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Amerika Pt. 1 of 2

Reel Number: 280003-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1969

Country: Ecuador,South Africa,USA,Vietnam

Location: DC,Washington

TC Begins: 10:00:55

TC Ends: 10:13:25

Duration: 00:12:30

Amerika Pt. 1 of 2 Two young girls explain reason kids take dope is lack of opportunities. Young men / boys discuss reasons for taking dope; going into gangs; girl re project for community-run shop. 10:04:17 Black Panther, Eldridge Cleaver, SOF talks in general terms about power structures, police, riots instability, Vietnam. 10:05:24 Spiro Agnew on TV. John Mitchell speech re efforts to accommodate dissenters but won’t deal w’ violent protesters. NEWSREEL title. 10:06:11 Vietnam demonstration on Mall; protesters w/ banners. 10:06:42 Aerial helicopter over Statue of Liberty (soft). Asian men digging with shovels. Aerials Manhattan NYC & Empire State Building. 10:06:54 Wild-eyed man in suit talks re American business community controlling huge chunk of world’s wealth. Cartoon of Uncle Sam punching worker. 10:07:16 1930s footage strikebreakers point guns at crowd. Man in suit grabs gun on desk. Police or Army savagely beat up man.. 10:07:53 Banner ‘Practice Peace Today”. Washington DC peace protest, man carried pretending to be dead? Young long-haired people carry signs round their necks of Vietnam dead. LS crowd protesting. Police breaks up demonstration violently. Protesters wave arms at speaker on stand. Poster “Free Fort Dix”. Disgruntled Vietnam veterans talks re how American soldiers relate to Vietnamese village people. Continued... The Newsreel; Radical Documentary; 1960s; 1970; Anti-Vietnam War; Students; NOTE: No music rights. NOTE: Sold on license fee basis.

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