Student Protest/Activism Videos
Prof. Eric Wolf discusses
Vietnam Teach-In, 1965
The University Television Center recorded a number of student protests, teach-ins and demonstrations during the 1960s and 1970s and also collected some local television footage. Much of the film is raw footage, without sound and often not terribly dramatic, but it does capture some of the flavor campus protest. The Television center also produced several programs dealing with campus protest. A sampling of the library's prot4est footage is included below.
Michigan Media -- Archives Films
[851831-AF-170] George Lincoln Rockwell Protests [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, pos, color, sil, 00:02:09, 1964
- Pickets and rally protesting appearance of American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell at Hill Auditorium. Filmed at night outside Hill Auditorium.
[851831-AF-186] Civil Rights Rally [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, pos, col, silent, 00:02:47, 1965
- Footage of a civil rights march and rally on the UM campus and in downtown Ann Arbor, apparently in support of civil rights activities in Selma, Alabama.
[851831-AF-190-a] Vietnam Teach-In [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, neg, b/w, sof, 00:10:20, 1965
- Coverage of crowds and speakers on the Diag and first Vietnam War Teach-In held in Mason Hall at the University of Michigan, interviews Eric Wolfe and William Gamson, two of the organizers (Dupe neg. from B wind reversal shot by WXYZ, Ch. 7 Detroit. Some silent footage)
[851831-AF-410] Student Relations, North Hall/ROTC Protest [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, pos, color, sil, 00:05:27, 1969
- Film of students protesting ROTC on campus, students are gathering outside ROTC offices in North Hall, close-up shot of handout "In Case of Arrest," students are shown rushing into building attempting to take over ROTC office.
[851831-AF-291] Student Sit-In Demonstration, November, 1966 [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, pos, color, sil, 00:05:02, 1966
- Student sit-in demonstration at Administration Building, Nov., 1966. Speakers and crowd on Diag, cutaways of students, spectators, various speakers in front of Grad Library. protesting UM's action in releasing student organization lists to HUAC, class rankings, and sit-in ban.
[851831-AF-414-d] Students on Campus [view video]
- Original: 16mm film, pos, color, silent, 00:05:27, 1969
- Large number of students on Diag. Banner-Ramsay Clark. Sign "Smash Imperialism". Al Slote interviewing Black student in front of Administration Building. Good shots of cube and panorama of the Mall in front of Admin. Bldg.
Michigan Media -- Television Programs
[851831-B-213-2] They Teach at Michigan [view video]
- Original: kine pos, b/w, optical, 00:27:40, 1970
- A number of University of Michigan faculty members discuss the classroom and research side of the university in the wake of student unrest, the BAM Strike. Produced for the University Relations Office. This version, which includes some footage of activities during the BAM strike, was not broadcast. The BAM footage was not included in the broadcast version.
[851831-B-206] Enact: Teach-In on the Environment [view video]
- Original: 2-inch video, color, sound, 00:29:04, 1970
- A filmed documentary on the University of Michigan environmental Teach-In, asking the question: do teach-ins work?
Bicentennial dilemma: who's in control?
Teach-In organized by University of Michigan students. Held from November 2-4, 1975, this three-day teach-in investigated the role of technology in corporate and government "control." Specific topics included: assassinations, corporate manipulation, subversion of the forces of dissent, police repression, surveillance and dataveillance, and mind control. DVD and streaming files from original EIAJ 1/2-inch open-reel videotapes of speakers at all sessions. (original quality is sometimes poor)
Speakers in the Assassinations session were:
- Lee, Marty -- "Introduction outlining the Teach-In's format." (part 1)
- Freed, Donald -- The Assassination of Robert Kennedy (part 1) ("Talks about how the assassinations will spark an awakening")
- Katz, Robert -- Assassination Information Bureau --The Assassination of Martin Luther King (part 1-2) ("Discusses how Martin Luther King's assassination is part of a larger effort to suppress dissent. He reconstructs the killing pointing out inconsistencies and contradictions.")
- Lane, Mark -- The Assassination of President Kennedy (part 2-3) ("Lane does an outstanding job in attacking the myths proposed by the Warren Commission in the JFK murder. Covers much of the material in his book Rush to Judgment and more.")
[0566-1-1] Assassinations session (part 1) [view video]
- Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:48, Nov. 2, 1975
[0566-2-2] Assassinations session (part 2) [view video]
- Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 01:02:02, Nov. 2, 1975
[0566-3-3] Assassinations session (part 3) [view video]
- Original: open reel videotape, b/w, sound, 00:48:27, Nov. 2, 1975
