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Atlanta Georgia USA 1917 stock footage and images

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Confederate Soldiers Home; Marietta National Cemetery; and replica of Bobby Burns cottage, in Atlanta, Georgia

An upright civil war cannon barrel tops the civil war Monument memorial to General McPherson, on Monument Avenue in SE Atlanta, close to the site where he died in the battle. Some of the surviving United States Civil War veterans of the Battle of Atlanta pose on the veranda of the Confederate Soldiers Home. View of the grounds around the home showing two civil war field pieces. Entrance to the Marietta National Cemetery (where 10,132 Union Soldiers are buried). View of the many white grave stones in the cemetery. A replica of the cottage of Poet, Bobby Burns. The replica cottage is home to the Burns Club.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066823
The governorship rivalry between Talmadge and Thompson with rally protesting White Supremacy politics of Governor Talmadge in Atlanta, Georgia.

The governorship rivalry (so called "Three Governors Rivalry") takes a new turn in Atlanta, Georgia. Exterior of Capitol Building (Georgia State Capitol Building, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334) in Atlanta, Georgia. U.S. State Senator from Georgia, Herman Eugene Talmadge, and Melvin Ernest Thompson (M.E. Thompson), standing together claiming to be the legitimate governor. Mr. Talmadge speaks over a microphone and suggests a 'White Primary' which he said would function "To let the white people of Georgia determine who is their choice for Governor" (to decide between Talmadge and Thompson). Students of university staging protest rally against Gov. Talmadge. University students demonstrate outside the proceedings. The students hang Talmadge in effigy. A Nazi German flag with swastika is flown and a sign reads "It Can't Happen Here" with the word "can't" crossed out and change to "did" so it reads, "It Did Happen here." The students protest the racial segregationist and White Supremacy politics of Talmadge (early in Civil Rights movement). A sign reads "Must Stop" and above it is pictures of a padlock and key, a Nazi Swastika, and a pistol.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1947, January 23
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045372
Driving down Forsyth Street in Atlanta, Georgia in 1960.

A man enters the Citizen’s Trust Company bank, the first African American-owned bank to join the Federal Reserve Bank, Westside Office (Westside Branch 965 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta, GA 30314). An elderly black man crosses Mitchell St. SW. A Wilson Truck Company truck drives past. A black woman carrying an infant crosses the road with her three young children. Forsyth Street in downtown Atlanta as seen from a moving car. Rich’s Department Store (61 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA) and its “Crystal Bridge” over Forsyth Street connecting the 1924 "Store for Fashion" building to the 1946/1948 "Store for Homes" building. Store signs for Fleetwood Coffee and Postal Café. A revolving sign reads “Park”. The Fulton National Bank building (55 Marietta Street NW Atlanta, Georgia), now known as 55 Marietta Street building, as seen from a moving vehicle. Pedestrians cross a street near a Walgreens. Two black men smoking cigarettes pass by a parked John Ruskin Cigar van on a busy street. The Walter R. Thomas Jewelers shop at 28 Broad St is seen nearby. View of the Georgia State Capitol (Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334, United States).

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1960, May 23
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079716
African American students at Clark Atlanta University

A young African-American couple talking to each other on the grounds of Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia. A group of young African American men walking at Clark Atlanta University. Black students walk on the grounds of Clark Atlanta University (223 James P Brawley Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314). View of Clark Atlanta University Harkness Hall. Plaque pointing to Morehouse College reads “Morehouse College Founded 1867 Class of ‘51”. Clark Atlanta University Harkness Hall with trees.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1960, May 23
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079715
Black men talking in front of the Atlanta Daily World office in Atlanta, Georgia

Editorial and printing press office for the Atlanta Daily World, the oldest black newspaper in Atlanta, Georgia. Two black men, one of them possibly a member of the Scott family, talking in front of Atlanta Daily World editorial and printing office (210 Auburn Avenue Atlanta, GA ) in the Sweet Auburn district. Above the door a sign reads “Atlanta Daily World “News while it is news””. A woman listens to the two men talking. Young African-American man nodding. Close up of “Atlanta Daily World” signage.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1960, May 23
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079710
Numerous cotton warehouses in Atlanta, Georgia.

Warehouses in Atlanta, Georgia. Aerial view of cotton warehouses. Smoke rises from stacks in the background.

Location: Atlanta Georgia USA
Date: 1917
Duration: 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066819
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