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Columbia Revolt Pt 4 of 5

Reel Number: 221568-08

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1968

Country: USA

Location: Columbia University,New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 08:07:57

TC Ends: 08:18:11

Duration: 00:10:14

Columbia Revolt Pt 4 of 5 Continued... Row of policemen outside campus fence. Policeman plays with truncheon. Student performance / demonstration holding signs Mobil, IDA etc., walking with “IDA” and “TPF” helmet & truncheon behaving like apes, imitating police violence whilst student spectators sing / rap slogans. 08:09:10 Faculty members demonstrate & march making peace V signs, students shout / chant “Strike!”. Signs “People power not money power.” Sign above building entrance ‘Avery is on strike”. VO speech by strike leader. Picketing protesters walk in small circle holding placards. Distributing leaflets. Ext. Mathematics hall w/ sign over doorway. Many protest signs & placards. 08:11:13 Students picketing outside building in CU. Sit-in in front of university w/ speaker & loudspeaker. Police walking. Placard w/ Columbia University VIP as King in pack of cards, “Strike!”. Denim jacket ‘Up against the wall”. 08:12:32 Band (Grateful Dead?) playing concert with guitar, base, drums CUs. Overhead shots; MCU. 08:14:05 Giant board game “Trustee” on lawn w/ dice w/ VO description. Message boards ads for liberation classes. Big sign in street ‘Please strike support liberation classes’. Empty classroom with ‘strike” on blackboard. 08:15:14 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. 08:16:02 Students rally & return buildings by students to local community. Crowd of protesters roam streets, high angle. Police walk thru. Int. w/ meeting. Night & riot police stand in front of building for more evictions. Police in hallways, arrests, protesters into police van. Continued... 1960s; 1968; Newsreel Media Collective; Takeover; Riots; Ethnic Community; Americana History; Political Documentary; Columbia University Campus; NOTE: Voice over runs throughout film: made up of interviews of radical students and militants. UNKNOWN MUSIC RIGHTS. NOTE: Sold at License Fee. Inquire for price based on production market.

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