Major Requests 5,000 Troops for Chicago West Side Riots
WGN- Maj. Joseph Vecchio of the National Guard requests Illinois governor Samuel Shapiro send 5,000 troops to Chicago to suppress riots after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
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Credit:
Editorial #:
937041830
Collection:
Nexstar
Date created:
April 06, 1968
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License type:
Rights-ready
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Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:42:08
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Source:
Nexstar
Object name:
937041830_o.mov
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