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Troops guard the marchers in the Freedom March in Montgomery, Alabama.

View of the Freedom March from Selma to Montgomery in Alabama, United States. Marchers march under a Federal Court Order and with the protection of the federalized National Guard units and regular troops. Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the 3200 marchers before it starts. View of the marchers walking on the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Dr. King and fellow leaders marching with the crowd. Group setting up camp on grounds of a negro farmer near New Sister Springs Baptist Church. A helicopter circles overhead.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 22

Duration: 1 min 52 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

A huge crowd gathers for the third march from Selma to Montgomery during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States

Crowd gathered to commence the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A sign reads: Baptist Conference of Washington DC wants the vote. Black American men, women and children among the assembled group. A white man carries a black baby on his shoulders.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 21

Duration: 1 min 11 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Martin Luther King, Junior in front of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama

The AME (African Methodist Episcopal) Church in Selma, Alabama. Sign reads 'Brown Chapel, AME Church'. African American people outside the church. Prominent leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders getting started on the second Selma-to-Montgomery march for civil rights. Photographers take pictures.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 9

Duration: 2 min 40 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

The second Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march. Many white clergy join with African American marchers

The second march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Many white clergymen are seen in the ranks of marchers. The marchers are confronted by armed and helmeted Alabama State Troopers, and a quiet standoff ensues. The marchers kneel to pray, en masse.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 9

Duration: 2 min 31 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Scenes from the second Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama,civil rights march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Led by Dr. Martin King, Jr. African Americans, joined by some white supporters, especially white clergymen, proceed on a second attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, to call attention to racial discrimination. Signs identify the Alabama River and the Edmund Pettus Bridge. The march is halted temporarily on the bridge. An older white man and woman, who seem to be known to local people, come forward and lead the march, without interference, allowing marchers to proceed to the end of the bridge.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 9

Duration: 2 min 18 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

Marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in the second march for civil rights, from Selma to Montgomery, but go no further.

Civil rights marchers cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. However, they are under a judicial restraining order, so they go no further in this second attempted march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. African American Men and women and some white people (especially clergymen) participate in the Civil Rights march. Alabama State Police officers watch the marchers, as they turn away from the main highway after crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge, over the Alabama River.

Location: Selma Alabama

Date: 1965, March 9

Duration: 1 min 16 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Unedited

Language: None

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