW STRINGER FOOTAGE OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAKE AND FUNERAL. HUBERT HUMPHREY. SENATOR EDMOND MUSKIE. POLITICIANS FILE INTO CHURCH

Video footage from the NBC 5 television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

**SEE NA-25WE FOR MORE INFORMATION**\n\n --SUPERS--\nWednesday\nWashington\n\n --VIDEO SHOWS--\nThe Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the day of the 50th Anniversary of his assassination. \n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nMARTIN LUTHER KING JR MLK JUNIOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASSASSINATION \n\n

Home movie that includes effects of civil unrest in Baltimore in April 1968 following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Includes footage of National Guard. Last half of reel is boating on the Chesapeake Bay.

No title. Martin Luther King, civil rights activist and leader of the NAACP, is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America (USA). <br/> <br/>Compilation of library shots commemorating King's work: C/U King. M/S King surrounded by crowd. L/S people marching on civil rights demonstration. M/S King leading demonstration. L/S mass protest at Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC. M/S King at microphones. L/S crowd. M/S King making "I have a dream ..." speech (natural sound). King's speech continues over shots of black and white people in crowd listening. L/S crowd. <br/> <br/> NAACP = National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.

Exterior Lorraine Motel in Memphis; police mill around balcony where Martin Luther King was shot; race riots after Martin Luther King's assassination; burning buildings; row of police with tear gas; Richard Nixon and Robert Kennedy march in funeral procession for Martin Luther King; people sing "We Shall Overcome"; March on Washington in King's memory; blinking neon sign for Lorraine Motel; police on balcony where King was shot; photo still of King on motel balcony; photo still of King's followers pointing to shooter, King on floor dead; mourners in Atlanta; black women crying; people pass by King's coffin; Robert Kennedy says "Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice between fellow human beings. He died in the cause of that effort. In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of nation we are and what direction we want to move in. For those of you who are black and are tempted to be filled with hatred and distrust of the injustice of such an act against all white people, I would only say that I can also feel in my own heart the same kind of feelings. I had a member of my family killed and he was killed by a white man. But we have to make an effort in the United States. We have to make an effort to understand to get beyond or go beyond these difficult times. What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness but is love and wisdom and compassion toward one another." Martin Luther King funeral procession in color; view of cherry blossoms; Martin Luther King's funeral; coffin out of hearse; Ralph Abernathy delivers eulogy; race riots; firemen hose off burning building; building engulfed in flames and smoke; troops in Washington; flag at half mast on Capitol Building.

The April 5, 1968, edition of The New York Times announces the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b&w and color - riots in Washington D.C. - looting - riots followed assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - troops in front of Capitol building - troops with machine gun at Capitol - helicopter aerial of Washington with smoldering buildings behind the Capitol - brief interior of National Archives where the Constitution is kept - African-Americans - MLK Death - race relations - DC

Martin Luther King marches for civil rights.

ORIG COL 600 SOF / MAG. PRESS CONFERENCE WITH A POLICE COMMISSIONER ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ASSASSINATION OF DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HE ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RIOTING IN MEMPHIS. HE SAYS THE ASSASSIN IS WHITE. CI: ASSASSINATIONS: KING, MARTIN LUTHER JR.

Tomorrow marks the thirtieth anniversary of the assassination of Doctor Martin Luther King, Junior.

MARTIN LUTHER KING

THIS DAY IN HISTORY 04/04/68 MLK ASSASSINATED: Vintage color footage of Martin Luther King Jr making speech; EXT of the Lorraine Motel where MLK was shot; Police at crime scene investigate shooting; Color footage of MLK dead in casket/coffin at wake; Mourners file past casket;

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. - MLK

B/W 1968 Robert Kennedy giving speech at night after assassination of Martin Luther King / newsreel

12/08/63 A0001498 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA --- MARTIN LUTHER KING TELLS CROWD HE RECEIVED DEATH THREATS AFTER JFK ASSASSINATION (F - L - BBC - ABC) NX 2868~ "M L KING" SHOWS: (1) LS CROWD IN CHURCH, 5; (2) MS MARTIN LUTHER KING SPEAKING, 4; (3) 11 CROWD APPLAUDS, 4; (4) KING, SOF, 56; (42FT -- 1:09, SHOT 12/8/63). ASSASSINATIONS (THREAT) CIVIL RIGHTS - ALABAMA - MONTGOMERY KENNEDY, JOHN F, - ASSASSINATION KING, MARTIN L - ASSASSINATION THREATS XX / 100 FT / 16 NEG /

This heartbreaking short home movie, original footage shot on silent 16mm film, records some of the events on April 5, 1968 as the casket containing fallen Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King is loaded aboard an American Airlines Convair at the Memphis Airport. As you will see in the film, security at the airport was tight and included at least one National Guardsman carrying a Tommy gun. The crowd appears very orderly and reverent, but according to an article (cited below), there were significant worries that people in their grief and outrage might surround the hearse and prevent the transfer of the coffin in an orderly, respectful way. Ralph Abernathy, the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (a post King had held until his assassination), stepped in front of the crowd and pleaded for calm. The crowd responded, and both blacks and whites sang "We Shall Overcome Someday" on the tarmac that day...<p><p>An excellent article containing more information about the scene recorded here, can be found at: http://memphismagazine.com/features/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-memphis-april-4-1968/<p><p><p>We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example like: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference."<p><p>This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com

African American man speaks on the assassination of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King. King' picture near him. Scenes of riots after King's assassination. Roy Wilkins condemns the riots and looting. Scenes of looting. Police maintain order. Sammy Davis junior makes a speech. Location: United States USA. Date: April 1968.

b&w - Newsreel - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers speech - "I have seen the promised land - MLK Assassination and Riots - Police point to where the shot was fired from - Fires burn buildings - Police and National Guard in streets - Robert F. Kennedy speaks to crowd - RFK - Coretta Scott King at MLK Funeral looks in casket - Funeral for MLK large crowd of people march in street with casket - RFK - Richard Nixon - Poor People's March on Washington - News - Events - Politics

FUNERAL AND MASS FOR ASSASSINATED CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GRAVESIDE CEREMONY. EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH. HARRY BELAFONTE. MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING. RAW STRINGER FOOTAGE OF REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WAKE AND FUNERAL. HUBERT HUMPHREY. SENATOR EDMOND MUSKIE. POLITICIANS FILE INTO CHURCH =- cu wreath on front of church - EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH EXTERIOR