Home Movie: Stallings Collection: 001496 (silent)
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Description: Documentation of the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, on April 9, 1968. Featuring Wilt Chamberlain, Richard Nixon, Robert F Kennedy, Nelson Rockefeller, George Romney, and others in attendance. Other scenes show the funeral march proceeding to Morehouse College, Dr. King's alma mater.
Note on can:
"Funeral 1968 - Dr. Martin L. King - Killed 4-4-68 - Buried
4-9-68"
Printed in Cyan on filmstock:
"EKco F 4/68"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1960s, People of African origin or descent, Civil rights, Black history and culture , Celebrations and ceremonies
Tags: Ebenezer Baptist Church; Auburn Avenue; Auburn Avenue Drive-In Restaurant; crowds; buses; Sunday best; fancy dress; interracial crowds; racially mixed crowds; Auburn Av N.E. and Yonge St. N.E. street signs; auto-exposure pulsing; Lena Horne; person with camera; smoking; police; Thurgood Marshall; Hubert Horatio Humphrey; horses; Wilt Chamberlain; Richard M. Nixon; Robert F. Kennedy; Nelson Rockefeller; Margarette Lodge "Happy" Rockefeller; George Romney; motorcycle police; Marlon Brando; Cadillacs; hearses; Greyhound buses; Morehouse College; spring flowers; nuns; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's funeral; HBCUs; historically black colleges and universities
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Edsel B. Stallings
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Stallings Family Collection PC-0113, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1968-04-09
Release Date:
Geographical Location: Atlanta, Georgia; USA; Georgia
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: Super 8mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: square triangle
Frame Rate: 18 fps
Length (feet): 200
Complete catalog record
Note on can:
"Funeral 1968 - Dr. Martin L. King - Killed 4-4-68 - Buried
4-9-68"
Printed in Cyan on filmstock:
"EKco F 4/68"
Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.
Subjects: 1960s, People of African origin or descent, Civil rights, Black history and culture , Celebrations and ceremonies
Tags: Ebenezer Baptist Church; Auburn Avenue; Auburn Avenue Drive-In Restaurant; crowds; buses; Sunday best; fancy dress; interracial crowds; racially mixed crowds; Auburn Av N.E. and Yonge St. N.E. street signs; auto-exposure pulsing; Lena Horne; person with camera; smoking; police; Thurgood Marshall; Hubert Horatio Humphrey; horses; Wilt Chamberlain; Richard M. Nixon; Robert F. Kennedy; Nelson Rockefeller; Margarette Lodge "Happy" Rockefeller; George Romney; motorcycle police; Marlon Brando; Cadillacs; hearses; Greyhound buses; Morehouse College; spring flowers; nuns; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's funeral; HBCUs; historically black colleges and universities
Film Sponsor:
Creator: Edsel B. Stallings
Credits:
Distributor:
Contributor: Prelinger Archives
Source Collection: Stallings Family Collection PC-0113, Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive
Production Date: 1968-04-09
Release Date:
Geographical Location: Atlanta, Georgia; USA; Georgia
Genre/Form: home movie
Language:
Rights:
Film Format: Super 8mm film
Element: reversal, original
Color: color
Color Process: Kodachrome
Sound or Silent: silent
Film Soundtrack Type: mos
Edge Code: square triangle
Frame Rate: 18 fps
Length (feet): 200
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