People's Park (Berkeley)

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Film Date
May-69
Film Reference Number
KRON 138-1
Description
Silent KRON-TV news footage from May 1969 featuring many scenes of young people planting crops relaxing and socializing in Berkeley's People's Park before they were forcibly removed by authorities later that month. Ends with brief views of the same location which has been fenced off and is being patrolled by National Guardsmen.
Format
16mm color silent film