- Title: F-A4611
- Summary: AKRON RIOTS: AKRON, OHIO RACE RIOTS. JULY 1968. FIRST NIGHT WHEN RIOTS OCCURRED. CIVIL RIGHTS. MINORITY ISSUES. ***MOS*** LOTS OF BLACK PEOPLE, MOSTLY YOUNG BLACK MEN IN HALLWAY OF GOVERNMENT BUILDING. COURT BUILDING, POLICE PRECINCT. LOOKING AT PAPER WITH LIST OF NAMES? EXT LOW ANGLE LOOKING UP TALL BUILDING. MAN WALKING IN REVOLVING DOOR OF GLASS-FRONT BUILDING. POLICE AND BLACK MEN IN DARK HALLWAY. IN JAIL CELL, HOLDING CELL. GOING INTO ELEVATOR. PROCESSING PRISONERS. BOOKING. EXT BUILDING NIGHT. POLICE MAKE GROUP OF BLACK MEN AND WOMEN LIE DOWN ON STREET. RIOT POLICE. LOADED INTO PADDY WAGON. ARRESTING PEOLE. WOOSTER AND RAYMOND STREETS. STREET SIGN
- Description:01:17:31 - WHITE MAN AND BLACK WOMAN LOOK OVER LIST OF NAMES IN OFFICE, CU OF LONG LIST, MOS 01:17:49 - MANY BLACK MEN AND WOMEN IN HALLWAY, LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE WAITING FOR ELEVATORS, MOS 01:18:17 - BLACKS AND WHITES IN HALLWAY OF OFFICE OR LEGAL BUILDING, BLACK MALE YOUTH TALKS WITH BLACK MAN IN SUIT, MOS 01:18:42 - LOW ANGLE LOOKING UP AT BUILDING, AKRON ?, MOS -EXT OF BUILDING, MAN ENTERS REVOLVING DOOR 01:19:10 - BLACK MEN AND WHITE COPS IN DARK BASEMENT, CINDER BLOCK WALLS, PRISON CELLS, PUTTING BLACKS IN JAIL CELLS 01:20:16 - BUILDING AT NIGHT, LOOKS LIKE NEW POLICE PRECINCT OR COURT BUILDING, UPPER STORY WINDOWS LIT UP, POLICE CARS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS 01:20:31 - BLANK SLUG 01:20:34 - BLACK DEMONSTRATORS SIT IN TIGHT CIRCLE ON SIDEWALK AT NIGHT, POLICE WITH BILLY CLUBS WALK AROUND THEM MENACING, BLACKS HUDDLING,NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WITH GAS MASKS 01:21:17 - COPS PUSHING BLACKS INTO PADDY WAGON, MOS 01:21:39 - MS OF NATIONAL GUARD WITH GAS MASK 01:21:47 - STREET SIGN FOR WOOSTER AVE AND RAYMOND ST, AKRON, OHIO 01:21:50 - COPS IN RIOT GEAR, SMOKE FILLED BARBERSHOP, ARRIVING FIRE TRUCK, AKRON, OHIO 1968 01:22:30 - DARK FOOTAGE OF COPS IN RIOT GEAR WITH RIFLES, DEMONSTRATORS 01:23:04 - 1960S CARS ON FLOODED STREET AT NIGHT, NATIONAL GUARD JEEPS PASS BY, SOLDIERS WAIT 01:23:32 - SOLDIERS ? NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WITH RIFLES ACROSS FROM "THE NEW AFRO-AMERICAN LIBERATION FRONT" STOREFRONT 01:23:53 - POLICE OFFICERS FRISKING BLACK MEN AND PUTTING THEM IN PADDY WAGON AT NIGHT, AKRON 1968, MOS 01:24:21 - WHITE COPS ARRESTING BLACK MEN AND AND SHOVING THEM INTO PADDY WAGON, CHOKE HOLD, POLICE BRUTALITY 01:25:10 - FIRE BURNING INSIDE AFRO AMERICAN LIBERATION FRONT OFFICE 01:25:25 - FIREFIGHTERS BANDAGE UP BLOODY WOUNDS ON BLACK MEN, MOS, BLACK NATIONAL GUARDSMAN 01:25:50 - STREET BLOCKED BY AKRON POLICE CARS WITH SLOWLY FLASHING LIGHTS, 1960S, MAN WITH RIFLE PACES 01:26:00 - BLACK MAN LEANS OVER HOOD OF CAR AND IS FRISKED BY WHITE COP 01:26:28 - ARRIVING 1960S POLICE VAN AT NIGHT 01:26:40 - SANITATION TRUCK BACKS UP AT NIGHT, 1970S GARBAGE TRUCK, WHITE WORKERS SHOVEL AND SWEEP GARBAGE AND LOAD INTO THE TRUCK, CLEAN UP AFTER LOOTING 01:27:32 - CITY OF AKRON STREET CLEANER AT NIGHT, NATIONAL GUARD JEEP FOLLOWS 01:27:55 - WHITE CITY WORKERS IN YELLOW RAINCOATS SWEEP WET STREETS AT NIGHT 01:28:06 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WITH RIFLES WAITING OF STAIRS OF OUTDOOR PLAZA, SCHOOL BUSES PARKED 01:28:12 - LOW ANGLE VIEW UP AT GOVERNMENT TYPE BUILDING WITH LION SCULPTURE IN FOREGROUND, PAN TO MS OF WHITE NATIONAL GUARDSMEN WAITING ON STEPS HOLDING THEIR RIFLES, SMILING, MOS 01:28:33 - NATIONAL GUARDSMAN ON RADIO IN A JEEP, CU 01:28:42 - AKRON POLICE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS 01:28:48 - AKRON OHIO POLICE CAR 1968 01:28:52 - CU OF AKRON POLICE OFFICERS, HOLDING BILLY CLUB 01:28:59 - MS OF MARCHING NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, MARCHING TOWARDS CAMERA AND AWAY 01:29:11 - AKRON COP AND SOLDIER TALKING 01:29:17 - HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF GUARDSMEN MARCHING TOWARDS SCHOOL BUSES IN PLAZA, PAST LINE OF PARKED AKRON POLICE CARS 01:29:22 - BLACK MEN IN A LINE BEING PROCESSED, PAPERS FILLED OUT 01:29:43 - INT OF POLICE BUILDING, MAN SWINGS OPEN GATE 01:30:09 - ANGRY BLACK MAN SITTING IN CELL ?, YELLING AT CAMERA, LOOKS LIKE CURSING, MOS, WEARING A BLACK PANTHER MEDALLION ON A CHAIN 01:30:26 - DAYTIME SHOT OF 196S AMBULANCE, MEDICAL WORKERS WHEEL OUT PATIENT (BLACK WOMAN) ON STRETCHER, NURSES IN WHITE UNIFORMS ENTER HOSPITAL 01:30:47 - EXT OF AKRON GENERAL HOSPITAL, 1968 01:31:04 - MS OF BLACK MAN WHEELED ON STRETCHER INTO HOSPITAL 01:31:23 - ARRIVING 1960S AMBULANCE PULLS UP TO THE CURB 01:31:28 - REAR SHOT OF TWO NAVY BLUE 1960S AMBULANCES DOUBLE PARKED, CU OF "RADIO EQUIPPED" AMBULANCE 01:31:37 - REVOLVING EMERGENCY LIGHT ON 1960S AMBULANCE 01:31:43 - DAYTIME SHOT OF AKRON STREETS, SHERIFF'S CAR, COPS WITH RIFLES 01:31:52 - DAYTIME VIEWS OF LITTERED AKRON STREETS, AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD, 1960S FASHIONS AND CARS, REPORTERS 01:32:21 - SHERIFF'S CAR AND AKRON POLICE 01:32:27 - DAYTIME VIEWS OF LITTERED AKRON STREETS, AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD, 1960S FASHIONS AND CARS, REPORTERS, LOOKS LIKE THE MORNING AFTER RIOTS, POLICE, COPS WITH RIFLES 01:33:05 - CONVOY OF ARMY JEEPS AT DUSK, AKRON 1960S 01:33:17 - STREET SIGN FOR WOOSTER AND EDGEWOOD 01:33:25 - DEMONSTRATORS AND OR RIOTING IN DISTANCE WHILE NATIONAL GUARD WATCHES FROM JEEPS, AKRON 1968 01:33:54 - NATIONAL GUARD IN JEEPS TAKE OFF RAIN GEAR, AKRON POLICE CAR PASSES 01:34:11 - AKRON POLICE CAR LEADS CONVOY OF ARMY JEEPS, RAINY NIGHT, 1960S CARS 01:34:54 - AKRON COPS WITH HELMETS DIRECT TRAFFIC, LINE OF ARMY JEEPS 01:35:25 - NATIONAL GUARDS IN JEEP IN AKRON 01:35:35 - BLANK 01:35:42 - END TAPE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1968
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A4611