C. Erwin Piper Technical Center, 555 Ramirez Street, Space 320, Los Angeles, California 90012, USA City of Los Angeles. City Archives and Records Center http://clerk.lacity.org/city-archives-and-records-center michael.holland@lacity.org public domain; released under license Creative Commons CC0 "no rights reserved"; please credit "University of Southern California Digital Library
Description
Documentary showing Los Angeles Police Department and National Guard troops 11-17 August 1965 unrest. Includes aerial coverage of the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles showing burning buildings. People include Police Chief William Parker, Lieutenant Governor Glenn Anderson, Lieutenant General (Adjutant General of California) Roderick L. Hill, Governor Pat Brown, and General (Director of the Army National Guard) Charles A. Ott, Jr. Some footage is of the deployment of National Guardsmen from the California National Guard in Glendale (220 East Colorado Street).
Type
moving image
Format
1 film reel (26:32): sound, b&w 16mm, optical documentary films video/mp4
California National Guard Educational film Parker, William H., 1905-1966 Anderson, Glenn M., 1913-1994 Hill, Roderick L Brown, Edmund Gerald "Pat", Sr., 1905-1996 Ott, Charles A., Jr., 1920-2006
Time Period
1965-08-11/1965-08-17
Place
150 North Los Angeles Street 220 East Colorado Street 400 East 41st Street Avalong Boulevard 11500 Central Avenue South Broadway 34.052432,-118.241520 34.142246,-118.253118 34.009107,-118.269150 33.929635,-118.254121 California Los Angeles Watts Long Beach Culver City Parker Center National Guard Command Post USA
Source
Los Angeles City Archives [Contributing entity] disk 71327179; original filename LAPD_FILM_WATTS_RIOTS_1965_AVI_2398_ST.avi; original filename LAPD_FILM_WATTS_RIOTS_1965_AVI_2398_ST_RF27.mp4; original filename WattsRiots.mp4 [Identifier]
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