Americans gather to participate in the Civil Rights march in Washington DC known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. They gather at the Washington Monument grounds. Crowd at demonstration cheers. Actor and activist Ossie Davis speaks on the podium. He tells them it is time to begin the march to the Lincoln Memorial and they start the march. They hold boards and placards in hands. Trees and flags in the background. People sing "We shall not be moved" and then sing and chant "Freedom" song. A woman holds her "Freedom" sign in the air and chants "(freedom) now, (freedom) now, now." Some walk beside the Reflecting Pool. Others walk up Constitution Avenue. Sign for the Brooklyn College NAACP chapter is seen and their marchers go by. Brief view of prominent Civil Rights leaders marching together, including A. Philip Randolph and Roy Wilkins. A child sits on the shoulders of a man and applauds. A loudspeaker on a wooden scaffold structure at the Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). African American and white marchers arriving at the Lincoln Memorial and assembling for the speeches there. View toward the Lincoln Memorial from the crowd, and from the Lincoln Memorial looking out at the assembling crowd.
Riots, looting, and arson during an outbreak of urban racial violence in Detroit, Michigan. Entire blocks of homes on fire as seen at night. 36 are dead, over a thousand injured during period of unrest in the civil rights movement. A fire truck arrives at the scene. A house on fire. Firemen put out fire. A building engulfed in flames. Sniper groups keep watch outside shops to prevent looting. A looted and trashed shop. Storefront window glass is shattered. People walk on the trashed streets of Detroit. Firemen use jets of water to put out fire. President Lyndon B. Johnson denounces the riots and urges national law and order. “Pillage, looting, murder, and arson have nothing to do with civil rights” President Johnson said.
Scenes from The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Black and White Americans gather in large numbers at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC to promote Civil Rights. African American civil rights leader, Reverend Fred L. Shuttlesworth delivers speech to the crowd gathered. Folk Singer, Joan Baez, sings her song "All My Trails" and plays guitar.
From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. Children seated in a classroom. A girl child asks a teacher how to detect an atomic explosion. The teacher explains the various kinds of explosions like warned and unwarned explosions . Civil defense soldiers near a radar system. Officers sit and work. A soldier watches through binoculars. Planes in flight. Children play in the school playground. They move inside the building as the alarm rings. People move inside their houses. A young woman seeks help from a man. The man points towards a sign reading, "public shelter" directing the public to a fallout shelter. A car in front of the houses. Animation: Burt the turtle hides when a bomb explodes without warning.
From the civil defense film "Duck and Cover" in the United States. Character Tony rides a bicycle. After a bright flash he quickly gets off the bicycle, ducks near a wall and covers himself, demonstrating a technique for protection in nuclear attack. Civil defense personnel help him. The children in a school bus. They hide under the seats of the school bus.
Roy Wilkins talks about Civil Rights in American and reflects on the movement's history. Photographs of Wilkins as a soldier in Army. Clarence Mitchell talks about Roy Wilkins. African American students escorted to school in Arkansas under National Guard protection during integration. Photographs show Roy Wilkins early childhood. Roy Wilkins talks. Wilkins walks with other Civil Rights leaders in peaceful marches. Soldiers on streets and in military jeeps.
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