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Main Title - The Selma Story - President Seeks End To Civil Strife

Reel Number: 221485-19

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1965

Country: USA

Location: DC,Harlem,New York City,NYC,Washington

TC Begins: 15:26:36

TC Ends: 15:30:19

Duration: 00:03:43

Main Title (Zoom in on turning globe) 15:26:51 Title: The Selma Story - President Seeks End To Civil Strife Capitol dome lighted at night. Int. Standing applause for President Johnson before speech calling for Voting Rights Bill to end discrimination. TV camera in gallery, seated guests & members of congress. 15;27:12 Demonstrators marching, banner “We March With Selma!”. Marchers in Harlem & people watching from side of street. Black & White marchers carrying & wearing placards. Large crowd in square in memory of Reverend James J. Reed, murdered. 15:27:58 A.M.E. Church bell towers; sign for Brown chapel. Martin Luther King & others on steps. CU. Lining up for march to Montgomery. King leading group in March along highway near bridge. CU feet. 15:28:48 Police w/ batons lining & blocking road. Marchers standing w arms folded. Police watching. Kneel & pray. Black minister praying. Troops standing. 15:29:51 Blacks & Whites returning to town singing. Crossing Pettus Bridge. Civil Rights Demonstration; Human Rights; Pacifists; Anti-Violence; Confrontation; 1960s; 1965; LBJ;

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