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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.

Date: 1971, May 3
Duration: 5 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078915
African American student athletes compete in wrestling and boxing at Howard University in Washington DC, United States.

African American college students at Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Students gathered around a ring as two students compete in a wrestling match on campus (Howard University 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States). Scene switches to two students boxing in the same ring. Referee monitors the boxing match.

Date: 1939
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031588
African American college students work at laboratory in Howard University, Washington DC, United States.

African American students at Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Students sit and work on machines inside campus workshop (Howard University 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States). A white instructor oversees the students. Some students take readings on machines and others work on it. Machines in the background.

Date: 1939
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031589
Students at the Dentistry and Pharmacy Department at Howard University in Washington DC, United States.

Students at Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Woman walks with her three children inside a building. The sign board on top of the building reads 'Howard University Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy' (600 W St NW #2005, Washington, DC 20059, United States). A group of African American people moves inside the building. African American students work in the pharmacy laboratory. African American dentist examines the teeth of a child. Two dentists examine another child. African American University professor demonstrates the working of instrument to students. Young woman students observe through a microscope. Students perform the dissection of frogs.

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031591
Student observes through a theodolite at Howard University in Washington DC, United States.

African American college students at Howard University in Washington DC, United States. Students stand and observe. Male African American students study surveying in front of the campus gate (Howard University 2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States). Student observes through a surveying theodolite or transit, and another student sits holding a pole in front. Trees and buildings in the background.

Date: 1939
Duration: 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031594
University President Mordecai W. Johnson comes out of a building at Howard University in Washington DC, United States.

African American President Mordecai W. Johnson of Howard University seen in Washington DC, United States. View of the old Main Building inside the Howard University campus (2400 6th St NW, Washington, DC 20059, United States). President Johnson comes out of the building and smiles. Trees in the background.

Date: 1939
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031595