Reel

B/W footage of a Civil Rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

Film of an integrated [mid-60's] bus ride reminiscent of the FREEDOM RIDES of civil rights movement. The leader uses the intercom to give instructions about keeping order if trouble starts to uphold the purpose of the march as peaceful and nonviolent. Hats are passed out, reading "Freedom Now". Girls on bus fixing their hair & applying makeup. Shots of White College kids and black protesters of varying ages. Supporters on the streets of Washington wave to people on the bus. Participants chant.

JOAN BAEZ sings a "We Shall Overcome" (the verses about "We are not afraid" and "We shall overcome") on stage at a podium. Pan across the crowd.

Buses arriving, lots of cars. Marchers arrive at the Mall. Shot of folk-blues singer ODETTA playing a folksong that sounds like a Leadbelly tune. Shots of the integrated crowd at the march, black teenagers perched on a chain-link fence to watch, marchers with picket signs.

A leader calls for marchers to assemble in their groups to march, reinforces the idea of order and nonviolence. Clear shots of signs demanding civil rights and voting rights. Shots of marchers passing the reflecting pool with Lincoln Memorial, singing "We Shall Not Be Moved" en masse.

Shots of leaders and marchers of the March on Washington. Chants for Freedom. Amrchers with a banner for "Brooklyn College NAACP". Lots of shots of intergrated groups of people.

Man pushes back photographers so that marchers can move forward. MS of older African American gentlemen in suits. Overhead shots of huge crowd with placards, "We march for first class citizenship NOW!" Young boy on a man's shoulders, claps. Lots of shots of intergrated groups of people. Two caucasian college girls hug each other. Overhead shots of intergrated marchers on the road. Shots of SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE signs held by marchers.

Panoramic views of crowd assembled near reflecting pool and Lincoln Memorial. A loudspeaker calls for attention. Shots of black and white marchers using the same row of outdoor drinking fountains. Voice on loudspeaker praises the orderliness of the march.