Synopsis
Reels A-G of original camera footage edited for broadcast on KNTV Channel 11 San Jose for August 30, 1968. Some segments may be silent. No broadcast script exists for this date. Reel 1 (sound): Mid-peninsula Free University demonstration and sit-in at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto and at the law offices of Warren R. Thoits, after the landlord, Warren Thoits, reneged on the right of first refusal he had given the Free University organizers for space for university activities. "Liberate downtown Palo Alto" and "We Won't Kow-tow to Big Business" placards as students walk through the streets, ride in flat-bed trucks, and listen to a speaker (William Hydie?) in one of the empty office buildings. Organizer Rob (Bob Cullenbine?) is interviewed about what the demonstrators are hoping to achieve. Reel 2: Part 1 (silent): Small group demonstrating outside an office or municipal building after the violence at the Chicago Democratic National Convention. Placards read, "Chicago Ill."; "Dick Daly For Fuhrer"; "The Whole World Was Watching"; and "Protest Police Brutality". Part 2 (sound): John Vasconcellos interviewed about the Democratic National Convention, which he attended. He says that people had to demonstrate, that "we all deplore the violence that occurred" and that the police reaction was an over-reaction. Reel 3: Part 1 (silent): Upside-down bi-plane in field, where it appears to have crashed. Three people walking around the plane examining the site. Part 2 (silent): Slow-motion…
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Episodes
- S1E1 · Episode 1 1968
- S1E2 · Episode 2 1968
- S1E3 · Episode 3 1968
- S1E4 · Episode 4 1968