Picket in Support of Howard H. Carwile For Richmond Mayor Film Reel, 1970 July 1

Creators

Richmond (Va.). Police Department

Files

Title on Reel (transcribed from original)

1 July 70, City Hall Carwile for Mayor

Date Created

1970-07-01

Reel Format

16mm

Reel Description

This reel contains footage of individuals, including several children, picketing outside of Richmond City Hall in support of Howard H. Carwile for mayor on July 1, 1970. Councilpersons Carwile and Henry L. Marsh III also appear in the footage. This appears to be a group of racially diverse participants.

Timestamp Description

00:00:13 Footage begins.
00:00:23 Footage of two individuals standing outside of City Hall in downtown Richmond. One wears a placard which reads "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Mayor" with a portrait photograph Howard H. Carwile in the center.
00:00:31 Footage of two young children standing on the City Hall steps with signs hung around their necks. The sign on the left reads "Help My Uncle Be Mayor", on the right "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Mayor of Richmond".
00:00:38 Footage of the picketers outside City Hall. One individual with their back to the camera has "Grass Roots Coordinator Richmond" written on the back of their shirt. Many individuals hold signs and placards, only partially visible. One individual holds a walking cane/mobility cane. Several children are part of the crowd.
00:00:51 The camera pans right to film a car parked on the street with a "Carwile for Council" bumper sticker, with several signs laying on the hood of the car.
00:01:01 Footage of the individual in the "Grass Roots Coordinator Richmond" stands next to the car taping signs.
00:01:09 Footage filmed from the sidewalk, facing west on Broad Street, of demonstrators gathered on the sidewalk, as well as individuals walking past the City Hall building and entering City Hall.
00:01:13 Footage filmed from the sidewalk, facing west on Broad Street, of demonstrators gathered on the sidewalk, as well as individuals walking past the City Hall building as well as entering City Hall. In the center of the frame, an individual speaks with and shakes hands with the individual in the "Grass Roots Coordinator Richmond" shirt. This appears to be Councilperson Henry L. Marsh III.
00:01:23 Zoomed in footage of three individuals standing to the right of the City Hall entrance, one holds a walking cane/mobility cane, another wears a "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Mayor" sign around their neck.
00:01:26 Approximately a dozen individuals in the Carwile picket stand on the sidewalk, about half of them being children. Carwile joins the crowd, he wears a tan suit and speaks with the child who wears the "Help My Uncle Be Mayor" sign.
00:01:36 Carwile shakes hands with an individual, he now wears a "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Our Mayor" sign around his neck, signs both on his front and back.
00:01:46 Individuals from the picket walk around the corner of 11th Street onto Broad Street towards City Hall. A majority of them are children. Their signs read: "Referendum For Mayor Is What the People Want for Richmond" with a photograph of Carwile, "He's The In Thing!!! with hand drawn flowers and a photograph of Carwile, "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, Our Choice for Mayor" with a photograph of Carwile, "Help My Uncle Be Mayor", "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Mayor of Richmond" with a photograph of Carwile, "Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Your Mayor" with a photograph of Carwile, "Today is the Day! Carwile for Mayor", "Referendum For Mayor, Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Our Mayor Now", "Carwile is Mr. Richmond", and "Referendum for Mayor Is Honesty, Carwile, Your Watch Dog, For Mayor of Richmond, More Than 29,000 Votes Say So".
00:02:57 Carwile walks in the picket next to a young individual, both wear pro-Carwile signs around their necks. They are followed by other marchers.
00:03:10 The picketers rounding the corner of 11th and Broad filmed from a different angle, the traffic on Broad Street is visible on the left side of the frame. Some new signs: "Carwile for Mayor" with hand drawn flowers, "Carwile For Mayor Today. He Is The People's Choice".
00:03:23 Footage of a United States of America flag at the top of a flag pole, filmed from below.
00:03:29 Panning footage of a building.
00:03:28 Footage ends.

Event Description

On July 1, 1970, the Richmond City Council elected Thomas J. Bliley Jr. for mayor, and Henry L. Marsh III for vice mayor. At the election, Councilperson Howard H. Carwile was the only candidate to vote for himself. Before the 10AM vote, individuals including several children and Carwile himself, picketed in support of Carwile outside of City Hall (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 2, 1970).

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Rights

This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.

Collection

Richmond Police Department Surveillance Collection

Source

Picket in Support of Howard H. Carwile For Richmond Mayor Film Reel, 1970 July 1

File Name

VCU_M571_028.mp4