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Anti-Vietnam War Protesters

Anti-Vietnam War Protesters
Clip: 511485_1_1
Year Shot: 1971 (Estimated Year)
Audio: No
Video: Color
Tape Master: 1929
Original Film: COOPER UNID 2
HD: N/A
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States
Timecode: 01:50:00 - 01:51:05

LS crowd of anti-war demonstrators gathered on hill in Dallas, Texas. CU white peace logo on black armband being worn by young white man. TLS hippie-esque young white men and women seated on shady, grassy hill. TLS white man wearing business suit, moustache and sideburns while speaking to crowd from patio-- note the "The Only Way" with peace sign banner on screen right. TLSs young white men and women (one African-American man, most all late countercultural hippies by anyone's standards) seated on grass, listening to off-screen speaker. MS white boy standing in crowd beside mother, wearing homemade body placard reading, "War is not healthy for children and other living things. No more war." TLS countercultural youth seated in field, American flag flying from pole in mid-ground. MCUs black armbands, peace armbands. MS protest placard with illustration of arms forming peace symbol: "Get Out of Vietnam!" CU "Abolish the Draft" sign. MS young persons signing petition at table. MS white male Dallas police officer standing in uniform, thumbs hooked into belt buckle.