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MLS YELLOW SCHOOL BUS WITH BANNER ON SIDE "FREEDOM PLAYERS 1964", SPEEDING ALONG L TO R ON COUNTRY ROAD.
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00:01:09 23.6 |
FAST PAN GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE INSIDE BUS, INCLUDE ONE WHITE MEN WITH AFRO IGHTING A CIGARETTE, YOUNG BLACK MAN ALONGSIDE HIM, A YOUNG BLACK COUPLE,
AND A YOUNG WOMAN REAR SEAT, AND A WELL DRESSED YOUNG WHITE MAN IN FRONT SIDE SEAT DOING ALL THE TALKING, (DRIVER AND ONE OTHER (?) NOT INCLUDED). |
00:01:50 64.6 |
MS VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK AUDIENCE (LOOKS LIKE CHURCH GOERS) SITTING IN PEWS BEING ENTERTAINED BY THE YOUNG WHITE FREEDOM PLAYERS, WHO LOOK LIKE THEY ARE MIMICKING AND PORTRAYING SOUTHERN WHITE TYPES. MS YOUNG MALE PLAYER WEARING STRAW HAT, FAKE MUSTACHE ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE OF BLACKS.
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00:02:04 78.6 |
MCU YOUNG WHITE MAN PORTRAYING WHITE SOUTHERN FARMER, WIDE STRAW HAT,, CHEWS ON HIS CIGAR AS HE SPEAKS, DURING PLAY FOR BLACK AUDIENCE.
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00:02:14 88.6 |
MCU YOUNG BLACK GIRL IN AUDIENCE CRACKS UP WITH LAUGHTER.
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00:02:24 98.6 |
MS YOUNG BLACK BOY (PLAYER ?) GIVING WHITE MAN A SHOE SHINE. CU WOMAN IN AUDIENCE CRACKS UP WITH LAUGHTER.
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00:02:40 114.6 |
TO 04 50 VARIOUS SHOTS BLACK PEOPLE IN AUDIENCE ENJOYING SHOW, FANNING
THEMSELVES, INCLUDING GROUP TEEN AGE BOYS, CLAPPING, LAUGHING |
00:04:10 204.6 |
ENTIRE GROUP PLAYERS, SINGING AND CLAPPING AS BLACK YOUNG MAN PLAYS GUITAR, BLACK AUDIENCE IN F/G .
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00:04:44 238.6 |
MS TWO OF YOUNG WHITE PLAYERS CHATTING INSIDE SCHOOL BUS AS IT SPEEDS
THROUGH COUNTRYSIDE. MS OLDER BLACK LEADER STANDS IN BUS AS HE LECTURES TO THE REST OF PLAYERS (NOT SEEN). SAME SHOT OTHERS IN BUS BACK TO CAMERA LISTENING TO PRESTON ?) |
00:06:15 329.6 |
MLS BLACK LEADER (J. A. PRESTON) SPEAKS TO GROUP OF STATE POLICEMEN WHO STOPPED BUS AT COUNTRY CROSSROAD, AS REST OF PLAYERS STAY OUT OF SIGHT IN BUS. POLICE CAR PARKED IN F/G.
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00:06:25 339.6 |
CU STATE POLICEMAN THREATENINGLY HOLDING BATON IN HANDS LIKE HE IS READY TO USE IT. CU POLICEMAN'S HAND ON GUN AND GUN BELT, LIKE HE IS READY TO PULL IT OUT (?) CU FACE SHOT POLICEMAN'S MIRRORED SUNGLASSES REFLECTING, BLACK LEADER IN ROAD BEFORE HIM.
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00:07:40 414.6 |
CU FACE SHOTS BLACK, WHITE PLAYERS INSIDE BUS EXPRESSING CONCERN
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00:08:07 441.6 |
FREEDOM FIGHTERS FILE OUT OF BUS AS POLICE WITH BATONS READY
LINE THEM UP. POLICE SUDDENLY, INDISCRIMINATELY, START BEATING UP THE YOUNG GROUP WITH THEIR BATONS. CU PAIN ON FACE OF PLAYER AS HE IS BEING BEATEN AND CUFFED graphic . |
00:09:21 515.6 |
GROUP FREEDOM FIGHTERS (PLAYERS) IN JAIL CELL, POV THROUGH BARS. CU VARIOUS SHOTS FEMALE, MALE MEMBERS OF GROUP, SEATED IN CELL, CHATTING WITH OTHERS. CU BLACK LEADER PUFFS ON CIGARETTE AS HE CHATS.
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00:11:53 667.6 |
Ws YOUNG FEMALE MEMBERS SEATED IN CELL SEEM TO BE SINGING. POV THROUGH
BARS. SAME WITH THREE MALE MEMBERS. |
00:12:55 729.6 |
CU HAND OF BLACK GUITAR PLAYER STRUMMING GUITAR. TILT UP TO FACE SHOT. PAN TO EACH OF 7 OTHER MEMBERS OF GROUP, BLACK AND WHITE, MALE AND FEMALE, AS THEY SIT IN GRASS AND CHAT. ONE OF THE WHITE GIRLS LAYS ON GRASS TAKING SUN, HOLDING SUN REFLECTOR UNDER HER CHIN, AS SHE CHATS.
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00:14:01 795.6 |
MLS GROUP SITTING IN GRASS IN CIRCLE, UNDER SHADE OF TREE. VARIOUS SHOTS OLDER BLACK LEADER (?), WITH SHORT BEARD, STRAW HAT IN HAND SPEAKING TO THE GROUP
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00:15:01 855.6 |
MS OLDER BLACK MAN WITH STRAW HAT IN HAND STANDS AND SPEAKS (LECTURES ?) TO GROUP SEATED IN GRASS
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00:17:56 1030.6 |
N COURSE OF PLAY DEPICTING BEATING OF FREEDOM FIGHTER BY GROUP OF MISSISSIPPI WHITES, YOUNG WHITE PLAYER LAYS IN HAY ON FLOOR OF BARN WRITHES IN PAIN, HAVING DIFFICULTY GETTING UP. AS AUDIENCE WATCHES GROUP OF MALE, FEMALE
FREEDOM FIGHTERS HELPS HIM TO HIS FEET. PAN SOLEMN FACES OF YOUNG BLACK AND WHITE AUDIENCE WATCHING PLAY |
00:21:53 1267.6 |
VARIOUS SHITS MEN PLAYERS PLAYING GAME OF TOUCH FOOTBALL IN GRASSY FIELD
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00:24:07 1401.6 |
LS BLACK LEADER PLAYING CATCH WITH FOOTBALL WITH WHITE PLAYER IN GRASSY FIELD.
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00:24:56 1450.6 |
MCU YOUNG COUPLE KISSING PASSIONATELY AS THEY LAY IN GRASS.
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00:25:01 1455.6 |
PAN PLAYERS (CAST OF CHARACTERS), IN BUS AS THEY DO A SING ALONG,, THEIR NAMES AND PLAYER NAMES (?) IN THIS ORDER - MS BUS DRIVER (ROBERT
LESSER - CARY) PAN TO J. A. PRESTON - (MICHAEL) IN SEAT BEHIND DRIVER. PAN BLOND GIRL SINGING- (BETH BOWDEN . (PAT). PAN TO WHITE PLAYER SINGING LISLE WILSON . (TIM), GUITARIST STRUMMING IN B/G. PAN TO JARED MARTIN (JACK) SEATED NEXT TO AROLE LEVERETT, (BRENDA). PAN TO GUITAR PLAYER STRUMMING AND SINGING ART EVANS - (PHILIP); PAN TO SINGING BLACK WOMAN ALSO SINGING ALONG, JACQUELINE SNEED - (WILMA); PAN TO CAROL VOGEL - (SALLY). |
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"WILLIAM BAYER'S, MISSISSIPPI SUMMER",, FOLLOWED BY CREDITS, SUPER-IMPOSED OVER SCENE OF SCHOOL BUS RIDING ON COUNTRY ROAD TOWARDS CAMERA; SHOT OF BLACKTOP ROAD WITH DIVIDING LINES POV BUS FRONT WINDOW; MLS SCHOOL BUS L TO R SPEEDING ALONG COUNTRY ROAD WITH BANNER ON SIDE READING: MISSISSIPPI FREEDOM PLAYERS - 1964".
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