Ku Klux Klan : the invisible empire

Duration: 0:46:00

Genre: Documentary | Educational | News

Year Published: 1965

Creator: Carousel Films: Distributor | Columbia Broadcasting System: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Warning: This film contains offensive and violent language and graphic images of race-based violence.Examines the aims and mentality of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from their beginnings in Tennessee over a hundred years ago to their still active, prejudicial treatment of Black, Jewish, and Catholic communities. Explores the rituals, meetings, and Klan rallies that have spurred hatred and a reign of terror through the South for the past century. Employs rare film footage of a 1915 Klan ritual and shows many excerpts from actual meetings and secret ceremonies., Examines the aims and mentality of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from their beginnings in Tennessee over a hundred years ago to their still active, prejudicial treatment of Black, Jewish, and Catholic communities. Explores the rituals, meetings, and Klan rallies that have spurred hatred and a reign of terror through the South for the past century. Employs rare film footage of a 1915 Klan ritual and shows many excerpts from actual meetings and secret ceremonies.

Complete Record: , A study of the Ku Klux Klan today, describing their aims, some of the characteristics of the membership, and depicting some of their white-robed ceremonies. Shows historic footage of a reorganization of the Klan in 1915 and includes sequences from the motion picture The birth of a nation. , Examines the aims and mentality of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from their beginnings in Tennessee over a hundred years ago to their still active, prejudicial treatment of Black, Jewish, and Catholic communities. Explores the rituals, meetings, and Klan rallies that have spurred hatred and a reign of terror through the South for the past century. Employs rare film footage of a 1915 Klan ritual and shows many excerpts from actual meetings and secret ceremonies.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.