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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221433-01
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL and SD
Year / Date: 1968
Country: USA
Location: Chicago,Illinois
TC Begins: 18:00:04
TC Ends: 18:09:31
Duration: 00:09:27
Riots - Chicago, Illinois - Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Aftermath, 07-09Apr68 Pt. 1 of 2 MS Chicago Tribune headline: US Troops ?? Here, newspaper blowing on ground, tilt up, sign: Welcome to Chicago in median divider, light traffic both directions. 18:00:55 Base entrance sign: O’Hara 928th Tactical Airlift Group Air Force Reserve. 18:01:11 Soldiers eating from fender of jeep ambulance parked w/ others. Rinsing mess kits in galvanized buckets of soapy water; MCU. 18:02:21 Black soldiers in helmets eating at wooden tables outdoors, daytime. Inside mess tent, white soldiers serving others. CUs. 18:05:04 Ext. Officer speaking into loudspeaker briefing troops standing by jeeps (dark). End of sound. 18:06:33 Int. Large gymnasium w/ mattresses on floor & people standing around. MCU polishing boots; reading Chicago Sun-Times newspaper w/ headline: The Worst Appears Over in Chicago...” Soldiers on blankets; playing cards, sleeping, Military Riot Control; National Guard Reserve Units; Note: all sound wild & not related to picture. No rights to radio broadcasts. Clearance responsibility of users.