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Federal troops called up to restore order after assassination of Martin Luther King, protect firemen fighting fire in Baltimore, Maryland.

Federal troops called up to restore order in Baltimore, Maryland, following assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, and subsequent riots and demonstrations. U.S. Army (or Federalized National Guard) in battle gear assemble in loose formation on a street in Baltimore, Maryland. A news photographer stands nearby. One soldier holds a bullhorn. A fire hose is laid out on the street. The troops take up a position near a Penn Optical store, as firemen prepare to discharge water from a hose. As they do so, smoke rises from an adjoining haberdashery store. Soon heavy smoke fills the scene.Camera focuses on dense white smoke coming from the Penn Optical store and Rodman's, nearby.

Date: 1968, April 8
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044699
Soldiers and policemen walk patrol near Robert St. and Division St. in Baltimore, Maryland around time of Baltimore riots.

National guard troops are directed by an African American police captain as they patrol near the intersection of Robert St. and Division St. in Baltimore (following riots after death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.) The police officer points down the street to direct soldiers on patrol. A school bus blocks the intersection of Robert and Division streets. View of the Tuxedo Center shop at Robert and Division. POV through shop window at street. POV through chain link fence at street.

Date: 1968, April 8
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044700
Firemen set up their trucks and equipment during the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland.

Riots and unrest after death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Views of fire trucks on a street near a burning building in Baltimore. Fire fighters set up their trucks and equipment. Signs : 'Truck Co 21' and 'Baltimore Fire Dept.'. Firemen try to put off the fire. Smoke rises from the building. Firemen set up a ladder against the burning building and climb up the ladder and douse the fire.

Date: 1968, April 8
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044701
Baseball game between Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians; White Sox clinch the American League pennant in Cleveland, Ohio.

Newsreel clip on the Chicago White Sox baseball team clinching their first American League pennant in 40 years in 1959. Clip opens with crowd filing into Cleveland's Municipal Stadium, which is decorated with a giant smiling Indian (the team's logo). Scenes from game: White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio doubles into the right-field corner to score Bubba Phillips, who slides to beat a throw to home. (Note photographers standing just a few feet away from the plate.) Billy Goodman doubles to score Aparicio. Two fans in white shirts, smoking cigars, intently watch the game. White Sox manager Al Lopez, in dugout, waves a fielder over to a different position. Indians load the bases in the ninth inning. White Sox call on Gerry Staley to get final outs. Staley throws one pitch and Vic Power of the Indians hits into a double play, ending the game. White Sox players celebrate in the clubhouse, pouring beer on each other's heads. Player in hat does a goofy dance.

Date: 1959, September 22
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044710
Game 7 World Series baseball match between Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals in Detroit Michigan

Scenes from game 7 of the World Series in 1934: Detroit Tigers, of Detroit, Michigan play against the St. Louis Cardinals from St. Louis, Missouri, at Navin Field in Detroit Michigan. The players include Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Dizzy Dean and Joe "Ducky" Medwick. The players playing the game. Notable persons watching the game include: Henry Ford, son Edsel Ford, Will Rogers and R Judge Landis (Kenesaw Mountain Landis), the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A large crowd of spectators watch the game in the stadium. Fans throw pop bottles and fruit onto the field in the 6th inning of game 7 after Cardinals star Ducky Wucky Medwick slides into the Detroit 3rd baseman Marv Owen. Medwick is removed from the game by Commissioner Landis. St. Louis Cardinals with its infamous "Gashouse Gang" win the game and the series. From a "25 years ago today" retrospective in a UN newsreel, dated September 24, 1959.

Date: 1934, October 9
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044711
President Dwight D. Eisenhower parries newsmen 's questions at an informal press conference in Key West, Florida.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's plans for 1956 are still a secret after a press conference in Key West, Florida. President Eisenhower speaks at an informal press conference. Newsmen question him about his plans for 1956. The President parries newsmen 's questions and smiles.

Date: 1956, January 9
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044714