Clip

The March
Clip: 499555_1_3
Year Shot: 1963 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1476
Original Film: 306.765 R1-3
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC
Timecode: 01:03:16 - 01:06:46

Traveling shots of buses driving along nighttime streets. Sideview silhouette CU of bus driver, early morn. MS African-American man holding umbrella, standing in small crowd gathered on Washington Mall; TLS small crowd of march organizers on steps of Lincoln memorial, Washington Monument in BG, one black man talking into bullhorn; MSs black man using walkie-talkie (two-way radio); MS/CUs black & white volunteers at Mall, listening to instructions; TLS "March on Washington" banner being erected; panning TLS/MSs tables being set up, placards being built & readied for distribution by black & white volunteers; MS/MCUs volunteers making cheese sandwiches in cafeteria; MSs white men unloading cardboard boxes from truck; MSs white & black choir rehearsing, singing "We Shall Overcome." More shots of volunteers making cheese sandwiches. MS/CUs March on Washington pins being distributed.