- Title: F-1301.1-B
- Summary: MISSISSIPPI SUMMER: A RECREATION OF THE 1960S FREEDOM FIGHTERS TRIP AND ARREST IN MISSISSIPPI, DURING THE 1960S CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. FREEDOM SUMMER.
- Description:00:29:35 - VARIOUS SHOTS MS BLACK LEADER (?) J. A. PRESTON, STANDING IN BUS WITH STRAW HAT IN HAND, ADDRESSING (LECTURING?) THE GROUP AS BUS SPEEDS ALONG. 00:30:17 - MCU LITTLE BLACK BOY SEATED WITH OTHER BLACKS WATCHING PLAY BEING PUT ON BY PLAYERS. BLACK BOY (PLAYER) SHINING SHOES OF WHITE MAN (PLAYER) AS PART OF PLAY BEING PUT ON BY PLAYER GROUP. WHITE PLAYERS DEPICTING SOUTHERN FARMERS AND TYPICAL WHITE WHITES (?) AS BLACK AUDIENCE WATCHES PLAY. PLAYER HOLDS UP SIGN "I AM A MAN" DURING PLAY AS BLACK MAN ARGUES WITH SOUTHERN WHITE MAN. ALL PLAYERS THEN BREAK OUT IN SONG ACCOMPANIED BY BLACK GUITARIST. CU SHOTS BLACK WOMEN IN AUDIENCE APPLAUDING. 00:32:15 - PLAYERS, BACK TO CAMERA SINGING AND CLAPPING AS BLACK AUDIENCE JOINS IN DOING SAME. 00:32:54 - MORE OF J. A. PRESTON (MICHAEL) STANDING IN BUS, ADDRESSING PLAYERS. 00:34:08 - BLACK LEADER PRESTON BACK TO CAMERA, WALKS TOWARD STATE POLICEMEN BLOCKING ROAD WITH CARS AND BARRICADES. WHITE BALDING POLICEMAN APPROACHES PRESTON, AS OTHER POLICEMEN STAND THREATENINGLY BY. MS COP WITH SHOTGUN READY. CU HAND OF POLICEMAN ON HIS GUN, READY TO PULL IT OUT OF holsTER. 00:35:14 - CU POLICEMAN WITH MIRRORED SUNGLASSES REFLECTING FIGURE OF PRESTON IN ROAD. 00:35:27 - PRESTON ENTERS BUS TELLS GROUP THE BAD NEWS (THAT THEY ARE ALL ARRESTED AND MUST EXIT BUS (?) (AS SEEN IN 00 08 56 ABOVE). VARIOUS SHOTS POLICE BRUTALLY BEATING THE FREEDOM GROUP, MEN AND WOMEN, WITH BATONS. 00:37:14 - FREEDOM FIGHTERS BEING ESCORTED TO THEIR CELL IN JAILHOUSE. VARIOUS SHOTS FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN COMMON CELL HAVING CONVERSATIONS. **NOTE: (SEE 00 07 04 TO 00 13 20 OF REEL F-1301.1-A FOR MORE OF BEATING, ARREST, JAILING, EPISODE). 00:40:53 - VARIOUS SHOTS FREEDOM FIGHTERS EXITING POLICE STATION OR COURTHOUSE (?). 00:42:20 - GROUP MEMBERS LOUNGING AROUND IN GRASSY FIELD CHATTING WITH EACH OTHER BUS PARKED ON SIDE OF ROAD NEAR THEM. 00:45:08 - PLAYER SPEAKS OVER MICROPHONE AS HE RIDES BY COUNTRY HOMES, SPREADING WORD OF PERFORMANCE IN BARN TO BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS (?) 00:45:18 - PLAYER HAVING HEADLOCK ON ANOTHER PLAYER WHILE A THIRD PLAYER SIMULATES PUNCHING HIM IN STOMACH SEVERAL TIMES THEN, THEN THE ONE DOING THE HOLDING GETS HIS CHANCE OF PUNCHING PLAYER IN STOMACH UNTIL HE FALLS TO GROUND, WRITHING IN PAIN, AS HE GETS KICKED BY THE TWO WHILE DOWN. PAN BLACK AUDIENCE QUIETLY WATCH THE RE-CREATION OF FREEDOM FIGHTERS BEING BEATEN BY MISSISSIPPI WHITES. 00:49:19 - MORE OF AUDIENCE SOLEMN REACTION TO PLAY. 00:50:10 - PLAYERS LINE UP AND TAKE BOW. 00:50:43 - PLAYERS RELAXING AND PLAYING TOUCH FOOTBALL GAME IN GRASSY FIELD. 00:52:55 - MS WHITE COUPLE (WALKING THROUGH HIGH GRASs, KISSING PASSIONATELY, THEN LAYING ON GROUND IN HIGH GRASS. 00:53:50 - END
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1971
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1970s
- File Name: F-1301.1-B