1968 - Color, USA Riots: Washington, DC 05-06Apr68

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1968 - Color, USA Riots: Washington, DC 05-06Apr68 Slate: 06Apr68 Goddard Roll 1. Soldiers looking at map on wall, MCUs sd identifying begins. CU man looking at notes; map. 07:00:45 CU Lighted US flag at half-staff against night sky, tilt down to neon & fluorescent lighted broken windows at empty McDonald's fast-food restaurant. 07:01:19 Small flame inside burned out storefront; LS night w/ police & fire truck, MCU firemen hosing water onto buildings (sd of shoveling glass) at 7th & O street. Soldiers watching / protecting. (crowd yelling). Flames burning. Rotating light on truck. Slate: same. R2. Day. Mannequin in street, fire trucks hosing smoking buildings from truck ladder, CUs. Two black men on balcony trying to open window to get inside building next to burning building. CU flames. Policeman into building. Black man w/ suitcase & other belongings out; others out. 07:05:26 Soldiers w/ rifles patrolling empty glass strewn sidewalk in front of stores; talk on field telephone. Man & woman climb out of broken glass of door. 07:05:58 Slow moving shot down street past 3rd Infantry soldiers guarding stores to intersection w/ burned out buildings & littered sidewalks w/ broken mannequins. Black soldier walking thru. Soldiers guarding American Security & Trust Co. building, MCUs. Army trucks parked, Black pedestrians crossing street. 07:08:08 Black man & woman w/ soldier helping carry boxes out of Thompson Optical Co; along street. CU broken mannequins, view out of optical shop window. 07:09:08 Slate: Camera: Garris. Roll 5. CU Black woman talking (MOS) to soldier; line of people entering restaurant. Broken window w/ reflection. 07:09:59 14th Street. Sanitation Department front loader picks up debris from street, loads it onto truck. CUs of trash. 07:10:56 People; fire truck w/ fireman climbing aerial ladder, smoking building behind. Firemen watch. 07:11:26 Soldiers at jeep on sidewalk, talk on radio; traffic passing behind. Ext. Police Station w/ parked jeep, Black woman walking past. Interior w/ Washington DC police & military talk on phones. 07:12:07 Slate: 06Apr68 Roll 4. POV from behind sergeant riding in jeep (soft). 07:12:36 Burning building engulfed in flames & smoke; firemen hose down. Man pushing old man in wheelchair past rubble towards fire trucks, men turned back. 07:13:27 Gas inspector checks street w/ meter, marks pavement. (sd=sirens). Slow shot past burned & boarded up stores. Fire truck in front of burning building; crowd watching. Soldiers in truck & alongside; gas grenade goes off, people rush away. Soldiers out of truck, put on gas masks. More tear gas exploding. 07:15:54 Injured photographer on sidewalk helped by soldiers. 07:16:17 Mural w/ Martin Luther King / MLK picture w/ black on Poor People’s Campaign 1968 building. Blacks walk past soldiers & turned back. Checkpoint. Burning buildings. Neighborhood people stand, watch smoke rising. Army trucks & jeep; soldiers looking at map. Fire truck arrives in front of burning storefront. Civil Unrest; Rioting Aftermath; Destruction; Poverty; Ghetto; Segregation; Civil Rights Movement; Assassination Aftermath; Handicapped; NOTE: Any continuous 11 minutes old at per reel rate. Good quality color & well shot. Non-sync sound. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk