[20th CENTURY NEWSREELS : RESURRECTION CITY PROTEST 1968]

Year Published: 1970s

Creator: Off Network Productions

Description: These short newsreels were created by Off Network Productions, a New York company created by producer and media magnate Gerald Bartell, using an archive compiled by Merton Koplin. The company distributed these films to TV stations around the United States, where they were used as fillers, and to present historical events and personalities to the public. Bartell referred to the films as a "visual encyclopedia".

0:00 – Film 1361 Spiro Agnew, candidate for Vice President with Richard Nixon, warns that allowing individuals to take the law into their own hands leads to anarchy, urging young people to work within the system to achieve constructive change.

1:40 – Film 1364 A striking International Longshoreman Association union worker describes the financial hardship of a long strike, relying on Medicare during hospitalization and noting lost benefits but relief at returning to work. Scenes on the picket line and at ports.

2:40 Film 1367 Resurrection City – A U.S. government official asserts that civil liberties do not include disrupting government or blocking infrastructure, while another speaker vows that “Resurrection City” will continue despite threats. Resurrection City was a temporary, multi-racial "tent city" built on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1968 as part of the Poor People's Campaign. It was organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

4:42 Film 1368: Senate Listens to People of Resurrection City 1968 Leaders of the Poor People’s Campaign denounce an unjust economic system, contrasting subsidies to wealthy landowners with meager aid to the poor, and argue that the issue is distribution, not food supply.

6:22 –Film 1366: Resurrection City Pros And Cons 1968 An activist describes Resurrection City and urges the nation to respond to peaceful petitions for justice.

7:54 – Film 1370 Decorated Marine David Monroe Shoup testifies in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in 1968. He expresses gratitude for participating freely in democratic debate despite being labeled a dissenter. He questions the long-term purpose of U.S. military commitments in Vietnam.

9:52 Film 1375: Police and Firemen on strike 1967. Mahoning County, Ohio. A mayor and union representative argue over how to fund $300,000 in police and fire salaries, with the mayor insisting the city has no revenue and cannot meet demands. In September 1967, police officers and firefighters in Youngstown, the county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, engaged in a significant strike for higher wages. The action was widely reported as the first major police strike since the Boston police strike in 1919.

11:26 Film 1376: Camp Life In Resurrection City 1968 – A mother of nine describes being denied welfare despite dire living conditions, while another participant notes that many residents received regular meals and healthcare for the first time. A final speaker vows to confront political leaders until they deliver jobs and guaranteed income, challenging the gap between calls for “law and order” and the absence of justice.
14:00 Film 1373 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters building. Workers are shown performing tasks at the CDC circa 1968.
15:10 Film 1380 Japanese baseball teams and Japanese baseball game circa 1970
16:20 Film 1384 Ugandan President Idi Amin reviews troops circa 1975
17:39 Film 1386 Restoration efforts at the Duomo in Florence. The doors were designed by Andrea Pisano and Lorenzo Ghiberti, who won a competition that Brunelleschi participated in. The original Ghiberti doors are now displayed in the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence, along with the original Pisano doors.
19:11 Film 1387 Traffic, parking and pollution issues in Rome, Italy, 1975. Traffic congestion, lack of parking spaces, and garbage in the streets of Rome and its waterways are shown. Includes a shot of the Castel Sant'Angelo with cardboard boxes floating by.

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