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Columbia Revolt Pt 2 of 5

Reel Number: 221568-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1968

Country: USA

Location: Columbia University,New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 07:48:24

TC Ends: 07:58:05

Duration: 00:09:41

Columbia Revolt Pt. 2 of 5 Continued... Black protesters w/ placards march past MCU against Columbia occupying Morningside Park for gymnasium. Police standing & in police car. Black demonstrators in front of university w/ speaker H. Rap Brown talking about treatment of Blacks before microphones & cameras. Blacks inside Low Memorial Library listening. Pan over audience listening. Blacks inside playing cards; laying on carpet reading, sleeping while occupying ?? Hall. Boxes of fruit. Blackboard w/ chalk: Medical Committee For Human Rights. Students applauding in front of Library. 07:50:31 Int. View past White students in window at Defense Committee Low Library sit-in, occupying University President’s office & going thru files. VO re evidence that Blacks and Puerto Ricans would be moved out for gym. 07:51:02 Barricading building w/ furniture. Pan over desks, chairs, etc. Looking out windows; students on phone, mimeograph printing leaflets. Blackboard w/ messages from parents, etc. & communications. 07:52:30 Student comes in office thru window. Pan over students sitting on office floor, talking, argue about politics etc. (MOS w/ VO). Take vote of confidence. CUs. 07:54:02 Graffiti on wall “Up against the wall, mother”. Pan over students sitting, reading. 07:54:17 Demonstrators sleep on floor of college building, offices. Pan over students sitting on window ledge. Pan over students; jocks aka athletes in suits demonstrating outside university building. Locked-in students stand on building’s windows, fist raised, food is distributed. Students argue over food, fighting(stills). 07:56:27 Professor stands to tell students to stop. VO says faculty never understood student demands. 07:56:30 Inside building White students; lock-in, food & drink shared. Continued... 1960s; 1968; Newsreel Media Collective; Takeover; Riots; Ethnic Community; Americana History; Political Documentary; Columbia University Campus; NOTE: Voice over runs throughout the film: made up of interviews of radical students and militants. NOTE: Sold at License Fee. Inquire for price based on production market.

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