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Mass arrest of hippie anti-war demonstrators during the 1971 May Day Protests in Washington DC
Hippie protesters walking through the streets of Washington, D.C. as they join the May Day Protests on early Monday morning, May 3rd, 1971 to protest the Vietnam War. A hand circles areas on a map showing the protesters’ target areas in Washington DC. View of the May Day protest manual shows Washington DC’s traffic circles and bridges for reference to protestors. Still image of United States President Richard Nixon as he says, "we’re going to see to it that the thousands of government workers, who have a right to go to work peacefully are not interfered with by those militants, those few militants, who in the name of demonstrating for peace abroad presume that they have the right to break the peace at home." View of the May 4, 1971 front page of The Washington Daily News with headline, “The Cry Today; “We Will Stay””. Traffic in Washington DC before sunrise. Seal of the Washington DC Metropolitan Police on police car door. Police officer speaks to a federal soldier, saying, "I'll start working on my men, and I'll be back very shortly." Federal troops at night in formation. Hippie demonstrators with a flag walk past a drug store at night, probably in Dupont Circle. Predawn traffic on Key Bridge at night with Marriott Key Bridge sign in background. Predawn traffic in Washington, D.C. with three motorcycle cops on standby. Soldiers on bridge, possibly the Whitehurst Freeway. Rush hour traffic on Memorial Bridge heading towards Lincoln Memorial with federal troops standing guard on bridge. Rush hour traffic over Key Bridge with Rosslyn, VA in background. Camera pans from the "Time to Save" sign on the Dupont National Bank building at 1369 Connecticut Ave. NW, to the Dupont Circle fountain. D.C. metropolitan police talk to federal troops in front of the Dupont Circle fountain. A mosaic of moving images showing demonstrations in Dupont Circle, Washington Circle, and Georgetown. Police push protestors against squad car to search and arrest them. A police officer confiscates items, such as keys, tickets, and screwdriver, from an arrested demonstrator. Arrested demonstrators raise their fists inside the police bus. Police order demonstrators to leave the area. Black police woman searches a woman hippie protester. Hippies arrested as they lean against bus with hands up. Protestor van towed away. A black policewoman conducts a search on a young woman. Demonstrators board a police bus after their arrest. Demonstrators board the back of a Hertz truck used by the police. Demonstrators detained in an emergency detention center near RFK Stadium. A radical flag flying at the detention center. A page pertaining to “Arrest and Jail” in the “May Day Tactical Manual” for participants on the 1971 May Day Protests. Police officer take photographs of arrested demonstrators standing on street with hands zip tied behind their backs. Arrested hippies smile as their pictures are taken. United States Park Police officer looks at watch while writing arrest reports. Demonstrators wave from bus as it drives away after mass arrest.
U.S. Capitol Building, the Washington Monument, many landmarks and activities of people in Washington DC in the 1930s.
A film titled 'Dawn Strikes the Capitol Dome' depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical day during the Great Depression in the mid 1930s. The U.S. Capitol Building. The Washington Monument. Vehicles driven on a street. A man crossing a wide street of Washington DC. Policemen control the traffic. A woman runs on a street. A horse drawn carriage on the street and a sign reads 'Thompson Dairy'. A man gets down from the dairy carriage to deliver milk bottles. Traffic on the streets. African American woman sweeps in front of a house. African American icen vendor is seen at work. The man breaks apart a large ice block into smaller chunks. African American man waters a garden. A train arrives at Union Station, with closeup view from tracks as locomotive comes to a halt just in front of the camera position. A Pullman car porter places a Pullman step stool on the ground and passengers exit the train. People board a street car or trolley car with sign indicating it is bound for Chevy Chase Maryland. A man in shabby clothing, possibly unemployed jobless seated on a pathway; he stands and walks off. People exit a city bus when it comes to a stop. Construction of a wide sidewalk and men at work building the sidewalk path. Equestrian statue of Ulysses Grant riding Cincinnati on Capitol Hill. A saddle goods and leather shop with a statue of a horse in front of the store. Construction of a building underway, and a steam shovel at work excavating. A Washington street and buildings on either side of the street. A sign reads 'Right Turn Now'. A policeman directs traffic. Elevated views of car and streetcar or trolley traffic on the streets of Washington DC. Another policeman controls the traffic. Many 1930s era automobiles are seen. Point of view shot from inside a moving streetcar or trolley on roads of Washington DC; view of street car driver and passengers riding in the street car. Civilians ride bicycles. A large wheel velocipede bike leans against a tree in the background. Men attached to ropes work trimming tops of a tree. Sport equestrian riders ride horses on a large green area with the Lincoln Memorial in the background. A person tees off a golf ball on the National Mall. A sign reads 'Do Not Talk to Guard'. Men dive off diving boards in a swimming pool. Children play and splash in the waters of the Columbus Fountain sculpture at Union Station. A sail boat underway on the Potomac River. A woman holds a pet parrot bird on her finger and talks to it. A sign reds 'Please Give The Garden A Chance' as a man walks right beside it. A man lying on grass beside the Potomac River. Brief view of the Lieutenant General George Washington equestrian statue at Washington Circle.
Religion and politics in America. Funeral of President Kennedy. Landscape of America
Church going in the U.S. People enter various churches. President Lyndon B Johnson, Nelson Rockefeller,Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater speaking. The funeral of slain President John F. Kennedy, shows flag-draped casket on carriage and Kennedy family members walking behind it. Mourners at Arlington Cemetery, as military men from all services hold flag over bier. Washington Monument in Washington DC, and as seen across the Reflecting Pool, from step of the Lincoln Memorial. The Jefferson Memorial and his Statue, inside. The Lincoln Memorial and Statue of Lincoln, inside. The Capitol Building. Shoreline and mountains in the background as seen from water. Yosemite National Park. Scenic views of American landscape with rolling fields, and hills and mountains.Snow covered mountains. Snow covered evergreen forests. Choir sings 'America the Beautiful'
1971 May Day hippies rock festival in West Potomac Park, Washington, D.C.
A rock festival in West Potomac Park during the 1971 May Day protests in Washington DC to protest the Vietnam War. Crowds of anti-war protesters belonging to different youth subcultures, such as college students, hippies, and high school students, camp and attend rock concert in West Potomac Park. A hotdog vendor selling Sabrett frankfurters to protesters in West Potomac Park. Various images of teenagers and protest participants attending a rock concert in West Potomac Park. Band playing onstage during a rock festival in West Potomac Park. African American man dances to rock music. A couple, lying down in an embrace. Teenager dancing. A toddler riding the back of his parent during the rock festival. Two teenagers embracing. A teenager smokes. Medics carry a drug overdose patient away from a D.C. Human Resources Drug Mobile for treatment. A police helicopter flying over West Potomac Park. Aerial view of the West Potomac Park filled with over 25, 000 rock festival and May Day protest participants. An image taken during the evening showing an aerial view of the 40, 000 participants gathered in the West Potomac Park. A police officer sits at his desk using a loupe magnifier to view photos taken from the West Potomac Park rock festival. Close view of a rock singer performing onstage.
Aircraft and crews, of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight, assemble at the starting point, Bolling Field, Washington, DC
United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.
Police arrest hippies during 1971 May Day Protests against Vietnam War, Washington D.C.
United States Park Police and Washington DC Metropolitan Police mobilize to close down the 1971 May Day anti-war protesters’ gathering in West Potomac Park. Helicopter in sky at night. Police car at night. United States Park Police and Washington Metropolitan Police, dressed in riot gear, raid the West Potomac Park in early morning, giving orders to campers to vacate the park by noon or face arrest. Police vans arrive in West Potomac Park. Hippies carry their belongings as anti Vietnam war protest ends. Hippies with trumpet and clarinet. Police officer gives out orders to hippies using a megaphone, saying those "who don't leave the area are in violation of the law and will be arrested." Hippies carry their backpacks, paraphernalia such as flags, and walk out of park on foot. Some leave the campsite by car. A police officer talks on walkie talkie. A vandalized police van, with graffiti written on it reading, "VC RULE IT," “MAY DAY”, “MAO”, and “PIG” drives away. Volkswagen Type 2 camper vans drive away from park. Protesters pack up their belongings and leave along with their dogs. Policeman says on camera to reporter, "everyone is supposed to be leaving now” Park police holding batons ask sitting campers to leave. A group of hippies singing and clapping in defiance as they are surrounded by policemen. Policemen arrest a handful of sitting protestors. A female Metropolitan Police officer holds a woman hippie who is shouting insults and expletives at the policewoman, saying, "why don't you get off your phony eyelashes!" and "Take off your girdle and your false tits!" and “stop feeling me up you f*ggot woman!!" A policeman asks the girl her name and she swears when responding, “None of your business a**hole!” Camera zooms close to hippy's face as she shouts “You are all f*cking pigs! All of you!” at the police.
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