Museum object · Time-based Media - Moving Images
Black Panthers
1968
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A documentary short with the title Black Panthers. It consists of a single reel of color 16mm polyester film with optical sound. The documentary focuses on protests in Oakland, California following the arrest of Black Panther co-founder Huey Newton. There is also brief footage of the location where Bobby Hutton was killed.
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2017.55.58.1a
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