1965BLACK NEWS SHOW
9 Part MINISERIES BLACK LIFESTYLE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH WITH INTERVIEWS OF BOTH WHITE & BLACK CITIZENS OF TOWN OF OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
This reel is part of one of our Specialty Collections. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing will be available for only more day, though. Online viewing or downloads of low-res versions for offline viewing has now expired, though, and cannot be viewed online. "Pro" account holders can download a low-res version for offline viewing.
Sign up for a "Pro" account to download this footage.
This reel is currently not available for online viewing.
Sorry, this video is temporarily unavailable for online viewing or download. Please try again later.
Restricted Material
Access to this reel with audio is restricted. It will be available for only more day.
Access to this reel with audio has expired.
| 00:00:24 2.97 |
MONTAGE SOUTHERN PLANTATION ESTATES: NEO-GRECIAN MANSIONS, HIGH PILLARS COLUMNS AT ENTRANCES
|
| 00:00:34 12.97 |
SOUTHERN BELLES DRESSED IN ANTEBELLUM ERA DRESSES CARRYING UMBRELLA WALKING THROUGH GROUNDS OF ESTATE IN RE-CREATION OF ANTEBELLUM SOUTHERN PLANTATION ERA.
|
| 00:00:38 16.97 |
SOUTHERN BELLES DANCING WITH ELEGANT MEN
|
| 00:00:43 21.97 |
POV WATCHING MEN DUEL WITH SWORDS ON LAWN
|
| 00:00:45 23.97 |
FAMILY PORTRAIT ON WALL. BUTLER GOES TO SILVER TEA SERVICE UNDER PORTRAIT
|
| 00:00:49 27.97 |
BLACK MALE SERVANT WAITING ON MASTER
|
| 00:00:52 30.97 |
BLACK FEMALE SERVANT HELPING BELLE INTO DRESS IN FRONT OF HUGE MIRROR
|
| 00:00:57 35.97 |
MONTAGE GROUPS WAVING: SOUTHERN FAMILY WITH NANNY HOLDING BABY WAVING FROM BALCONY, NANNY & GIRLS WAVING, BLACK PLANTATION FAMILY IN HORSE-PULLED CART WAVING, PLANTATION OWNER WAVING HAT
(HF-YTV) |
| 00:01:16 54.97 |
OSSIE DAVIS INTRODUCES PROGRAM. EXPLAINS "THE SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE", CIRCA EARLY 1960s. QUOTES MEDGAR EVERS.
|
| 00:02:50 148.97 |
OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI. MONUMENT IN TOWN SQUARE
|
| 00:03:01 158.97 |
CU INSCRIPTION ON MONUMENT DEDICATED TO CONFEDERATE DEAD. 1861-1865.
|
| 00:03:05 162.97 |
OXFORD, 1965
|
| 00:03:12 169.97 |
EXTERIOR OF REBEL COSMETOLOGY COLLEGE. CONFEDERATE FLAG (STARS AND BARS) PAINTED ON WALL
|
| 00:03:13 170.97 |
REBEL DRIVE-IN MOVIE SIGN
|
| 00:03:19 176.97 |
PARK'S BARBER SHOP. MEN INSIDE ON BARBER STOOLS &
CHAIRS GETTING HAIR CUTS. |
| 00:03:24 181.97 |
MONTAGE OXFORD CITIZENS: SENIOR CITIZENS, FEMALE TEENAGERS, GIRLS WINDOW SHOPPING
|
| 00:03:31 189.97 |
RICHARD ELLIOTT TALKS ABOUT LIFE IN OXFORD. WHITE MAN'S OUTLOOK
|
| 00:03:45 203.97 |
MONTAGE OXFORD CITIZENS: BLACK & WHITES. SENIOR CITIZENS TO YOUNG PEOPLE. SHOPPING IN DOWNTOWN SECTION OF TOWN. BLACK TEENAGE FEMALE STUDENTS
|
| 00:04:23 240.97 |
ELLIOT TALKS ABOUT RACIAL HARMONY IN OXFORD.
|
| 00:04:47 265.97 |
BLACK YARD WORKERS DIGGING, BREAKING UP ROCKS, SHOVELING DIRT INTO WHEELBARROW
|
| 00:04:59 277 |
BLACK FAMILIES' HOMES IN THE "NEGRO QUARTER"
|
| 00:05:02 279.97 |
POV WALKING INSIDE HOME PAST HOUSEWIFE & CHILDREN IN LIVING ROOM, INTO KITCHEN
|
| 00:05:11 288.97 |
YOUNG BLACK BOY OUTSIDE ON PORCH NEXT TO BATHROOM WITH NO DOOR
|
| 00:05:13 290.97 |
MOTHER WITH CHILD ON LAP SITTING IN CHAIR ON PORCH
|
| 00:05:16 293.97 |
WOMAN SWEEPING PORCH, LEGS & BROOM SEEN
|
| 00:05:21 298.97 |
WOMAN ON HANDS & KNEES SCRUBBING OUTDOORS. SCRUB BRUSH & BUCKET. SLUMS
|
| 00:05:23 300.97 |
WHITE MAN GETTING SHOE SHINE & HAIR CUT AT BARBER SHOP
|
| 00:05:28 305.97 |
EXTERIOR MARY BUIE MUSEUM
|
| 00:05:33 310.97 |
PORTRAIT OF OXFORD CITIZEN WILLIAM FAULKNER
|
| 00:05:38 315.97 |
MARY ROLAND, CUSTODIAN OF MUSEUM, TALKS ABOUT MISSY THE BLACK NANNY THAT NURSED HER CHILDREN. CONFEDERATE FLAG IN BKGD. "WE GOT SOME MIGHTY GOOD DARKIES HERE"
|
| 00:07:02 399.97 |
STILLS
|
| 00:07:16 413.97 |
BLACK PLANTATION WORKERS HARVESTING COTTON. DRAGGING SACKS OF COTTON. USING HOOK TO HEFT BALES INTO BACK OF TRUCK, EMPTYING COTTON INTO TRUCK. AGRICULTURAL WORKERS
|
| 00:08:49 506.97 |
STILLS OF CIVIL WAR
|
| 00:09:55 572.97 |
LEROY PERCY, PLANTATION OWNER, TALKS ABOUT LIFE POST CIVIL WAR
|
| 00:10:18 596.97 |
STILLS
|
| 00:11:25 663.97 |
ELIZABETH BOUNDS, TEACHER TALKS ABOUT RECONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH
|
| 00:11:45 683.97 |
MONTAGE BLACK MEN FROM OXFORD. HANGING AROUND IN OXFORD, JOBLESS.
|
| 00:12:06 703.97 |
CU BLACK MAN SMOKING CIGAR
|
| 00:12:09 706.97 |
CU TOOTHLESS GUM-SUCKING WHITE SENIOR CITIZEN OLD MAN DRINKING FROM WATER FOUNTAIN
|
| 00:12:12 709.97 |
SENIOR CITIZENS. RETIRED OLD WHITE MEN PLAYING CHESS IN THE PARK
|
| 00:12:32 730.97 |
STILLS
|
| 00:12:43 741.97 |
FOOTAGE FROM "BIRTH OF A NATION"
|
| 00:13:27 784.97 |
MODERN KKK "MARCH". KU KLUX KLANERS IN CARS WITH CONFEDERATE FLAGS HANGING ON THEM, CIRCA 1960s
|
| 00:13:36 794.97 |
KKK MARCH: BURNING CROSS, CONCEALING IDENTITIES UNDER ROBES & HOODS.
|
| 00:13:45 803.97 |
GRAND WIZARD GIVES SPEECH TO KU KLUX KLAN MEMBERS.
PANS KKK MEMBERS |
| 00:14:53 871.97 |
REVEREND W.N. REDMOND, RECALLS INCIDENT WHERE MAN &
HIS SON ARE PUNISHED FOR KILLING WHITE MAN'S DOG. ANNOUNCER INTRODUCES HUS AS: "VIGILANTE SYSTEM OF NEGRO CONTROL" |
| 00:15:47 925.97 |
CU SIGN READS: "FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, SEEK THE TRUTH. WE HAVE NO CHOICE WE ARE RIGHT"
|
| 00:15:50 928.97 |
PANS DOWN TO SHERIFF BOYCE BRATTON SPEAKS ABOUT "BLACK FREEDOM"
|
| 00:16:15 952.97 |
ZOOMS IN ON MUNICIPAL BUILDING SIGN READING "WHITE ONLY LADIES REST ROOM". SEGREGATION
|
| 00:16:27 964.97 |
MONTAGE JIM CROW SIGNS: COLORED, WHITE ONLY MENS REST ROOM
|
| 00:16:41 978.97 |
WHITE ONLY BARBER SHOP. BARBER SHAVING CUSTOMER
|
| 00:16:45 982.97 |
WALTER M. O'BARR, JUDGE, SPEAKING ON HOW LAW WORKS DIFFERENTLY FOR BLACK & WHITE CITIZENS
|
| 00:17:45 1042.97 |
CLASSROOM IN MISSISSIPPI, CIRCA 1960s. TEACHER TEACHING HISTORY. CONFEDERATE FLAG ON BLACKBOARD
|
| 00:18:03 1060.97 |
SPLIT SCREEN OF SEGREGATED CLASSROOMS: ONE WHITE, ONE BLACK
|
| 00:18:07 1064.97 |
MONTAGE CLASSROOMS: CHILDREN LEARNING HISTORY CIRCA 1960s WITH SAME TEXTBOOKS, BUT SEPARATELY
|
| 00:18:46 1103.97 |
CROSS ON WALL. RELIGIOUS ICON. JESUS.
|
| 00:18:49 1106.97 |
WHITE SOUTHERN CHURCH SERVICE, SINGING HYMNS, PRAYING. CU MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION
|
| 00:19:42 1159.97 |
WHITE SOUTHERN RACIST ESPOUSING BIGOTRY
|
| 00:20:04 1181.97 |
EXTERIOR BLACK CHURCH
|
| 00:20:07 1184.97 |
BLACK SERVICE. REVEREND GIVING SERMON, SINGING
|
| 00:20:49 1227.97 |
SIGN NAILED TO TREE READS: "PRIVATE CLUB, COLORED ONLY"
|
| 00:20:55 1233.97 |
BLACK PATRON BEING STAMPED ON THE HAND AT DOOR.
PEOPLE GOING INTO JUKE JOINT |
| 00:21:03 1240.97 |
BAND PLAYING IN JUKE JOINT. CUSTOMERS DANCING
|
| 00:21:30 1268.97 |
SHERIFF OF LAFAYETTE COUNTY, BOYCE BRATTON, SPEAKING ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE
|
| 00:22:08 1305.97 |
ELDERLY SENIOR CITIZEN BLACK WOMAN WRINGING HER HANDS NERVOUSLY TELLS HOW GOOD WHITE PEOPLE WERE TO HER WHEN SHE GOT SICK
|
| 00:22:16 1313.97 |
POV FROM TOP OF STAIRS IN HOUSE LOOKING DOWN AT KITCHEN IN POOR SHACK. PANS TO CHILDREN'S LEGS &
FEET. YOUNG BOY WITH NASTY BITES ON LEGS. TATTERED COUCH & PANTS. EXTREMELY DESTITUTE FAMILY IMPOVERISHED, POVERTY STRICKEN |
| 00:22:25 1323.97 |
PAN KITCHEN: STOVE, FOOD LEFT IN OPEN PANS, TOTAL DISARRAY, UNKEPT MESSY KITCHEN. WOMAN OF THE HOUSE TELLING HOW SHE COULD NOT SURVIVE WITHOUT WHITE FOLKS HELP
|
| 00:22:35 1333.97 |
BLACK WOMAN & CHILDREN ON PORCH.
|
| 00:22:49 1347.97 |
PRO-SEGREGATION JUDGE O'BARR SPEAKING ON "THE
SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE" |
| 00:23:36 1394.97 |
FEMALE TEACHER SPEAKING ON THINGS ARE "BORN IN US", INSTILLED IN US "IN SPITE OF RESPECT FOR BLACK PEOPLE, THERE IS SOME PHYSICAL REVULSION FOR THEIR "DARKNESS"
|
| 00:24:04 1421.97 |
BLACK MECHANIC, WADE WARD, SPEAKS ON HIS EXPERIENCES.
"IS NOT THE SKIN OF THE NEGRO THAT WHITE MAN DREADS, IT'S THAT THE NEGRO IS GOING TO DEMAND THE DOLLAR THE WHITE MAN DEMANDS" |
| 00:24:41 1459.97 |
DELLA DAVIDSON, TEACHER, GIVES HER INTERPRETATION OF "THE SOUTHERN WAY OF LIFE FOR THE NEGRO WOMAN MEANS THAT SHE IS ADDRESSED ALL THE TIME BY HER FIRST NAME". HOW SHE IS ADDRESSED.
|
| 00:25:50 1528.97 |
FATHER WOFFORD K. SMITH SPEAKING. "YOU CANNOT ENSLAVE, HOLD DOWN, OR DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OTHERS WITHOUT, IN TURN, HAVING THE SAME THING DONE TO YOURSELF"
|
| 00:26:35 1572.97 |
REVEREND HAMP DAVIDSON SPEAKING ON "THE GOOD THINGS THAT WE HOPE FOR, AS HUMAN BEINGS & AS GOD'S CHILDREN WILL FINALLY COME TO PASS"
|
| 00:26:58 1596.97 |
BLACK CHURCH SERMON, CONGREGATION SINGING. PANS MEMBERS. WOMEN FANNING THEMSELVES
|
| 00:27:46 1644.46 |
FILM ENDS
|
Jump to this point
