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The March

The March

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1964

Runtime

0h 33m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

70%

Original Title

The March

Production Companies

United States Information Agency (USIA)

Director

James Blue

Description

The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. It was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the United States Information Agency for use outside the United States – the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prevented USIA films from being shown domestically without a special act of Congress. In 1990 Congress authorized these films to be shown in the U.S. twelve years after their initial release. In 2008, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (Wikipedia)