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Parishioners leaving Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on Palm Sunday, 1968, in Washington DC.

A man in an overcoat and cap, walks along the Shaw neighborhood sidewalk of 7th Street NW, in Washington DC, on April 7, 1968 (Palm Sunday, and Day of National Mourning for Martin Luther King Jr. after his assassination). The man passes a Salvation Army store, and various storefronts including one selling home appliances, as he approaches the corner of 7th St NW and N St NW, Washington DC. Camera zooms in on front of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church across the corner at 1315 8th Street NW., where decorative palms are displayed on the church door. Camera moves close to church and pans up toward bell tower and down again showing parishioners leaving the church holding sprigs of palms. A priest in colored vestments greets individuals as they leave. On the sidewalk below the steps, two priests stand and also greet parishioners as they leave. Camera position returns to intersection of 7th St NW and N St NW, with view of the Seventh Street Savings Bank building at 1300 7th Street, then a part of the National Bank of Washington (that signage visible at top of the building's side facing N St NW.) Pedestrians walk by on 7th St NW., crossing N St NW.

Date: 1968, April 7
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044691
President Lyndon B Johnson praises gallantry of marines and airmen at White House, Washington DC.

Battle of Khe Sanh between January 1968 to April 1968. Aerial bombardment by U.S. over North Vietnam position in Khe Sanh. Explosions on ground. Marines fire artillery and move out into surrounding terrain of Khe Sanh. Wounded marines carried on litters. General William Westmoreland arrives to pay tribute to B-52 aircraft pilots for their contribution in Khe Sanh battle. General Westmoreland decorates pilots. President Lyndon B Johnson decorated officers at the White House. Commanding officer, Colonel David E Lownds receives a navy cross. Sergeant Major AW Smith is awarded with bronze star. President Lyndon B Johnson praises gallantry of marines and airmen at the White House. Marines move through jungle. 26th Marines advance on dirt road in Khe Sanh. Trenches deserted in Khe Sanh airfield. (Vietnam War period).

Date: 1968
Duration: 5 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052394
The Jefferson Memorial and Washington Monument lit up at night in Washington DC.

Monuments lit up at night in Washington DC. View of lit up Jefferson Memorial (16 E Basin Dr SW, Washington, DC 20242, United States) and the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, USA). Red light flashes on top of the Washington Monument. Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson.

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675043622
Political advertisement for Richard Nixon during the 1968 presidential campaign states Nixon is best to speak for America

Richard Nixon political commercial on television in the United States. Voice over states that Nixon is the best candiate to speak for America. Still image scenes include a crowd of Americans gathered. The crowd marches. Leaders of several foreign countries including Leonid Brezhnev of the Soviet Union and Fidel Castro of Cuba . Two telephones on a table. Many microphones on stands. The President's official seal. The White House in Washington DC.

Date: 1968
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056983
Events following the assassination of Martin Luther King in 1968

Speaking after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Walter Edward Fauntroy pastor of the New Bethel Baptist Church in Washington, D.C makes an appeal for mourners to honor him in silence and in the spirit of non-violence. He appeals to people to remain in their homes and to pray for a spreading of the spirit of this great man. He adds that those who respond violently in their grief, do Dr. King and his memory, dishonor. Next, a front loader is seen clearing smoking debris from riots, looting, and destruction that occurred in major cities of the U.S. during protests after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. A fire truck on a city street sprays water on a burning building. Street sweepers clean a city street. View of cars parked in front of one of several churches set up as emergency centers in Atlanta. Inside the church, tables are seen filled with all manner of food, clothing, and other necessities to help persons in need. Views of people availing themselves of the needed item. Workers outside bringing supplies to the emergency centers. View inside an emergency center of people helping those in need. Closeup of two Catholic Nuns providing meals to those in need. Children seated at tables eating meals. U.S. President Lyndon Johnson broadcasts an appeal for citizens to reject violence and calls for unity and understanding. He states that he has just conveyed his and Mrs. Johnson's sympathy to Mrs. King. Glimpse of American flag at half staff on the White House. Still photo of Martin Luther King.

Date: 1968
Duration: 4 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029510
Story of the John Walker spy ring. FBI actions to end it.

President Woodrow Wilson signs documents. Russian spy Colonel Rudolph Ivanovich Abel outside Federal Court in New York City in 1957. Julius Rosenberg. Ethyl Rosenberg. John Anthony Walker, Chief Warrant Officer and communications specialist for the U.S. Navy, who spied for the Soviet KGB from 1968 to 1985. View of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building, in Boston, Massachusetts. Barbara Walker speaks. Pictures of John Walker alone and John and Barbara Walker seated at a park. View of Barbara Walker's home in West Dennis, Massachusetts. View of the Walker's restaurant. Apartment house in Norfolk Virginia, where the Walkers lived, and boat, airplane, and real estate they owned. Walker in U.S. Navy uniform and at beach with children. Walker residence, Algonquin House Apartment building. Diagrams of drop sites and instructions used by John Walker. U.S. Capitol building. Holiday Inn where the Walkers stayed in Northern Virginia. Documents stamped Top Secret and 35,000 dollars in cash. F-14 Tomcat aircraft landing on aircraft carrier ship deck. Photo of Laura Walker Snyder. Needles moving on Polygraph machine. Convoy of warships underway. Photo of John Walker with other Naval crewmen. Photo of Soviet Embassy in Washington, DC. Photo of cryptographic key card. U.S. nuclear submarine on surface. Zayre store in Washington, D.C. area. Drop site maps. Photo of John Walker's retirement party in 1977. Maps of North Africa and Europe. Photo of instructions for passing information at meeting sites in Vienna, Austria. Photo of Walker's residence, 1985. Photo of Jerry Whitworth. Letters from Whitworth to the FBI. Soviet KGB officer, Aleksei G. TKachenko. Michael Walker and Arthur Walker under arrest. John and Michael Walker under arrest. William Sessions, FBI Director.

Date: 1985
Duration: 13 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053007
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