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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
[Unidentified #9] I, Police I.D.
Date Created
1967-07-08
Reel Format
16mm
Reel Description
This reel contains footage of individuals wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods (with their faces showing) marching on Broad Street and at the Virginia State Capitol grounds. The footage is undated, however it appears that this occurred on July 8, 1967. Some group members appear in both reels of the event. This appears to be a group of majority white participants. The final clips of the footage appear to be from the March on the Pentagon on October 21, 1967.
Timestamp Description
00:00:10 Footage begins. Footage of five individuals wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods (with their faces showing) stand on a street, as well as an individual in a military uniform with a blood drop cross on the arm of their uniform. Business signs are visible above them, including "Morgan's Credit Clothes".
00:00:27 Footage of a car on the street with three individuals in it, the individual in the passenger's seat looks into the camera.
00:00:33 The five individuals wearing Ku Klux Klan robes and hoods and individual in a military uniform walk down a street, likely Broad Street, with pedestrians walking around them, filmed from the same side of the street they are on.
00:00:42 Footage of two groups of three individuals wearing KKK robes and hoods walk down a street, filmed from across the street. A building they pass reads "11-13-15-17 Philip Levy & Co," a building located on Broad Street.
00:00:55 The five individuals in KKK robes and one in military uniform walk down the same street. Some hold fliers.
00:01:11 Approximately eleven individuals in KKK robes and two individuals in KKK military uniforms stand on a street corner waiting to cross the street. Footage filmed from a car to their left, several individuals look into the camera. One individual carries a sign which reads "Join With Us On The March".
00:01:21 Footage filmed from across the street as the KKK marchers cross the street. Pedestrians are also in the crowd. One individual leads a dog on a leash. One marcher not in a robe holds a sign which reads "Johnson Never Wallace For Ever".
00:01:34 Footage of the marchers crossing the street, one individual in a Klan robe holds a flier out towards the camera.
00:01:41 Footage filmed from across the street of a second wave of approximately twenty KKK marchers crossing the street. Pedestrians are also in the crowd. Across the street, the department store Raylass is visible.
00:01:57 Footage filmed from across the street of a third wave of approximately fifteen KKK marchers crossing the street. Pedestrians are also in the crowd. An individual in a robe holds a sign which reads "Henrico County Has At Least One Hot Car".
00:02:16 Footage of four individuals in Klan robes walking down a sidewalk, they look in the camera.
00:02:24 Footage of the individual walking a dog in previous footage and another individual wearing a construction helmet walking down a sidewalk.
00:02:30 Footage of approximately a dozen individuals in Klan robes, four individuals in Klan military uniforms, as well as approximately three individuals in day clothes walking past the Virginia Washington Monument on the grounds of the Virginia State Capitol.
00:02:45 Footage of five individuals, including the individual walking a dog, in day clothes walking through a parking lot.
00:02:55 The same group filmed from behind, approaching another individual on a sidewalk on the capitol grounds.
00:02:58 Footage of the group on the capitol grounds.
00:03:08 Footage filmed from above of individuals on a road with a large parking lot to the left, this appears to be near the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
00:03:30 Footage of helicopters flying overhead, filmed from the ground.
00:03:37 Zoomed in footage of individuals walking on grass, some holding signs.
00:03:42 Zoomed in footage of individuals in the parking lot, as the camera pans right the Pentagon is visible.
00:03:38 Zoomed in footage of military police officers on a road, as well as pedestrians. A road sign with the words "Pentagon North Park River [Illegible]" is visible.
00:04:06 Footage of individuals gathered outside the Pentagon and on a field below, filmed from a distance.
00:04:20 Footage of the parking lot.
00:04:26 Footage ends.
Event Description
July 8, 1967
On July 4, 1967, The Ku Klux Klan held a United Klans of America rally on Darbytown Road in Henrico County. KKK members in robes and hoods advertised the rally in downtown Richmond on June 28, 1967 (Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 29, 1967). At the rally, Henrico County police arrested Marshall Robert Kornegay, a grand dragon of the KKK, and Wilbur Louis Schrum, of Colonial Heights. They were charged with "setting up, promoting or otherwise participating in a lottery," for their roles in a car raffle at the rally. Some 400 individuals attended the rally, which police surveilled throughout the day. Speakers included Robert Scoggins, a grand dragon from South Carolina, and Charles Wilson, a grand klokard/lecturer from Emporia (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 5, 1967). On July 8, KKK members visited Henrico County police headquarters in robes and hoods, and also marched in Willow Lawn, at the Virginia State Capitol grounds, and on Grace Street in downtown Richmond in protest of the arrests. They distributed fliers that read "Virginia has two set of laws" (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 9, 1967). On July 9, Henrico Police requested help from the state police in order to surveille "roaming caravans of cars reportedly containing members of the Ku Klux Klan". The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that about 200 cars parked in the police parking lot and began blowing their horns at 6PM, then left for a cross burning near Darbytown Road and Miller Road at 8PM (Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 10, 1967).
October 21, 1967
On October 21, 1967, some 100,000 individuals gathered near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for a demonstration against the Vietnam War. Organized by the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, the event included participants from wide variety of communities including students, clergy, middle class professionals, activists, and other members of the counterculture. Events included a concert by Phil Ochs, and speeches by David Dellinger and Dr. Benjamin Spock. After the event at the Lincoln Memorial, 50,000 people marched across the Potomac River to the Pentagon, where they were confronted by U.S. Army paratroopers. The military used tear gas and physical force to disperse protestors, who remained at the Pentagon until around midnight. There were over 40 injuries and nearly 700 arrests. The event is considered emblematic of the anti-war movement of the time. ("1967 March on the Pentagon", Wikipedia).
Runtime
00:04:49
Note
The original 16mm film reel has damage which translated to the digitized copy presented here. The damage includes a camera registration issue, which leads to "jumps" in footage or multiple frames being seen at once, as well as a soft focus throughout.
Corporate Name Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ); New Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
Topical Subject
Processions; White supremacy movements; White nationalism; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Draft resisters; Anti-war demonstrations; Demonstrations; Crowds; Draft; Draft resisters; Draft registration; Student movements; Student protesters; Students--Political activity; Signs and signboards; Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.); Pentagon; 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
Ku Klux Klan March in Richmond Film Reel #02, 1967 July 8 ; March on the Pentagon Film Reel #07, 1967 October 21
File Name
VCU_M571_143.mp4