Home Movie: Stallings Collection: 001496 (silent)

Genre: home movie

Description:

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 Record: 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