Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
Los Angeles United States USA 1968 stock footage and images
- Showing 25 to 30 of 35062 results
more
Hide
Rioting and looting in America, in response to the assassination death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
A large American crowd at an outdoor stadium. Brief view of Presidential candidate Richard Nixon speaking to reporters. Narrator describes how his presidential campaign went on hold after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Next scene shows rioting and looting by African American citizens in the United States in a major city (narrator references Los Angeles, Newark, Baltimore, Detroit). People stealing items from stores and smashing store windows after the death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Image changes to a 4-way split screen, with two portions showing families watching television, one portion showing continued rioting (including Washington DC fire fighters involved in putting out an arson fire); and one portion showing interviews with notable African Americans deploring the rioting. Speakers including Roy Wilkins, Sammy Davis Jr., and James Brown.
Franklin D. Roosevelt helps Americans to recover from the Great Depression in the United States.
Great Depression scenes and recovery efforts in the United States. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt inaugurated as President on March 4, 1933. Scenes of Roosevelt and outgoing President Herbert Hoover leaving the White House together in a top-down convertible limousine before the ceremony. Roosevelt at the U.S. Capitol building during the inauguration ceremony as President of the United States. Roosevelt delivering the famous line in his speech, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Jobless American men wait in unemployment relief lines to get work or jobs. Men in a bread line. Unemployed man with a large sign "Will take any job." Scenes of families migrating in the United States, with vehicles filled with belongings. Families and children suffering poverty and in makeshift camps and tenement dwellings during migration (usually migration west). Troops and bands march with American flags on Constitution Avenue during the Roosevelt Inauguration parade. Exterior view of U.S. Capitol Building framed by tree limbs. Men in an office empty heavy mailbags filled with letters (presumably to congress and senate). Government officials at a long table working on emergency banking laws in March of 1933. Scene of people flooding into a bank and making a run on the bank to retrieve deposits. President Roosevelt signs Emergency Banking Act in his office on March 9, 1933. View of White House lawn and White House. The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) is created to put unemployed young men to work on various conservation projects. CCC boys and men working on planting trees with pick axes and mattocks. Men and women in line to sign up for Emergency Work Relief programs. Officials write down the information for each worker as they are put to work in a variety of projects. Women and men, including white and African American men are seen getting assigned to work projects. A sign "USA Work Program WPA" advertising a suspension bridge work project of the Works Progress Administration in Los Angeles, California. People build roads, bridges and post offices. Cable fed out of a large spool as construction of a suspension bridge is shown. People work in factories. Close up views of railroad train locomotive wheels as they start moving and the train on tracks near factories. Various factory scenes including smokestacks, groups of workers entering factory for work shift and closeup view of a steam whistle blowing to mark the start or end of a work shift. A coal mining operation. Automated tools dig coal in shaft. Two coal miners take a break and eat. Crane hoists material at mine. A steel factory and hot molten steel pouring from a ladle.
People watch a parade during the 'Elks Convention' in Los Angeles, United States.
A parade led by a band during the 'Elks Convention' in Los Angeles, United States. Automobiles decorated with flags and umbrellas lined up on an athletic field. Men march. Spectators watch the event. Men in uniforms on horses. Trees and a building in the background. Smoke rises.
Activity at Los Angeles harbor, United States.
Workers unload goods from the vessel at Los Angeles harbor, United States. View of equipment and ropes on the freighter. Huge heap of copra (dyed kernel of the coconut) lying on the ground.
U.S. Olympic team arrive in Los Angeles, United States after the Olympic games in Melbourne, Australia.
America's Olympic contenders return in Los Angeles, United States from the Olympic games at Melbourne. The America's Olympic team members climb down a ladder. American weightlifters Paul Anderson carrying Charles Vincci on his shoulders climbs down the ladder. A close up of American Oarsman John B. Kelly. Basketball player Bill Russell. A close up of Anderson waving. All the players including Anderson seated together. American athletes Glenn Davis and Greg Bell stand together. Olympic athletes Bob Richards, Charles Dumas and Tom Courtney stand together. Parry O' Brein meets his family members.
The Sumitomo Bank and City Hall of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) visible in the background. Hotel Pacific seen. Hotel San Pedro and theatre Fuji seen. The Sumitomo Japanese Bank in the street. Grocery shops are present. A board shows San Pedro Street sign at intersection with 1st Street.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
