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Riots - Chicago, Illinois - Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Aftermath, 07-09Apr68 Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221433-02

Color: Colour

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1968

Country: USA

Location: Chicago,Illinois

TC Begins: 18:09:30

TC Ends: 18:19:20

Duration: 00:09:50

Riots - Chicago, Illinois - Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Aftermath, 07-09Apr68 Pt. 2 of 2 10:09:30 Kneeling at church service w/ priest & others. 18:10:44 Slate: 09Apr68. POV from vehicle past troops on pavement in parking lot near lake w/ jeeps, trucks & standing. Large domed building behind. Troops boarding trucks w/ rifles & ponchos. In jeeps w/ whip radio antennas. 18:14:00 Convoy thru Chicago intersection w/ skyline behind. 18:14:27 Band shell in park; civilians standing around, sitting on grass. MS crowd in sun, Black man at microphones. Traffic on expressway in background. Man applauding, walking up to camera. Field Museum in background. 18:15:37 Police in jeep by street (dark). With binoculars looking down wide street. 18:16:19 Firemen, fire trucks & heavy smoke. MS of burned out apartment building smoking heavily & flames visible in roof. CU fire hydrant & leaking hose connections. Firemen under entrance awning. Soldier w/ rifle on street, fire trucks visible (brief). Smoking burned out three-story house, pan across others. Kids playing in street & yard (brief). 18:17:33 Building burning, fireman in raised bucket but far away. Tilt down to people (very dark, unusable). 18:18:04 Night - Soldiers talking on sidewalk, traffic behind.. Talking on radio; rifle at ready. Neon lights across street. Military Riot Control; National Guard Reserve Units; Fires; Arson; Destruction; Civil Unrest; Note: No sound this part.

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