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Columbia Revolt - Part 4 of 5

Reel Number: 220487-04

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1968

Country: USA

Location: Columbia University, NYC, NY

TC Begins: 03:30:28

TC Ends: 03:40:43

Duration: 00:10:15

Columbia Revolt - Part 4 of 5 The Newsreel - Radical Documentary Row of policemen outside campus. Policeman plays with truncheon. Student performance / demonstration holding signs Mobil, IDA etc., walking with “IDA” and “TPF” helmet and truncheon behaving like apes, imitating police violence whilst student spectators sing / rap slogans. Faculty members make peace signs, students shout “Strike!” Signs “People power not money power.” Sign above building entrance ‘Avery is on strike”. Voice over speech by strike leader. protesters walk in small circle holding placards. Distributing leaflets. Many protest signs and placards. Sit-in in front of university with speaker. Placard university chief or dignitary as King in pack of cards, “Strike!”. Denim jacket ‘Up against the wall”. 03:35:06 Band plays, concert with guitar, base, drums. Good high shot. 03:36:37 Giant board game on lawn with dice . Voice over Message boards ads for liberation classes. Big sign in street ‘ Please strike support liberation classes”. Empty classroom with ‘strike” on blackboard . 03:37:45 Students sitting in small groups on lawn on campus for self-run classes. Voice over says students didn’t want to fit in society anymore. Buildings returned by students to local community. Crowd of protesters roam streets, high angle. Police walk through. Riot police stand in front of building for more evictions. Arrests, protesters into police van. Note: Voice over runs throughout the film: made up of interviews of radical students and militants.

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