https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3e0d18a6-5407-46fb-97df-17ce72fc24cc Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This untitled Vietnam War protest film was probably made by a student at UC Berkeley. Unfortunately there is no main title or credits so -- we just don't know. The film contrasts the war in Vietnam with the Kent State shootings, which took place on May 4, 1970 during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War into Cambodia by United States military forces as well as protesting the National Guard presence on campus. The film shows some of the broader reaction to the news of the Kent State tragedy, including the U.C. Berkeley campus on strike. The b&w film uses still photography and live action footage to make its points about police brutality, the military industrial complex, and the misguided policies of the Nixon Administration with regard to the Vietnam War. The film begins with images of Richard Nixon and audio about the war in Vietnam, before transitioning abruptly to images from Kent State. At 1:02, protests at UC Berkeley is shown with a banner reading "Stop Nixon's Slaughter". At 1:11, a large cadre of police are shown at the UC campus. At 1:53, shots of the Daily Californian newspaper headlines announcing that Governor Ronald Reagan has closed the campus to quash protests. At 1:58, inside a student organizer headquarters is shown with different positions in the group described -- from "Internal Education" to "External Education". At 2:02, students are shown making silk screens of protest posters. The poster shown at 2:10 is "Amerika is Devouring its Children" by artist Jay Bellioli. This poster visually paraphrases Francisco Goya’s painting, Saturn Devouring his Son. The poster shown at 2:20 with the Campanile clock tower of UC Berkeley in the background, and police in the foreground, was created by UC Berkeley student Sally Robertson in 1969 as a protest against police brutality. At 2:21 a sign for "Strike Shirts" is visible and an "End the War" poster with peace symbol. At 2:33, as music by Santana plays, student organizers are shown as well as mass production of posters and fliers. At 3:00 President Nixon appears on TV speaking about how he is "responsible for the lives of 300,000 Americans" in Vietnam while Bob Dylan music plays. At 3:26, members of the sheriff's department, in riot helmets, patrol the UC Berkeley campus. At 3:37, a moment of silent amidst the protests, in honor of the fallen. At 4:08 a sit in (probably in People's Park) is shown. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRhOiZJqq9I Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:28:43 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/3e0d18a6-5407-46fb-97df-17ce72fc24cc All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.