Vietnam Era Anti-War Protests Film Collection DVD

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The Vietnam War era was a highly charged and polarizing time in the United States. This collection of films looks at a variety of protests that were held against our continued presence in Vietnam.

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The Vietnam War era was a highly charged and polarizing time in the United States. This collection of films looks at a variety of protests that were held against our continued presence in Vietnam.

Here are the contents of this collection:

Columbia Student Revolt (1969)

This is a detailed documentary of the Columbia University student strike in 1969. It shows how they organized protests and what steps they did to take over the school to make their ideas heard around the country. It very clearly shows this scary time for the folks in this community during this restless period.

Producer: Newsreel
Audio/Visual: Sound, Black & White
Run time: 49:05

 

Peace March. Thousands Oppose Vietnam War, 1967/04/18 (1967)




Antiwar demonstrators protest in Central Park, march to UN building, included students and hippies and priests and nuns, burn draft cards, shouted confrontations with anti-antiwar marchers, pro war signs, Martin Luther King leads procession; another march in downtown San Francisco down Market Street to stadium, sponsored by loose coalition of left-wing anti-war groups, "President Johnson meanwhile let it be known that the FBI is closely watching all anti-war activity."- violence in Rome in night demonstration near US embassy, water jets used.

Production Company: Universal Studios
Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Run time: 2:50

 

Protests Galore! 1967/05/05 (1967)



This newsreel contains the following scenes:

  1. Vietnam protest demonstration in Britain; also at Madrid University in Spain, burned American flag; also 4000 in Detroit at "love-in" and "be-in" with hippies and wild costumes
  2. News In Brief - U.S. jet bombers hit North Vietnam targets
  3. May Day parade in Moscow, Premier Kosygin

    Production Company: Universal Studios
    Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
    Run time: 3:16

 

Anti-War Demonstrators Storm Pentagon, 1967/10/24 (1967)




This newsreel contains the following scenes:

  1. Mass protest against Vietnam war in Washington DC, on mall, across Potomac river to Pentagon, MPs with bayonets emerge from Pentagon, tear gas used, next day camp fires burn on the 2nd day of sitting-in
  2. new turbo-jet transport plane by Germany

    Production Company: Universal Studios
    Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
    Run time: 1:51