Description: Cuts from a story on Wakefield High School senior, Paul Christopher, who organized an Pro-Vietnam War rally. Silent footage of people addressing crowd holding pro-Vietnam signs. Sound footage of Paul Christopher and John Volpe addressing the crowd. Silent footage of a drum corps in Revolutionary War regalia. Silent footage of Christopher at his job at a sandwich shop. Reporter standup. Silent scenes of the town. Interview with Christopher on organizing the event. He compares it to the anti-Vietnam demonstration in Washington, D.C. Reporter standup. Interview with Wakefield police chief J. Merrit Wensell on their capability to handle the huge number of people coming in for the rally. B-roll of rally. Reporter standup on success of rally. Crowd signs Star Spangled Banner. Speeches, including more of Volpe speech and speech by former Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Joseph Scerra. Scerra awards Paul Christopher a medal of merit from the VFW. Paul Christopher gets award from John Volpe in his office.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967
Description: Archival soundbites of civil rights activists Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, H. Rap Brown, Malcolm X. Interviews with Robert Moses and Alvin Poussaint, who say we should not celebrate MLK alone, but remember the whole history of the civil rights movement. Sammy Davis Jr., Leonard Bernstein, James Baldwin, Harry Belafonte participating in march.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/20/1986
Description: Clamshell Alliance remobilizes to block operation of Seabrook nuclear plant. File of 1977 protest. Civil disobedience, passive resistance.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1989
Description: Clergy and religious hold vigil in Harvard Square to commemorate anniversary of Jesuit murders in El Salvador and to protest US aid and military cover-up. John Kerry stands with Edward Kennedy. Joseph Moakley.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/14/1990
Description: CITY LIFE GROUP DEMONSTRATES AGAINST CONDO CONVERSION IN Jamaica Plain
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1984
Description: CONDOMINIUM DEMONSTRATION IN JAMAICA PLAIN
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/12/1984
Description: Construction workers drive their heavy equipment to State House to rally for gasoline tax hike to boost their industry. Cement mixer. Truck horns blaring. sound effects.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/02/1990
Description: Howard Zinn addresses downtown gathering in protest of contra aid. Verbal confrontation takes place between onlooker and demonstrator.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/25/1988
Description: A look at how CBS News covered the student protests in China. Charles Kuralt, Dan Rather in Beijing. Networks.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/22/1989
Description: Classroom of Boston Police Academy. Training lecture on crowd control. Students are plainclothes and uniformed officers. Instructor talks about specific language of laws and statutes regarding use of force, riot control, unlawful assembly, disorderly conduct, interfering with operation of a school bus. He talks about how to lodge charges that stand up to prosecution and how to protect self against brutality accusation. Glimpse of Charlie Stuart. reel 1 of 2
Collection: Evening Compass, The
Date Created: 08/28/1975