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1949 - Cold War, USA: Battle Of Peekskill. Sep49

Reel Number: 250167-13

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1949

Country: USA

Location: New York,Peekskill

TC Begins: 22:57:38

TC Ends: 22:59:30

Duration: 00:01:52

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1949 - Cold War, USA: Battle Of Peekskill. Sep49 Title. 22:57:42 Policemen in street; w/ truncheons. Poster: People’s Artists presents Paul Robeson. Rockland Coaches buses arriving. Police holding back crowds. 22:58:05 Crowd jeering, holding small US flags; sign on car: Oust The Commies. Woman w/ sign on dress: Wake Up America, Peekskill Did! 22:58:13 LS large parking lot. Police frisking man; police carry off baseball bats. Narrator says “Commie sympathizers” etc. Cars leaving, people pushing against police. Blacks chased. Police arresting. 22:59:19 Car w/ windows broken. People looking at overturned car. Cold War; Anti-Communism; Anti-Communists; Racism; Racists; State Police; Peekskill Riot; Rioting; Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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