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1968 congressional hearing

Tiffany Fisher Oct 22, 2019 8:34 PM

Hi,, I am looking for video footage specifically of the Congressional hearing in 1968 right before or Resurrection City was shut down/cleared out. There was a large parade of people who attended and packed the court. I am looking for any footage of the court where people are talking about the poor people's campaign, about their struggles being poor in america, etc.

I know that it exists-- we have some we have digitized, but a lot of it was corrupt. We are looking to find any with actual recordings inside the court. The congressional recordings, that I can find start in 1973.

Thanks!

Re: 1968 congressional hearing

Legislative Archives Nov 7, 2019 4:13 PM (in response to Tiffany Fisher)

Hi Tiffany,

Thanks for posting to the Hub!

Prior to C-SPAN, the U.S. House and Senate rarely recorded proceedings and any footage belonged to the broadcasting company--not Congress. I suggest contacting repositories such as the Film and Television Archive at UCLA or the Vanderbilt Television News Archives.

My office, the Center for Legislative Archives, holds the unpublished committee records of the U.S. House and Senate. We have very little audiovisual material in our committee records; however, it's possible early audiovisual records were transferred to NARA's Motion Pictures unit. You can search the NARA Catalog for video footage. You can access more recent video footage of U.S. House and Senate proceedings through the Library of Congress: Congressional Floor Proceedings.

If you have any questions concerning unpublished congressional records, I suggest contacting an archivist at legislative.archives@nara.gov.

I hope this information is helpful!

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