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Post Mlk Assassination Riot Response National Guard in Baltimore & Washington D.C. Xd3096 (1968)

1968 · Feature film · 40 min

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This silent 1968 footage from the (NARA) documents civil unrest in the United States in the days following the April 4th assisination of Martin Luther King Jr., showing the deployment of the National Guard to urban centers of Baltimore, Maryland and Washington, D.C. in response to the week’s mass uprisings or race riots, as they were variously described in over 100 affected cities. The events depicted are also known as the King assasination riots, or the Holy Week Uprising (TRT: 40:53).Baltimore. April 10th. A marker reads. “Daspo Conus, Garris” (Department of the Army Special Photographic Office). Armed guards and white onlookers watch as arrested black men disembark from a yellow GMC school bus, their hands on their heads. (0:06). Elderly spectators, Baltimore City Police hold shotguns, smiling. Black elders. Military crowd control (1:45). A door for the 2nd Battalion Airborne, 325th Infantry. Soldiers in uniform review plans on a map (3:01).Black and white airborne troops pass the time in a gymnasium, polishing boots, playing cards, basketball (3:47). The map, reviewed, in closeup (5:24). U.S. Army personnel meet, make telephone calls (6:21).D.C. April 7th. A marker: “Lamanna.” 7th Street storefronts, a Salvation Army. A church congregation leaves after a Palm Sunday service (7:28). Armed troops, barbed wire, cooks prepare food in an outdoor kitchen (9:13). A government building. Army personnel depart in chauffeured cars (10:58). A military Jeep. A sign: “U.S. Soldier’s…

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Running time
40 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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