Civil Rights in a Northern City: Philadelphia > Columbia Avenue Riots

Night footage of Columbia Avenue riots

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Transcription

https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll2/id/61/rec/18

Date

1964-08-30

Description

Original description: Late Night." Footage of assorted police activity during the Columbia Avenue riots. Includes short clips of future Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo, then a Philadelphia police officer."

Subjects

Riots

Police

Crime

Violence

Geographic Subject

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Columbia Avenue (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Notes

Sound begins at the 03:35 mark.

Format

Video

Type

Video and Film

Rights

This material is subject to copyright law and is made available for private study, scholarship, and research purposes only. For access to the original or a high resolution reproduction, and for permission to publish, please contact Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center, scrc@temple.edu, 215-204-8257.

Contact

scrc@temple.edu

Digital Collection

Urban Archives Film and Video

Civil Rights in a Northern City

Columbia Avenue Riots

Repository

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

Digital Publisher

Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries

Identifier

KYW19640830_01