Promotional film made for the City of Detroit, an unsuccessful bidder for the Olympic Games. With views of city highways, automobile manufacturing, a diverse population, and social activities, all shot prior to the city's economic decline.
African American man stands in doorway of burned-out building. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after hours drinking club or “blind pig” in a predominantly black neighborhoods located at Twelfth…
Group of people, primarily African Americans, gather to protest the actions of a Detroit Police Department undercover decoy unit called S.T.R.E.S.S. (Stop the Robberies Enjoy Safe Streets).
Bird's-eye view of smoke rising from houses and gutted buildings, in a Detroit, Michigan neighborhood (identified as 12th and Linwood) during the 1967 riots. "The Detroit Riot of 1967 began when police vice squad officers executed a raid on an after…
View of smokestacks at the Ford Motor Company River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan designed by Albert Kahn. "Wasting no time on architectural niceties, he [Kahn] employed a steel frame with broad spans and walls that were unbroken expanses of…