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Dramatization depicts: African-American students on their way to school and aftermath of Lamar High School Bus attack in South Carolina

African-American lawyer, Frank Jackson, talks to “Cliff”, one of the victims of the Lamar High School Bus Attack in 1970. African-American children lining up in school. Dramatization depicts a mob of angry white residents, one holding a stick in his hand as a club. White woman, wearing headscarf and shades, brandishes a frying pan. Dramatization shows Lamar High School with state troopers guarding the front of the school (216 N Darlington Ave, Lamar, SC 29069). Dramatization shows some of the mob being apprehended by state troopers. African-American students laugh inside the bus. Image of Robert Evander McNair, the Governor of South Carolina from 1965-1971. Attorney Jackson speaks to Cliff about Governor McNair’s dedication to protect African-American children’s rights to go to any school. Images of Governor McNair and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney. “ Only when the rights of the constitution are surely in the hands of poor men, as well as rich men, black, brown, red, and yellow men, as well as white men, can the constitution promise justice to share its equal place in law and order,” Attorney Frank Jackson says. Closing Credits.

Date: 1970, March
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079010
Scenes of crowds from different parts of the world

A street crowded with pedestrians walking. A crowded beach full of umbrellas and beach-goers. African men and women in a crowded marketplace. African woman, with a basket sitting on top of her head, walking among the crowd. A crowd full of Indian men.

Date: 1971
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079016
A doctor performs a stress test on a female patient

A doctor adjusts a medical cuff strap on a woman’s right arm. Woman, wearing a Twiggy-style make-up, is being examined by doctor for her stress level. Doctor puts on another medical cuff strap on woman’s left arm. Doctor adjusts pump and monitors her stress level through a medical seismometer, showing a gentle blood flow. “That’s very, very good. Completely relaxed” the doctor said. A metronome and pocket watch are activated, the sounds from the objects change the woman’s stress level.

Date: 1971
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079017
Children playing in a playroom experiment on human behavior, responding to crowded space

An infant crying. A crying baby being held by mother. A baby cries, showing gums. A sleepy baby. A shirtless baby with arms outstretched. An inflatable Yogi Bear inside a messy playroom of a kindergarten school or daycare facility. Children noisily playing together inside the playroom. The number of children in the room is slowly increased, in an experiment. As the numbers increase, some children shift to the sidelines but others start becoming aggressive. Two little boys playing guns, with an upturned table as their “trenches”. Another boy drags a smaller boy roughly. Two aggressive boys fight as another boy snatches away the inflatable Yogi Bear. Scene changes to show Army soldiers firing rifles and machine guns on a battlefield. Camouflaged soldier firing machine gun. Scene shifts to show monkeys aggressively fighting.

Date: 1971
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079018
A doctor straps an early electronic slimming machine on a woman’s abdomen

A doctor adjusts straps on a woman before turning on an electronic slimming machine designed to promote weight loss. On top of the woman’s abdomen is a heart-shape plate connected to the slimming machine with wires. Woman, only in her underwear, lies still over straps and wires as she is feeling the sensation from the muscle stimulator to burn fat and help her lose weight.

Date: 1971
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079024
American voters from various backgrounds cast their votes during WWII

A secretary, Helen Shaw, registers before polling officials during the 1944 elections. A man and a woman sign a logbook before voting. Hollywood actor, Lewis Stone, searches for his name and signs a logbook before voting. A matron signs a logbook. A farmer, wearing a fedora, filling out a ballot. Hollywood actress signs a logbook before voting. Americans of different occupations line up to sign a logbook before voting. An elderly shipyard worker fills out his ballot. During World War II, British-American stand-up comedian and USO Entertainer, Bob Hope, searches for his name on the voters’ index and goes inside the polling station. Man closes curtains to vote. View of man’s feet while voting. View of woman’s feet slightly crossed. View of voters’ feet behind the curtains. Man casts his vote in metal containers inside polling station. Ballot inserted in glass ballot box. Man enters polling booth. Election volunteer tally using a machine. A woman casts her vote in Precinct 7-A. Newspaper says “Millions at polls First Texas, North Carolina Reports”. Shipyard workers on top deck of ship end a day’s work to head to the polling stations to vote, walking through ship structure on their way out.

Date: 1944, November 7
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079034