Miscellaneous footage of Martin Luther King, including reactions to his death, 1960s

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23.6.66. Sound. Jackson, Mississippi. Martin Luther King interviewed while sitting in the passenger seat of a car. Comments on the decision made by a Federal District Judge in Jackson to not offer ...

23.6.66. Sound. Jackson, Mississippi. Martin Luther King interviewed while sitting in the passenger seat of a car. Comments on the decision made by a Federal District Judge in Jackson to not offer protection to blacks during a rally in Philadelphia. Mayor of Philadelphia, Clayton Lewis, records statement in radio station for broadcast. He appeals for calm and states that law officers are there to protect all involved. 1968. Sound. Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King steps up to podium with microphones to rapturous applause. Pans to aides applauding. "If I lived in China, or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions, maybe I could understand the denial of basic First Amendment privileges because they have committed themselved to that, over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly, somewhere I read of the freedom of speech, somewhere I read of the freedom of press, somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for rights." Cuts away. King goes on: "To fight this illegal, unconstitutional injunction, all we say to America is be true to what you said on paper." 1968. Sound. African American men walking along pavement in a long line. They wear sandwich boards that proclaim 'I AM A MAN'. 1968. Sound. Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King and entourage of church leaders shake hands with two men, one shows his identification. This man then takes a pile of papers from the other and explains that they are restraining orders and begins to hand them out. King receives restraining order for April march speech. 1968 - Sound - Memphis, Tennessee. King stands at rostrum with microphones. Applauding audience. King begins 'Promised Land' speech. 1968. Silent. Memphis, Tennessee. Martin Luther King's coffin is pushed on to aeroplane bound for Atlanta, Georgia. Policeman in helmet stands in foreground. Close up of African American women in tears. Silent - people interviewed on the runway, hand-held microphone in shot. Sound. New York. American flag flying at half mast. Interior of Wall Street stock market. Close up of digital clock on wall: 10.59. A one-minute silence is held at 11.00 in honour of Martin Luther King. A bell rings at 11.01 and the traders continue their noisy business. 1968. Sound. New York. Governor Nelson Rockefeller with numerous microphones. Gives statement on nation's reaction to Martin Luther King's death.

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