| 40,000 KU KLUX Ku Klux Klan Rally in Washington DC | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 822 |
| Catalog #: | 320101 | |
| Clip Number: | 320101-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1217 | |
| Timecode: | 01:22:06 - 01:23:26 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA ORGANIZATIONS: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) | |
| Description: | Use catalog # 101038 Ku Klux Klan march on Washington, DC, 1925. H/a LS of KKK march looking down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol Building. Great TLS parade, camera in the middle of the street looking toward the Capitol as Klansmen in white ceremonial robes march toward the camera, passing on either side of it, with American flags, looking serious. Panning TLS Klansmen marching past camera, faces visible as their hoods are lifted. Title: "White-robed women of the order also in line..." Another great TLS female Klansmen marching, Capitol Dome in BG: camera in street again as Klanswomen march toward it, led by woman dressed as Uncle Sam who passes to right of camera; they bear banners giving their chapter number and home city-- they're from Western Pennsylvania: Bellevue, East Liberty, Carnegie. LS looking down street as Klan rounds corner, crowds watching in FG. LS Klan massed at base of the Washington Monument. | |
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