19631960s MISC.
1964 San Francisco - Civil Rights issues,- various miscellaneous B&W clips of hearings, court cases, and other stuff - all different and from the 1960's.
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B&W no audio. Scenes in a courtroom - three or four clergymen defendants standing behind a table of most likely lawyers and facing the front of the room. They appear to be listening and then all take a seat.
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| 01:00:43 43.96 |
Kenneth Cromey (sp?) a Christian Clergyman is interviewed by a reporter outside a courtroom. Cromey states the reason why he pleaded no contest is in order to try and let their motivations as Christian Clergymen be known to the community, namely the importance of civil rights for all people. They realized they could be sentenced to jail
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| 01:01:31 91.1 |
Clergyman Cromey further states they would be willing to take whatever judgement the court would give them. He feels the judgment is fair and they are willing to abide by it, but it doesn't mean they cannot or will not participate in demonstrations or legal activieites to exert pressure on the community to bring about racial justice.
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| 01:02:04 124.48 |
Next segment. A Black businessman wearing a suit and bow tie talks into several mics talks about how the National Urban League has conceived of an idea to operate a national skills bank to find out through their Urban League affiliates what skills are available in the community that aren't being used and to get them into an inventory or file such as a national skills bank. This would be used nationally and locally to find out what manpower job opportunities there are in the local communities and try to then match the skills with the manpower needs.
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| 01:03:27 207.9 |
He continues to state this will eliminate the necessity for demonstrations against those employers who are honestly going all out to cooperate by using the skills bank and Urban League resources.
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| 01:03:41 221.53 |
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| 01:03:55 235.18 |
Next segment. B&W no audio. Some men and women making an American flag on the ground in a park or field using small round fake flowers and placing them one by one into the shape of the flag. Several people standing around in the field observe the process. A quick shot of the completed flag.
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| 01:06:13 373.08 |
Sign on Court Room doort - Municipal Court Department No 3 James J. Welsh Judge.
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| 01:06:16 376.48 |
Interior court room, no audio. people milling about, taking seats,. men in suits standing, audience.
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| 01:06:50 410.08 |
An unknown well dressed older woman sitting on a sofa in maybe a fancy hotel lobby talking reporters taking notes. She wears a cuffed hat and wide collar fashionable coat.
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| 01:07:23 443.34 |
Several well dressed middle aged women at a bus depot in the mid to late 1960's all wearing buttons on their lapels to promote the vote for candidate for U.S. Senator - Allan Cranston of California. They are dressed wearing coats and gloves and handing out flyers to passersby, shaking people's hands. One lady holding a flyer reaches down smiling at a baby in a stroller.
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| 01:07:48 468.95 |
Same women standing in the back of a trolley and wave as it pulls away.. Large signs on the trolley for U.S. Senator Cranston, Democrat.
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| 01:08:00 480.65 |
No audio. Scene inside a courtroom hearing in the 1960's. Attorney (seemingly) standing at podium with male defendant at his side, they walk away through the courtroom. Other people in the courtroom. Judge speaks from his desk. CU defendant.
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| 01:08:32 511.97 |
Audio kicks in. Judge "Wallace" talks about the case, an interference with free enterprise. He states the case didn't concern a fire hazard according to the fire chief. He states the defendant's name, Alpert Cole, and says the fire code section is unreasonable , invalid, and therefore unconstitutional..
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| 01:10:17 617.75 |
Sign on wall (faded) reads Senior Citizens Hobby Show. Faded footage
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| 01:10:20 620.08 |
Faded footage - Elderly folk show off their hand-made ships, paintings, quilts, ceramics and other handmade items at a hobby show.
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| 01:12:04 724.66 |
Some audio. University of California college football practice ). Football players on the field passing the ball, running, kicking the ball, exercising. An interviewer talks with a coach, Ray (?) and he talks about some of the players specifically Craig Morton, and Tom Blanchfield and his predictions for the season.
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| 01:14:01 841.24 |
Faded footage. A neighborhood street in California, street sign read 51th Ave and Hugo. Address on door on an apartment or duplex "1278". Little kids play in the streets
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| 01:14:32 872.47 |
No audio. Exterior expansive two floor building - could be government building, hospital or other. Interior three older businessmen sit at a table with several mics - a press conference about to take place.
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| 01:14:54 894.85 |
Audio kicks in. One of the gentlemen talks into mics about an (unknown) investigation being broken into sub-groups who are engaged in documenting information about an accident in California.
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| 01:15:47 947.67 |
Quick clip of a tape recorder, a hand turns it on.
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| 01:15:59 959.59 |
Onlookers standing on a dock. Young cheerleaders watch as rowing crew goes by. They jump up and down excitedly and wave their pom poms. Big crowd of onlookers mingled in with a group from a marching band.
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| 01:16:29 989.75 |
Young guys on a dock, most likely members of the row crew, swing a fellow crew member by the hands and feet and throw him into the water.
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| 01:16:45 1005.8 |
Back to the press conference from before. The businessmen at a press conference called by the Civil Aeronautics Board give some details about a tragic Pacific Airlines crash that happened on May 7th, 1964 where all 44 people on board were killed.
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| 01:22:08 1328.57 |
A vintage tape recorder plays a recording from onboard the plane before it crashed.
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| 01:22:20 1340.91 |
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