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Universal Newsreel - the Watts riots in LA, USA; 1965

Newsreel reporting on riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles in August 1965. The neighbourhood, which was subject to residential segregation due to racially restrictive housing covenants, has undergone days of riots causing wide scale destruction. Shots of large fires in shops billowing smoke over desolated streets. Many shops have had items looted. The National Guard has been called upon to restore order. Snipers have been shooting from rooftops. Arrests have been made. Civil rights leaders have deplored the lawlessness. Daylight POV shots showing collapsing shopfronts and empty buildings. Security grates have not prevented damage. One guardsman surveys rubble. Police reinforcements have been brought in and a task force of National Guardsmen patrols the streets, some using a makeshift barrier. Aerial view of a line of officials in a street. A helicopter flies over parked military and police vehicles. Los Angeles, California, USA; August 1965, precise dates unknown. (Universal Newsreel_Episode 1965 – ABMA707K)
Newsreel reporting on riots in the Watts area of Los Angeles in August 1965. The neighbourhood, which was subject to residential segregation due to racially restrictive housing covenants, has undergone days of riots causing wide scale destruction. Shots of large fires in shops billowing smoke over desolated streets. Many shops have had items looted. The National Guard has been called upon to restore order. Snipers have been shooting from rooftops. Arrests have been made. Civil rights leaders have deplored the lawlessness. Daylight POV shots showing collapsing shopfronts and empty buildings. Security grates have not prevented damage. One guardsman surveys rubble. Police reinforcements have been brought in and a task force of National Guardsmen patrols the streets, some using a makeshift barrier. Aerial view of a line of officials in a street. A helicopter flies over parked military and police vehicles. Los Angeles, California, USA; August 1965, precise dates unknown. (Universal Newsreel_Episode 1965 – ABMA707K)
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BBC Motion Gallery Editorial/BBC Archive
Editorial #:
1365415766
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BBC Editorial
Date created:
August 16, 1965
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Clip length:
00:02:33:17
Location:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 25p
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BBC Editorial
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1965t1troopspatrolladamageheavyincoastriotsaugust