1970-1979CIVIL RIGHTS
Various news stories from the 1970s California. Black Panther founder, Huey Percy Newton in court, fire, Vietnam Antiwar protest marches.
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| 01:00:00 0.45 |
Reel begins. B&W. Tilt down on large gathering of mostly Black people in front of a courthouse in the 1970's. Protesters are chanting with their arms up hands in fists. They collectively chant, "we want Huey".
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| 01:00:21 21.73 |
Black male reporter on the scene at the Alameda County Courthouse reports about the gathering for Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panthers, who is being retried for killing an Oakland policeman. He talks about his release on bail and discusses the amount of the bail.
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| 01:01:09 69.74 |
No audio. Black Panther founder, Huey P. Newton is seen in maybe the courtroom library surrounded by dozens of cameras and reporters. He is seated at a desk and talks into mics with a smile on his face. Shots of the reporters in the crowded room and cameramen wtih 1970's TV cameras.
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| 01:01:33 93.84 |
CU Huey Newton talks into mics about the prisoners, "brothers" at Soledad prison which he states is not a rehabilitation center but more like a concentration camp than a prison.
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| 01:01:53 113.96 |
CU and pan of the crowd outside the Alameda County Courthouse, both Blacks and Whites, chanting "we want Huey".
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| 01:02:10 130.36 |
"Master Criminal Calendar" Sign on courtroom wall for Judge Harold B Hovi and list of others such as clerk, bailiff and reporter.
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| 01:02:13 133.73 |
Two policemen guard the courtroom door as officials enter.
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| 01:02:25 145.78 |
People seated on pews inside courtroom including Huey Newton who appears to be reading a newspaper.
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| 01:02:33 153.25 |
Crowd of folk stand outside guarded glass door of courtroom hoping to get in
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| 01:02:49 169.13 |
Var shots of burned out gutted buildings. Brick remnants of buildings remain, fire still burning, foggy.
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| 01:03:09 189.91 |
A red fire hydrant surrounded by pink flowers against the background of a foggy, smokey view of buildings and various artifacts, trash
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| 01:03:42 222.35 |
A young man about 25 - 30 with long hair and wearing a top hat standing on a wharf talks to unseen TV reporter about a fire . He states when the fire started in the Old Warden's home and a clinic and states the fires may have been set. They didn't have enough water to put out the fire.
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| 01:04:22 262.57 |
Pan from above of black smoke coming out of a building complex situated on top of a hill. Shots of black smoke and fire blazing.
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| 01:04:49 289.88 |
About 8 Mexican kids on the balcony of a building looking out.
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| 01:05:01 301.34 |
Various shots of what is left of burned out buildings, debris and remnants.
foggy smokey, fog horns heard. |
| 01:05:59 359.18 |
1970's Vietnam Antiwar protesters outside a building, maybe hotel, stand around a swimming pool and hold signs "U.S. Out of Camodia Laos Vietnam"., "Impeach the 'King'". A voice is heard the large crowd is listening and cheering.
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| 01:07:01 421.72 |
Tilt down on crowd of Antiwar protesters.
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| 01:07:32 452.05 |
CU Large protest sign reads "Tricky Dick Has Triced Us Too Much"
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| 01:07:41 461.97 |
Tilt down shots of huge protest march against the Vietnam war. Protesters carrying signs as they march down the street through the city. Policemen are seen, and the crowd is heard chanting, "Out of Vietnam"
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| 01:09:12 552.39 |
cu shots of protest signs - Out Now, Cambodia is Not the Way Out, Fuck It, Veterans for Peace, Not one More Dead
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| 01:10:18 618.51 |
Night time shots of the protesters, a huge crowd clapping and shouting, holding protest signs, entering a building.
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| 01:12:05 725.24 |
Protester mid-age man wearing a suit, speaks into megahorn, nighttime. Police wearing helmets are seen amidst the crowd.
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| 01:17:40 1060.96 |
end reel.
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