[New Haven May 6, 1970] (Reel 3) (silent)

Description:

Description: "Documentary footage shot in New Haven, Connecticut during the days surrounding the May Day trial of members of the Black Panther Party accused of murder and kidnapping. This reel includes a lengthy skit of young African American men enacting their impressions of their treatment by the police. It appears as a scrimmage between two groups of young men some wearing hand-drawn armbands and hat-bands which read "POLICE". Lengthy interview with African American children in a residential neighborhood in New Haven (no audio).

leader notes: ""J34990 - Paul Williams - 3 rolls, Reel 3, May 6, 1970""."

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: 1970s, Black history and culture , People of African origin or descent, Civil rights, Counterculture, Law enforcement, Abuse--Resistance to, Racism--Resistance to

Tags: black leather jackets; berets; knee-socks; activated children; young men gathering; POC; Black Power actions; National Guard presence; racial unrest; African American youth; Black teenagers; tie dye shirts; natural hairstyles; Black Panther Headquarters; boarded up businesses; U.S. Army soldiers; jeeps; rifles; cigarettes; smoking; person filming; person with camera; soldiers flashing peace sign; sunglasses; face shields; cemeteries; New Haven City Burial Ground; Grove Street Cemetery; bicycles; reenactments; "Free Huey" pin; "All Power to the People" pin; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; United States Army; United States military; camera person with "Human Rights not Violence" sign on shirt; filmed from moving vehicle; Black kids walking by US Army soldiers; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Paul Williams

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Prelinger Archives

Source Collection: Prelinger Archives

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1970

Release Date:

Geographical Location: Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; USA

Genre/Form: documentary, outtakes and trims, activist

Language: eng

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: print

Color: b&w

Color Process: Kodachrome

Sound or Silent: silent

Film Soundtrack Type: mos

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 1184

Complete Record: Description: "Documentary footage shot in New Haven, Connecticut during the days surrounding the May Day trial of members of the Black Panther Party accused of murder and kidnapping. This reel includes a lengthy skit of young African American men enacting their impressions of their treatment by the police. It appears as a scrimmage between two groups of young men some wearing hand-drawn armbands and hat-bands which read "POLICE". Lengthy interview with African American children in a residential neighborhood in New Haven (no audio). leader notes: ""J34990 - Paul Williams - 3 rolls, Reel 3, May 6, 1970""." Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1970s, Black history and culture , People of African origin or descent, Civil rights, Counterculture, Law enforcement, Abuse--Resistance to, Racism--Resistance to Tags: black leather jackets; berets; knee-socks; activated children; young men gathering; POC; Black Power actions; National Guard presence; racial unrest; African American youth; Black teenagers; tie dye shirts; natural hairstyles; Black Panther Headquarters; boarded up businesses; U.S. Army soldiers; jeeps; rifles; cigarettes; smoking; person filming; person with camera; soldiers flashing peace sign; sunglasses; face shields; cemeteries; New Haven City Burial Ground; Grove Street Cemetery; bicycles; reenactments; "Free Huey" pin; "All Power to the People" pin; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; United States Army; United States military; camera person with "Human Rights not Violence" sign on shirt; filmed from moving vehicle; Black kids walking by US Army soldiers; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s Film Sponsor: Creator: Paul Williams Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1970 Release Date: Geographical Location: Connecticut; New Haven, Connecticut; USA Genre/Form: documentary, outtakes and trims, activist Language: eng Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: print Color: b&w Color Process: Kodachrome Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 1184