<I>"I Have a Dream": The Life of Martin Luther King</I>
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1968
name: label: Created by
content: Bailey Films, Inc., American, 1938 - 1969
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Caption
content: This film was a part of the Washington D.C. Public Library's circulating 16mm film collection housed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library. The collection is particularly noted for the wide variety of African American and African diaspora content.
label: Description
content: A documentary short with the title "I Have a Dream": The Life of Martin Luther King. It consists of a single reel of black-and-white 16mm polyester film with an optical sound track.
label: Description
content: With an emphasis on Dr. King's public appearances, the documentary shows scenes from Dr. King's early life and provides a chronology of the civil rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1961-1969
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: DC Public Library Film Collection
label: Classification
content: Time-based Media - Moving Images
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Transferred from the DC Public Library
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2017.55.82.1a
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
label: Type
content: short subjects
label: Type
content: 16mm (photographic film size)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions likely apply. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: polyester film
label: Dimensions
content: Duration: 28 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1000 Feet