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Protestors against the Vietnam War during 1971 May Day rally in Washington DC; police arrest demonstrators.

Scenes from May 1, 1970 Mayday anti-war rally in Washington DC, by civil disobedience groups organized against the Vietnam War, including the National Peace Action Coalition. Ground level view of U.S. Capitol building as seen from National Mall. Views among 3000 protestors gathered on the steps and grounds of the U.S. Capitol, described as radicals by the narrator. Crowd cheering and yelling and displaying signs. A hippie man in top hat displays a rude finger gesture to the camera and yells. He appears to be holding a hand rolled joint or cigarette. Protestors, some shirtless, dance, sway, and yell in scenes of general chaos. A protestor with a vulgar word painted on his forehead. View of police in riot gear helmets with shields as they watch the crowd. Close-up views of faces of demonstrators on U.S. Capitol steps. Police begin to forcibly pick up and drag away protestors who have been ordered to disperse. Protestors stay limp and heavy making it difficult and slow for police to remove them and arrest them. View of a peace demonstrator carrying a young child with a painted forehead. Police load arrested protestors into a bus. Police officer crushes small white disks into powder on ground outside bus. Scenes after the protest of routine traffic of cars, taxi cabs, and pedestrians on streets of Washington DC in National Mall area, including Pennsylvania Avenue, and near various federal buildings. Citizens in 1970s fashions crossing the street. 1960s and 1970s cars on the roads. View of office workers and pedestrians on sidewalk in Washington DC going to or from work. A small protest gathering in the distance behind the workers. View of protestors gathered and assembling. Assorted views of police officers near a crowd of demonstrators. Police drag a protestor down the steps of a federal building. The protestor nods her head and shows peace signs with both hands as she is hauled away.

Date: 1971, May 1
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078918
RFK visits the Oregon Institute of Technology to give a speech.

Robert Kennedy visits the Oregon Institute of Technology at Klamath Falls, Oregon to give a speech. He is seen shaking hands while walking with student Thor Nielsen just behind him at his left shoulder. He is then seen at the podium speaking. View of reel to reel tape recorder and cassette recorder running. Outside, RFK smiles as he is about to meet Native American presenters.

Date: 1968, April 18
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078681
Protestors disrupt traffic and rally at Justice Department building several days after May Day anti-war rally

Protestors in Washington DC on May 5, 1970, following several days of "MayDay" anti-war protests, against the Vietnam War, organized in part by the National Peace Action Coalition. Wide shot of Washington Monument with helicopters flying near it. Protestors walking into streets in small groups and attempting to block traffic and disrupt traffic and operations in the city as part of a multi day May Day protest. View of police officers blowing whistles and attempting to clear protestors from streets, as cars drive around protestors. Protestors drag a trash can into a street as an obstruction. Police on motorcycles drive by, one passing a Volkswagen bus van. Police directing traffic. A group of hippies and protestors gathered in a median between roads. One protestor is smoking. Another shows a peace sign with his hand. A police officer stands by guarding the seated group. Police in riot gear stand in front of the Justice Department awaiting a noon rally of antiwar protestors. Several thousand protestors show up, exceeding the numbers expected by police. The protestors sing, dance, chant, and clap hands as they fill the road in front of the Justice Department. Police use bull horns warning crowd to disperse or be arrested. Many protestors remain and are shown being arrested and carried away, some without resistance, and others resisting arrest.A hippie protestor being arrested holds up both hands showing peace signs.

Date: 1970, May 5
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078917
Balloonists prepare shortly before ill-fated hot air balloon race from Catalina Island

Hot air balloon race disaster in Catalina Island, California. Five hot air balloons in Catalina Island. Participants use gas tanks and flames to inflate the hot air balloons. A 42-year old woman, Barbara Ruth Keith, puts on her life vest and helmet before the race. Barbara Keith boards her hot air balloon and tucks her toy mascot, a stuffed toy dog, into the top of her hot air propane tank. Hot air balloon contestant Barbara Keith waves at spectators upon her ascent. POV from balloon of spectators on ground as it ascends. Catalina Island. Swiss-born American balloonist, Donald Louis Piccard (also known as Don Piccard), ignites his heater and leaves the ground aboard balloon. Distant shot of balloon over ocean.

Date: 1964, January 19
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078609
Film executive Jack L. Warner testifies at a House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing.

Canadian-American film executive Jack L. Warner testifies in a House of Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing. Jack E. Warner, accompanied by attorney Paul V. McNutt, is sworn in as a witness. The President of the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA), Eric Johnston, is seen. Committee chief investigator Robert E. Stripling questions Attorney Paul V. McNutt. Attorney Paul V. McNutt answers the Committee’s inquiries. Jack L. Warner attempts to read a statement, but the Committee interrupts, as they tell him “it was the same statement you have read out”, and instead asks Warner to hand over the statement. Jack L. Warner reads from a statement, “Here I am before this committee to help as much as I can in facilitating this work. I am happy to speak openly and honestly in an inquiry which for its purpose the reaffirmation of American ideals and democratic processes”. Members of the committee J. Parnell Thomas, Chairman Richard B. Vail, John S. Wood and Richard Nixon sit as Jack L. Warner testifies. View of Committee chief investigator Robert E. Stripling listening during hearing. View of Attorney Paul V. McNutt while his client, Jack L. Warner testifies.

Date: 1947, October 27
Duration: 5 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078616
Film executive Jack L. Warner reads his testimony before a hearing of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

Hollywood executive Jack L. Warner reads his statement at a House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) hearing. Behind Jack L. Warner are film executives. With microphones on his table, Jack L. Warner reads his statement repeatedly, starts again when he finds his delivery unsatisfactory. “We can’t fight dictatorship by following dictatorial methods nor can we defend freedom by curtailing liberty. We can attack with a free press and a free screen”.

Date: 1947, October
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078617