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Watts, riot or revolt? /

"Were the Watts riots part of a social revolution, a festering illness or a carnival of senseless violence? And why did it first erupt in L.A. and not in another major American city? This news program, filmed just a few months after the riots, presents a study of the principal events that ignit...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: CBS Television Network, CBS News, Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Other Authors: Stout, Bill, Beck, James R., Parker, William H. (William Henry), 1902-1966, Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick), 1927-2003, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2002]
Series:Revolution: America on the brink in the '60s.
Subjects:
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.
Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965 > Causes.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Social conditions.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Economic conditions.
African Americans > California > Los Angeles > Attitudes.
Riots > California > Los Angeles.
Racism > California > Los Angeles.
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Social conditions.
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Economic conditions.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations.
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Race relations.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
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Summary:"Were the Watts riots part of a social revolution, a festering illness or a carnival of senseless violence? And why did it first erupt in L.A. and not in another major American city? This news program, filmed just a few months after the riots, presents a study of the principal events that ignited the conflagration in the summer of 1965 in Watts. A wide variety of individuals comment on the situation, including L.A. chief of police William H. Parker, Daniel P. Moynihan, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., witnesses to the riots and rioters themselves."--Container.
Item Description:DVD-R format may not play on all DVD players.
Series from container.
Originally produced as part of CBS Reports on the CBS Television Network on December 7, 1965.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-R; full screen presentation.
Production Credits:Photographed by Jerry SIms ; editors, Joseph Fackovec, Evan Lottman, Irving Winter.