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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
National Socialist White People's Party NSWPP visit to Richmond 15 Feb. 72
Date Created
1972-02-15
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This reel contains police surveillance footage of an American Nazi Party bus in Richmond, brought to the city by Matt Koehl to protest school desegregation busing. There are multiple clips of the bus in Richmond, as well as individuals in Nazi uniforms boarding the bus.
Timestamp Description
00:00:11 Footage begins. Footage of a yellow school bus parked on a street. Written on the back of the school bus: "White Power" on the top, "Box 5505, Arlington Va." in the center, and "GAS Race-Mixers!" on the bumper. On the side of the bus, at the top is written "N.S. White People's Party, Arlington Va." with a large banner on the side of the bus reading "BOYCOTT BUSING" with red Nazi swastikas in the center of both letter O's. A United States of America flag is attached to the banner near the first window on the bus. The footage appears to be filmed from the driver's seat of a car parked across the street.
00:00:30 Three individuals approach and enter the bus, two wear khaki shirts and Nazi swastika arm bands, another wears a suit.
00:00:42 Footage of the bus filmed from directly behind it, focused on the license plate.
00:00:52 Footage of a car and a police trike with a uniformed officer on it on an unidentified street.
00:00:53 Footage of the bus filmed from behind at a distance, it appears to be driving on Broad Street. On the opposite side of the bus from the U.S. flag is a Confederate flag.
00:01:00 Footage of the bus filmed from directly behind it. The Confederate flag is visible, and the bus has its left hand turn signal on.
00:01:04 Footage of the bus filmed from directly behind it, driving down what appears to be Main Street.
00:01:08 Footage of several individuals in khaki shirts and Nazi swastika arm bands approaching the bus, with the bus taking up approximately half the frame. Another individual in a black suit it partially visible standing next to the bus. Pedestrians are visible walking past one of the individuals in Nazi uniform.
00:01:32 Footage of the bus driving over what appears to be the Mayo Bridge filmed from directly behind it.
00:01:38 Footage of the bus backing out of a driveway, turning onto a road, and driving past a 7-Eleven.
00:01:49 Footage of the bus parked in a parking lot, with other cars around it.
00:02:13 Multiple clips of footage of the bus parked in various locations.
00:02:29 Footage of the bus parked with the door open, with an individual wearing a suit standing at the door.
00:02:52 Footage of the bus parked in front of an unidentified building.
00:03:05 Footage ends.
Event Description
On February 15, 1972, leader of the American Nazi Party (renamed the National Socialist White People's Party in 1967), Matt Koehl, visited Richmond on a converted school bus outfitted with white supremacist messaging and messaging against school desegregation busing (Richmond Times-Dispatch, February 16, 1972). Koehl planned to meet with Governor Linwood Holton and U.S. District Court Robert R. Merhige Jr., though both were unavailable. He was joined by followers dressed as Nazi stormtroopers/Sturmabteilung (Wikipedia).
Runtime
00:04:47
Corporate Name Subject
American Nazi Party; National Socialist White People's Party
Topical Subject
Neo-Nazis; Neo-Nazism; Protest movements; White supremacy movements; White nationalism; Busing for school integration; School integration; Segregation in education; Police; Police patrol--Surveillance operations; Electronic surveillance; Video surveillance
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
color films (visual works)
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mp4
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
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
National Socialist White People's Party (NSWPP) in Richmond Film Reel, 1972 February 15
File Name
VCU_M571_125.mp4