<I>King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1970
name: label: Directed by
content: Sidney Lumet, American, 1924 - 2011
label: Subject of
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Directed by
content: Joseph Mankiewicz, American, 1909 - 1993
label: Owned by
content: D.C. Public Library, American, founded 1896
label: Narrated by
content: Harry Belafonte Jr., American, 1927 - 2023
label: Narrated by
content: Ruby Dee, American, 1924 - 2014
label: Narrated by
content: Ben Gazzara, American, 1930 - 2012
label: Narrated by
content: Charlton Heston, American, 1923 - 2008
label: Narrated by
content: James Earl Jones, American, born 1931
label: Narrated by
content: Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster, American, 1913 - 1994
label: Narrated by
content: Paul Leonard Newman, American, 1925 - 2008
label: Narrated by
content: Anthony Quinn, Mexican American, 1915 - 2001
label: Narrated by
content: Clarence Williams III, American, born 1939
label: Narrated by
content: Joanne Woodward, American, born 1930
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 film with the title King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis. It consists of two (2) reels of black-and-white 16mm polyester film with optical sound.
label: Description
content: The documentary uses archival footage of Dr. King's speeches and protests to chronicle his life between 1955 and 1968. Many renowned actors and actresses provide the film’s voiceover narration including Ruby Dee, Ben Gazzara, Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones, and several others.
place: label: Place used
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
label: Place filmed
content: Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Documentary films
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Men
label: Topic
content: Oratory
label: Topic
content: Segregation
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: 2017.55.94.1ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sound films
label: Type
content: black-and-white films (visual works)
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 (Reel 1): 44 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1600 Feet
label: Dimensions
content: Duration (Reel 2): 42 Minutes
label: Dimensions
content: Length (Film): 1500 Feet