- Title: VM-1499B
- Summary: THE NEWS REEL: 1968 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT RALLY AND STRIKE. STUDENT PROTEST THE RAZING OF BLACK OCCUPIED APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOR THE CREATION OF NEW GYM FOR THE UNIVERSITY
- Description:00:06:17 - COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: TOUR OF VARIOUS BUILDINGS ON COLUMBIA CAMPUS. STATUES AND PILLARS 00:07:40 - PAN OF VARIOUS COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DORMATORIES, GYM & CLASSROOM BUILDINGS 00:10:15 - AERIAL PAN OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IN MANHATTAN. AUDIO OVER FOOTAGE IS RADICAL DIALOGE BY STUDENT PROTESTERS 00:11:45 - STUDENT PROTAEST RALLY. PAN SHOTS OF CROWD. STUDENT STORMING OF COLUMBIA LIBRARY 00:12:31 - STUDENTS AND POLICE BATTLE AT WILD STUDENT PROTEST DEMONSTRATION. POLICE SHOVE STUDENTS 00:13:30 - SHOTS OF PROTESTING STUDENTS 00:14:17 - STUDENTS TAKE OVER ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS INSIDE BUILDING 00:15:00 - RADICAL STUDENT READS STATEMENT TO PRESS 00:15:30 - RADICAL BLACK STUDENTS BARACADE DOORS. ACTUAL INSIDER FOOTAGE OF STUDENT PROTEST 00:16:30 - BLACK STUDENTS ON PICKET LINE. BLACK MILITANT STUDENTS 00:17:10 - PAN UP ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 00:17:30 - PRESS CONFERENCE. BLACK MILITANT STUDENTS STATE THEIR DEMANDS TO PRESS, ie STOP BUILDING THE GYM 00:18:15 - SHOTS OF PROTESTING BLACK STUDENTS IN CAPTURED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY 00:18:55 - STUDENTS PUT UP BARACADES IN CAPTURED BUILDING 00:20:20 - MESSEGES ON BLACKBOARD FOR STUDENTS 00:21:45 - PAN OF STUDENTS LOUNGING IN CAPTURED BUILDING 00:22:12 - SIGN ON WALL "UP AGAINST THE WALL MOTHER" 00:23:04 - EXTERIOR OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS CLIMB ON BUILDINGS. CHANT AT LARGE RALLY 00:24:27 - STUDENTS CHANT AND CHEER AT STUDENT PROTEST 00:26:40 - 1968 COLLEGE STUDENTS DANCE TO BLUES BAND 00:27:15 - STUDENTS BURN DRAFT CARDS 00:28:11 - STUDENTS PREPARE TO BE MARRIED DURING PROTEST RALLY 00:28:42 - CANDLELIGHT MARRIAGE CEREMONY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DURING STUDENT TAKE OVER OF CAMPUS 00:29:41 - POLICE IN RIOT GEAR ON CAMPUS 00:30:53 - POLICE STORM CAPTURED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BUILDING. POLICE IN RIOT GEAR RACE UP STEPS AND ENTER BUILDING USING FORCE 00:31:39 - POLICE CARRY OFF PROTESTING STUDENTS. POLICE DRAG STUDENTS DOWN STEPS. POLICE BRUTALITY 00:32:56 - STUDENT CARRIED OFF ON STRETCHER 00:33:00 - STUDENTS CHANT "WE WANT PEACE" 00:34:00 - STUDENTS HOLDING UP "V" PEACE SIGNS ARE CARRIED OFF BY POLICE 00:35:00 - MONTAGE OF STUDENTS WITH WOUNDS GIVEN TO THEM BY POLICE 00:37:10 - STUDENTS HOLD MOCK POLICE CONFRONTATION 00:38:00 - STUDENTS FLASH PEACE SIGN 00:38:45 - ANTI-BUISNESS STRIKE PROTESTING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GYMNASIUM 00:39:00 - MONTAGE OF STUDEN STRIKE PROTESTERS SIGNS 00:41:35 - SAN FRANCISCO BAND "THE GRATEFUL DEAD" PERFORM AT 1968 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS DURING STRIKE RALLY. MISC FOOTAGE OF GRATEFUL DEAD WITH PIGPEN PERFORMING (FOOTAGE IS MOS CUT TO "SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD" & "COLD RAIN AND SNOW") 00:44:00 - MISC "STRIKE" SIGNS 00:45:50 - MISC SHOTS OF STUDENT STRIKE AT COLUMBIA. 00:48:25 - CROWD OF STUDENTS CHANTING "GO GO GO" 00:48:43 - MONTAGE STUDENTS FLASHING PEACE SIGNS AND CHANTING. WILD PROTEST FOOTAGE 00:51:57 - 1968 STUDENT GRADUATION AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 00:52:45 - MISC SHOTS OF POLICE ON CAMPUS 00:53:32 - BURING IN EFFIGY OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT KIRK AT STUDENT PROTEST RALLY 00:53:45 - UNAUTHORIZED COLUMBIA STUDENT HELD COMMENCEMENT PARADE AND PARTY, 1968.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1968
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1499B