The Race Film Industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_film

Footage: https://youtu.be/wbEdYGS0R-c

The clip shown is from the film 'Dark Manhattan' (1937), starring the Black matinee idol Ralph Cooper and actress Cleo Herndon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Cooper

Prior to desegregation, Race Films were beloved for presenting films to their target audience that portrayed wealthy, glamorous or middle class Black leads - and not the oafish caricatures and tropes that dominated Hollywood.

This attack was part of a series of crackdowns by Soviet troops and the KGB in Lithuania in response to the country's declaration of independence on March 11, 1990. Soviet troops occupied numerous governmental buildings and key state archives, as well as launching an active campaign of hunting deserters and those avoiding service in the Soviet Army (including attacks on psychiatric hospitals on March 27, where draft dodgers were hiding). These events were coupled with a severe economic blockade of Lithuania. They served as a prelude

Between January 11 and January 13, 1991, the USSR launched wider crackdowns against Lithuania, seizing key buildings such as the press house seen here and the TV tower. 14 civilians were killed and over 140 injured, as Soviet troops used live ammunition and ran tanks into the crowds during the January events.

The USSR formally recognized Lithuanian independence on September 6, 1991, only after the August coup and the crippling of Soviet state power.

The USSR would be formally dissolved on December 26, 1991, and the last Russian troops would leave Lithuania on August 31, 1993.

"Victory Arches" were erected which the Soviet troops decorated with swastikas and red stars and through which German troops marched. The Soviets fielded the 4th Battalion of 29th Light Tank Brigade, which was the first unit of the Red Army to roll into the city. The Soviet and German generals paid homage to each other's armies and their respective victories over Polish forces.

Statue of King Petar \[I Karađorđević\], pulled down by the Germans.

Collection of the Central Committee, League if Communists of Yugoslavia.

Inv. No. 6270

Courtesy of Museum of Yugoslavia.