- Title: F-A4612
- Summary: AKRON RIOTS: AKRON, OHIO RIOTS. JUNE/JULY 1968. MINORITY ISSUES. CIVIL RIGHTS. RACE RIOTS, MINORITIES.
- Description:01:35:45 - ARMY JEEPS DRIVE AT NIGHT. EXTERIOR SHOPS. "POOR PEOPLE'S". THE NEW AFRO-AMERICAN LIBERATION FRONT. 01:36:06 - SOLDIERS, POLICE, NATIONAL GUARD. 01:36:47 - EMERGENCY AND DISASTER CANTEEN TRUCK. SERVING POLICE AND SOLDIERS ORANGE JUICE AND DONUTS. SALVATION ARMY GIRLS. 01:37:50 - SOLDIERS AT NIGHT GET INTO ARMY TRANSPORT TRUCK. COPS IN RIOT GEAR. PATROL AT NIGHT. 01:38:23 - BLACK MEN EATING, DRINKING COFFEE. FIRE TRUCKS DRIVE PAST. 01:38:47 - FIRE TRUCKS RACING DOWN URBAN STREET, NIGHT. 01:39:03 - FIRE FIGHTERS AT CHEMICAL SUPPLY COMPANY BUILDING. SOLDIERS WITH SHOTGUNS ON FIRE TRUCK. 01:40:00 - STREET SWEEPER. CU SPINNING BRUSHES. EMPTY STREETS, SWEEPING UP WITH BIG BROOMS. GULF SERVICE STATION MAN CLEANING UP THE STREETS. CARDBOARD TUBES. 01:41:45 - FOLLOWING CONVOY OF ARMY JEEPS. PATROLLING THE STREETS. 01:42:31 - DAYTIME, SMASHED CAR WINDOW IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. WARY-LOOKING COPS TALK TO GROUP OF OLDER BLACK MEN. POLICE CARS AND ARMY JEEPS DRIVE AROUND NEIGHBORHOODS. POLICE BLOCKADE. COP DIRECTS TRAFFIC. 01:44:37 - TROOPS IN GAS MASKS MARCH DOWN STREET WITH RIFLES RAISED. SMOKE BOMB, TEAR GAS. 01:45:14 - GROUP OF PEOPLE IN FRONT OF POOR PEOPLE'S 01:45:19 - CU ARMED NATIONAL GUARDS WEARING GAS MASKS 01:45:27 - BLACK WOMEN IN CONVERTIBLE SCREAMING, GOING CRAZY, SPITTING ON THE GROUND. 01:45:39 - TEAR GAS GUNS. COP KICKS DEBRIS TO SIDE OF ROAD. 01:46:59 - CU NEWSPAPER AKRON JOURNAL ARTICLE ON CURFEW 01:47:06 - BLACK MAN CARRIES BABY. 01:47:08 - AKRON POLICEMEN IN RIOT GEAR PATROL STREETS CITIZENS HANGING AROUND ON STREETS. 01:48:09 - SINGLE ENGINE PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD. 01:48:20 - CU HANDS HOLD SHOTGUN. SOLDIERS WAIT. BLACK MEN WAIT. 01:49:37 - FIREMEN PUTTING OUT FIRE-DESTROYED BUILDING. ON ROOF WITH AX. PULLING HOSE. 01:50:15 - CU ARMED GUARD STARES AT GROUP OF YOUNG BLACK CITIZENS. COP HOLDS PISTOL READY.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1968
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-A4612