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Oakland California USA 1968 stock footage and images

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A newspaper report titled 'The Police and The People', Oakland, California.

A newspaper report titled 'The Police and The People'. Residential areas of Oakland, California. Liquor shops in the city. African American men outside the liquor stores. Policeman of the Oakland Police Department patrols on the city streets in his car. Views of various buildings and neighborhoods of Oakland as seen from moving car. The Oakland Police Chief, George Hart, speaks in his office.

Date: 1974
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029948
View of the city of Oakland and its African American citizens.

View of San Francisco skyline as seen from across bay in the City of Oakland, California. Buses and heavy vehicle traffic on the streets of Oakland. Montage shows scenes in Oakland, including an orchestra band playing and various sports such as ice hockey and baseball. Narrator describes contrast of wealthy areas of city with poor areas of city. African American citizens along streets and sidewalks and near apartments and homes. Black woman walking with child. Black American children play. Black American men on streets. Still images of African American citizens in Oakland during World War II.

Date: 1974
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029946
Hovercraft to carry commuters is demonstrated in Oakland, California

Spectators on shore of Lake Merritt, in Oakland, California, watch demonstration of British-built hovercraft scheduled to carry commuters between San Francisco and Oakland. This will be the first commercial use of hovercraft in the U.S.A. Various views of the hovercraft in operation, including from inside the vehicle. Its ability to float, with engine stopped, is demonstrated. Narrator comments that the hovercraft can operate over any surface.

Date: 1965
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033540
Bobby Seale co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense speaks about social problems and "pigs" (police)

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party for self defense, Bobby Seale, seated in the organization's office, speaks about brutality and discrimination by police against African Americans in Oakland, California. He believes that black citizens are unfairly blamed for social unrest and claims that police and business interests are responsible. Sign on wall behind him reads: "Set Huey Free"

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029941
Eldridge Cleaver, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, speaks from their office

American writer, political activist, and Black Panther Party leader, Leroy Eldridge Cleaver, speaks about the impact of the Black Panthers on the situation in Oakland California. Eldridge Cleaver asserts that African American people are oppressed by the police and business interests. A white American policeman passes by on his motorcycle. Black Americans on streets. Black Panther Party members, including Elbert Howard and Bobby Seale, discuss the effect the Black Panther Party can have on police, as well as on African American troublemakers.

Date: 1968
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029942
Amelia Earhart takes off on her flight around the world. Preparations prior to the flight.

Amelia Earhart takes off from the U.S. Naval Air Station in Oakland, California in her Lockheed Electra aircraft, to begin her round-the-world flight. The runway and ramp contain small puddles of water from a recent rain shower. Aerial views from another airplane of the Lockheed Electra as it flies over the Oakland area of California. View of Oakland Bay Bridge.(These were probably shot on March 13th during their checkout flight.) In separate scenes, prior to departure, on the ground, Amelia talks with her husband, George P. Putnam.

Date: 1937, March 17
Duration: 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063654