Activities of the United States Army after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland, following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Elevated view of the city of Baltimore. Camera pans across wide expanse of city of Baltimore. Normal street traffic. Camera shot focuses on the Fifth Regiment Armory building (National Guard armory) and flag of the United States on it. Soldiers stand guard outside the building. A car parked outside. Elevated, sweeping views of residential area of the city of Baltimore in 1968.
Baltimore riots in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968. A busload of African American men, arrested during rioting in Baltimore, are bused to the Baltimore City Courthouse, on Calvert Street, where they unload, single-file, with hands held over their heads, and enter the courthouse, under armed guard by Federal (or Federalized) troops. A crowd of all white citizen spectators fill the sidewalks to watch the goings on. Brief closeup of soldier wearing helmet and carrying rifle with fixed bayonet. Soldiers form a cordon around the line of prisoners as they walk into the courthouse. Two civilian officials follow the prisoners into the courthouse. Closeup of a Baltimore City policeman holding a Remington 870 Police Magnum shotgun. He smiles for the camera. Army troops are in the background. Closeup of the bus with some prisoners at the windows (apparently having reboarded the bus). Army troops begin moving a small, mixed crowd of some African American and some white spectators away from the courthouse entrance.
Activities of the United States Army after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland (after death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr). A sign on a building reads : To The Glory Of Maryland. A flag of the United States on the building. Officers talk. Generals Robert H. York and Melvin Zais chat. Officers get into a car and drive off. A jeep parked outside the building.
U.S. President Harry S. Truman dedicates Friendship International Airport in Anne Arundel County Maryland, United States, south of Baltimore. Aerial view of the new airport. A sign on a terminal building reads 'Friendship International Airport'. President Truman disembarks from an aircraft together with Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., and is greeted by officials. He reviews an honor guard. A crowd seated during the dedication ceremony. The President speaks into a microphone and gives a short address (sound is present in clip for this portion). (The airport was later renamed Baltimore/Washington International Airport, and subsequently, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Also known as BWI.)
United States soldiers on guard after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland. Views of a road in front of U.S. Soldiers Home. A jeep moves past on the road. A sign reads : 'U.S. Soldiers Home'. A soldier stands guard outside the building, following unrest in rioting in Baltimore in the wake of the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Activities of United States soldiers after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland (following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.). A sign :'Pipe Rack Clothes'. U.S. soldiers and policemen stand on a road. Jeeps filled with soldiers drive through a street. Two soldiers walk through a narrow street. Police cars block a street then drive off. An officer announces on a loudspeaker. Police cars drive off. Insignia of 'Police Baltimore City' on a police car. A sign reads : 'Lafayette Market'. A truck filled with soldiers in the background.
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