1st Air Cavalry Dv. of Operation Delaware. General Willaim C. Westmorland discussing closely with some men. Gen. Westmoreland boarding the helicopter and leaving. 26 April 1968.
Images of destruction of Black Panter Party National Headquarters Office in 1968, by Oakland, California, police. African American male image seen through broken window and another through window with gun shot hole in it. "Black Panthers" printed on signs in background. Scenes accompanied by drum beats. Huey P. Newton, one of the Black Panther Party founders speaks about police brutality in Oakland, California, United States. He is speaking from an anteroom adjacent to Oakland Police headquarters. Police officers can be seen in their offices, through windows in the room.
Governor Ronald Reagan attempts to speak above noisy supporters at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida. His supporters wave and cheer for him. Banner reads 'Reagan President'.
Baltimore riots in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968. A busload of African American men, arrested during rioting in Baltimore, are bused to the Baltimore City Courthouse, on Calvert Street, where they unload, single-file, with hands held over their heads, and enter the courthouse, under armed guard by Federal (or Federalized) troops. A crowd of all white citizen spectators fill the sidewalks to watch the goings on. Brief closeup of soldier wearing helmet and carrying rifle with fixed bayonet. Soldiers form a cordon around the line of prisoners as they walk into the courthouse. Two civilian officials follow the prisoners into the courthouse. Closeup of a Baltimore City policeman holding a Remington 870 Police Magnum shotgun. He smiles for the camera. Army troops are in the background. Closeup of the bus with some prisoners at the windows (apparently having reboarded the bus). Army troops begin moving a small, mixed crowd of some African American and some white spectators away from the courthouse entrance.
Federal troops called up to restore order in Baltimore, Maryland, following assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, and subsequent riots and demonstrations. U.S. Army (or Federalized National Guard) in battle gear assemble in loose formation on a street in Baltimore, Maryland. A news photographer stands nearby. One soldier holds a bullhorn. A fire hose is laid out on the street. The troops take up a position near a Penn Optical store, as firemen prepare to discharge water from a hose. As they do so, smoke rises from an adjoining haberdashery store. Soon heavy smoke fills the scene.Camera focuses on dense white smoke coming from the Penn Optical store and Rodman's, nearby.
Activities of the United States Army after the Baltimore Riots in Baltimore, Maryland, following the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Elevated view of the city of Baltimore. Camera pans across wide expanse of city of Baltimore. Normal street traffic. Camera shot focuses on the Fifth Regiment Armory building (National Guard armory) and flag of the United States on it. Soldiers stand guard outside the building. A car parked outside. Elevated, sweeping views of residential area of the city of Baltimore in 1968.
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