"San Francisco's hippies kill-off their name in a mock funeral adopting the name Freebies. The funeral procession winds through Haight Ashbury, ending with a bonfire and Indian dancing." Damn hippies. TLS crowd of longhaired hippies processing down a street carrying a stretcher containing one of their own. MSs "dead" hippie on stretcher. MS hippies carrying large cross a la Jesus. MS hippies carrying coffin. MSs funeral pyre. Come on baby light my fire. MS damn hippies dancing, running around funeral pyre. MS burning cross. MS hippies jumping, leaping over burning fire.
London "hippies" stage their own kind of fashion show in a psychedelic Chelsea showroom. Anything goes, from Russian knickers to a frontless frock coat, mini-pants, and fur-trimmed coats. Men and women dressed in trendy hippie fashions swing and dance around on a dance floor. Maraca playing, sunglasses, way out stuff.
Provincetown "hippie" artists have an art show, using bodies as "living canvases". It's mostly in fun because none of the "paintings" agreed to be sold. A gathering of hippies take turn painting each other's faces and bodies. Close-ups of painted body parts. One lady looks almost naked.
This segment begins with people receiving instructions as to were they will fall in line in the parade order. It seems as if there is confusion or maybe a disagreement going on. There is a long haired man in military khakis talking to a man who is pointing his finger in direction. The pointing man looks frustrated and walks off. Uniformed police officers walk up to the long haired khaki man. Shot of an African-American drum corps marching past the camera. Shot of the parade line up moving very slowly. Shot of Vietnam War protesters crossing the street and moving toward the camera. One woman holds a sign high above her head that reads "Stop The War". Shot of young hippie folk seated on the ground listening to speaker. CU of man at podium speaking. (no audio) Shot of hippie folk clapping. Shot of long haired man in military khakis and black beret speaking into a microphone. (no audio)
A huge rock festival has occurred in Cleveland, Ohio; this footage captures the festival and the clean up that follows. Segment begins with people cleaning up the trash that remains in the park after the concert. The place is an absolute mess. Large amounts of garbage has been left on the lawn. Men and women carry garbage bags and fill them up. More shots of the insane amounts of trash and the clean up effort. Closer shot of two individuals bending down to grab trash. Focus on an interesting male character as he stakes the garbage with a stick. The view is from his backside. He has an extremely large afro, he is shirtless and he has two garbage bags attached to his pants. When he walks, the garbage bags move with him so it appears that he has giant balloon legs. Shots of people shoveling garbage into bags. Shot of people carrying full bags to a pile. Now for scenes of the actual rock festival.... Camera pans large crowd gathered on the lawn. People are waving and having a good time. Closer shot of the crowd. People are sitting on blankets while others mill about. One girl seated on blanket makes the peace sign with her hand. Good CU of three people dancing in the middle of the seated crowd. They are the hippie type and wear classic 70's clothing. The guy wears overalls minus the shirt, one girl has a short mini dress and long blonde hair, other girl wears a halter top. Now for the entertainment. A wonderful, or maybe its terrible, shot of a hair-metal rock band performing in true rock star glory. The camera is set up on stage to give a profile view. There is fringe, there is spandex and there is long stringy hair. Classic. CU of long hair drummer playing his heart out. Back to more shots of the clean up effort.... A harmless fight of garbage breaks out. Trash is flying through the air. Shot of police on horseback galloping through the park. People run out of the way of the horses. Shot of man being arrested. Police escort him with his hands handcuffed behind his back. Shot of young hippie guy having his foot checked out by someone from first aid.
Master 2 - Tape 2 Haight-Ashbury (?), San Francisco, late 1960s. People walk on sidewalks. CUs of hippie-looking youth, walking around. Long haired white boys, counterculture youth. A group gathers around some musicians in a park. Shots are very close, handheld and jerky. . Circle of people. African-American percussionist. Footage is dark. Some people dance. Wider shot of group in park at sunset from forest, cam zooms out to silhouette of group coming towards camera, sunlight streaks in through trees.
Groovy: late-60s psychedelic special effects, like the kind of freaky funky freak-out (freakout) hippie drug-induced projections you might see on teenage music shows circa 1960s: bright colors, patterns and shapes flash on and off, overlap, dissolve into each other - you get the idea. The reel was marked "Freakout." Trippy.
COLOR montage of college students recreating on an unspecified college campus: MS white college in snazzy outfits walking along campus; TLS/MSs students relaxing. MSs white college students smoking marijuana in a dorm room, hippies. Cut to fast motion subjective POV tracking shot through streets of San Francisco (shots are masked so as to mimic a bad acid trip-- far out, dude). CU police siren flashing, spinning. MS of a male countercultural drop-out walking along Haight-Ashbury, his belongings in an American flag slung over his shoulder. MSs hippies & dropouts congregating, walking along Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, California. MSs of the MAHARISHI MAHESH YOGI receiving accolades from followers.
Hippie mural on the side of a building. Interview a San Francisco lawyer (Tony Serra) who defends people in drug cases, "dope lawyer". He thinks that the cops have changed. Describes a "narc", undercover cop. New York, night, rain. Cops get out of their cruiser & question a man on the street. Cut back & forth between the lawyer & scenes on the street.
Master 1916 Tape 2 GV young hippie types gathered on lawn at an outdoor concert. Rear MS of two men seated on grass wearing t-shirts that say 'Capitol'. GV young hippie types seated on lawn. MS police officer keeping an eye on this, teens sit on hill behind him. MS roadies watching musical equipment. GV band on stage, crowd is seated in front of them, zoom to MS of shaved bald young African-American woman singing into microphone while playing the tambourine, zoom to horn section of the band.
"Fisherman's Wharf of San Francisco" on ships helm; pan down to "Tarantino's Restaurant" sign in BG. Fishing boats docked in marina at Fisherman's Wharf. "Scoma's" sign; seagull perched atop. Fishing boats docked in wharf. "Captain Ron's Fishing Trips" sign. Fishing boats docked in wharf. "Alioto's" restaurant sign, zoom out to boats docked at wharf. Seagull; zoom out to pier with a few birds flying around and a "Mobil" sign in BG.
MCU model w/blond hair in pigtails wearing a blue outfit. Rear GV of young women w/big hair standing on platform dressed in short-shorts & white go-go boots. MS young white woman (hippie type) wearing sunglasses, silly cap, still cameras around neck. MSs drivers donning helmets. MS white man hosing, watering track at starting line for the Mint 400 desert charger race, VW Bug charger at head. Panning TLS start of desert race. GV race beginning w/VW Bug charger at head. GV race in progress. GV second wave of vehicles moving to starting line, yellow jeep at the head.
WS of campground with teepees pitched & a steam of Generation X hippies walking to & fro, landscape is flat w/rock outcroppings, evergreen forest in BG.TLS campsite w/hippies walking to & fro w/their hippie gear. TLS hippies walking the festival grounds. MS new age folks harnessing the spiritual power of a copper pyramid, one guy lies inside while the other meditates outside.
MCU young guy in dirty sweatshirt, knit cap & wearing thickly breaded hemp necklace standing in front of camping tents, lighting a joint & puffing the ganja (pot, marijuana, weed, drugs). MS young girl (teen) dressed in midriff shirt & silver hippie jewelry (belt, arm band, bracelets) standing in front of tents, taking drags off a joint, she passes it off to the dirty hippie in the previous shot.
MS/MCU man in pale orange Hare Krishna type robes meditating on blanket, campground in BG. TLSs hippies walking to & fro at festival, many stereotypical Gen X hippies seen such as girls in long skirts, hair wraps, drums for the circle, guy wearing cape playing flute, bare foot guy wearing skirt.
Pretty hilarious MSs of tripped-out hippie guy in brief underwear and t-shirt dancing around w/colorful scarves & conch shell. MSs white hair mule grazing on grass around the hippies & tents.
