Civil defense exercise attack in Spokane, Washington. A civil defense exercise being carried out to meet the threat of Hydrogen bomb attack. Women technicians at a map as they work to locate the position of the enemy airplane during the exercise. Business center of the city being evacuated and people move out of their homes. National guards patrol the streets. People carrying umbrellas stand in a large group. Chester Brown, Chief Radio Engineer for the city, speaks on phone as the 'all clear signal' is sounded. People walk on street.
A dirt and mud motorcycle race by Seattle cycle club in Seattle, Washington. Motorbikes at the start line. The race gets underway. Bikers cross a pond of water. Bikers get stuck in mud as audiences look on. Motor bikers ride through mud and water. A biker crosses the finish line.
Washington Riots break out in Washington DC. Damaged mannequin outside a shop. Fire Fighters extinguish fire from a burning building. Board on the building reads 'The Stan's'. Fire blazes from the building windows. Man walks out of the building carrying clothes in his hand. Soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Infantry patrol on streets as they walk past a store wreckage. Soldier speaks over a phone.
Washington Riots in Washington DC. Fire fighters spray water over a burning building. African American boy stands in the foreground. Civilians stand on a street. Fire blazes from buildings. Vehicles parked on road. Riots were in response to assassination death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
Members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union, AFL-CIO, picket a Woolworths store in New York City. Members of Union Locals, 23, 40, 62 and 66 are seen carrying signs as they march in front of the F.W. Woolworth store. Some of the signs read: "Woolworth practices discrimination in the South, and We Support Dr. Martin Luther King" (civil rights leader). A New York City uniformed police officer stands on the sidewalk observing the peaceful picketing. Civil Rights leader A. Philip Randolph is seen among the protestors, carrying a picket sign and marching. Passersby seem to ignore the activity.
People protesting the racially biased hiring policies and Jim Crow policies of the White Tower hamburger Company, picket one of its diner restaurants in New York City. African American and white civil rights protestors walk carrying signs. Man holding a banner that reads: 'Freedom Now'. Man holds a sign saying "Hire on ability not Bias." Other signs include, "Dollar spend here support segregation" and "Equality Yes. Bigotry No. Jim Crow must go!" Uniformed Police officers monitor the activity. Baby in a pram. A blind man, with seeing eye dog, pickets, accompanied by a woman. Spectators watch from a barricaded area.
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