Columbia Revolt (Newsreel #14)

Columbia Revolt (Newsreel #14)

In April 1968, black and white students rebelled against the university administration, occupying five buildings, including the president's office...

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Lincoln Hospital (Newsreel #35)

Lincoln Hospital (Newsreel #35)

When a city-run health clinic in the South Bronx fails to meet the needs of the city, local residents and health workers force a strike and then...

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Community Control (Newsreel #24)

Community Control (Newsreel #24)

This film documents one of the most important struggles for education in the sixties. In 1968, under intensive community pressure from Black and...

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Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20)

Berkeley Rebellion (Newsreel #20)

Newsreel's short film shows two days of demonstrations in Berkeley over the issue of "the streets belong to the people" and the decision of the...

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Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)

Catonsville Nine (Newsreel #18)

Filmed in Baltimore during the support demonstrations for the nine catholics who were on trial for napalming the 1-A Draft files in Catonsville...

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Herman B. Ferguson, Candidate for U.S. Senate (Newsreel #15)

Herman B. Ferguson, Candidate for U.S. Senate (Newsreel #15)

A film about Herman Ferguson, a candidate for the U.S. Senate on the Freedom and Peace ticket in the 1968 election.

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Chicago (Newsreel #12)

Chicago (Newsreel #12)

As leaders of the Movement met in the relative calm of a Chicago suburb in March to plan the strategy for the summer, the empty streets of the city...

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6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11)

6th Street Meat Club (Newsreel #11)

Formed on the Lower East Side of New York to side step high prices, poor quality, and weight cheating of local supermarkets.

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Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9)

Riot-Control Weapons (Newsreel #9)

A visual presentation of some of the weapons that the police were using in uprisings around the country in the late 60s.

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Resist and the New England Resistance (Newsreel #8)

Resist and the New England Resistance (Newsreel #8)

This film gives a general outline of the kinds of work being done in The Boston-Cambridge area by National Resist and the New England Resistance.

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Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)

Garbage Demonstration (Newsreel #5)

During a prolonged garbage collector's strike in New York City, a group of youths from the Lower East Side of Manhattan decide to use the situation...

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Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4)

Jeannette Rankin Brigade (Newsreel #4)

In January 1968, 10,000 women led a peaceful march on Washington in protest against the Vietnam War. This film documents the march and raises...

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Four Americans (Newsreel #3)

Four Americans (Newsreel #3)

An extended interview with the four American sailors who deserted in protest against the war in Vietnam in 1967. Filmed in Japan, the interviews...

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Wreck of the New York Subways (Newsreel #47)

Wreck of the New York Subways (Newsreel #47)

During the winter of 1969, the New York Transit Authority increased the public transportation fee fare from 20 cents to 30 cents--a 50% increase...

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High School Rising (Newsreel #38)

High School Rising (Newsreel #38)

An analysis of how the schools by using the tracking system, exploit and oppress people in terms of class origins and how students can begin to...

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Army (Newsreel #36)

Army (Newsreel #36)

Shot in 1969, this film documents the building anger of draftees in the U.S.military, and the growth of the anti-war movement within the military...

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She Is Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48)

She Is Beautiful When She's Angry (Newsreel #48)

This film documents a play given at the March 28th, 1969 abortion rally by some very angry women. A beauty contestant is primed by her mother, her...

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Boston Draft Resistance Group (Newsreel #7)

Boston Draft Resistance Group (Newsreel #7)

A profile of a grassroots anti-war group in Boston, this short film documents some of the tactics and activities used by draft resistance groups...

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Up Against the Wall, Ms. America (Newsreel #22)

Up Against the Wall, Ms. America (Newsreel #22)

"Here she comes…" At the 1968 Miss America pageant, demonstrators introduced a sheep as the appropriate winner. This entertaining short film shows...

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Mill-In (Newsreel #6)

Mill-In (Newsreel #6)

In order to raise the consciousness of New Yorkers, anti-war demonstrators took to the streets on fashionable Fifth Avenue on Christmas eve. To the...

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