1.
SV GUARD COLONEL WALKING.
0.06

2.
CU FACES.
0.08

3.
SV OFFICER AND PEOPLE GOING INTO DOOR.
0.12

4.
CU FACES.
0.16

5.
SV GUARDSMEN.
0.28

6.
CU GUARDSMEN IN GAS MASKS.
0.32

7.
SV PEOPLE MILL AROUND; PAN TO SOLDIERS.
0.40

8.
SV MAN WITH MEGAPHONE.
0.44

9.
GV WHITE DEMONSTRATIONS.
0.54



Initials RE/N/AW/PB



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Background: U.S.NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS USED TEAR GAS TO BREAK UP A THREATENED NEGRO DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY NIGHT IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND.IT WAS THE FIRST TIME TEAR GAS HAS BEEN USE THERE.

THE INCIDENT BEGAN WHEN NEGRO LEADERS ATTEMPTED A DEMONSTRATION MARCH TOWARDS THE TOWN CENTRE.IT WAS BANNED BUT A FEW TRIED TO PUSH THEIR WAY THROUGH THE LINE OF GUARDSMEN ASSIGNED TO BLOCK THE STREET.

THE GUARDSMEN WERE ARMED WITH RIFLES AND BAYONETS.LATER, A GROUP OF WHITE MEN CLASHED WITH THE TROOPS.THE WHITES TRIED TO MARCH INTO THE NEGRO SECTION OF THE TOWN, BUT WERE TURNED BACK.