The March (1964 film)

For the 2013 television documentary about 1963 March on Washington, see The March (2013 film).

The March
Directed by	James Blue
Distributed by	U.S. Information Agency
Release dates	1964 (non-US) 1990 (US)
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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".

See also

• List of American films of 1964
• African-American Civil Rights Movement in popular culture

External links

• The March part one on YouTube, part two on YouTube, and part three on YouTube on the US National Archives YouTube channel
• The March at IMDb