UC Berkeley Black Mask Rally

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Film Date
12/24/67
Film Reference Number
KRON 16-14
Description
KRON-TV News report from December 24th 1967 featuring a counter-culture rally at UC Berkeley involving students wearing black masks and singing along to The Beatles song 'Yellow Submarine'. When interviewed one of the students explains their actions represent a symbolic statement that: "This new generation is hacking out a whole new vocabulary and whole new style of action to suit its new demands."
Format
16mm color co-magnetic sound film