Film footage of Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth in Action community organization

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Silent, color, 16mm footage of an event held by the community outreach organization, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action, Inc., circa 1964-65. This footage features documentation of the Brooklyn Junior Olympics, Bedford Stuyvesant Youth in Action parades in Brooklyn, a Christmas party in the basement of a church, various dance and musical performances, footage of attendees dancing together on the dance floor, and an appearance by Jacqueline Kennedy and, then New York State U.S. senator, Robert F. Kennedy. Reel 1 (2012.79.1.104.1a) opens with footage of the 1965 junior Olympics in Brooklyn. It features alternating scenes of youth playing various competitive sports outdoors, such as basketball, baseball, and fencing. At one point, people in formal attire can be seen on a tennis court. Several marching bands, identifiable by their different uniforms also perform on the tennis court.

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