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US Out of El Salvador: News Montage
Call Number: V 172Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This tape contains a collection of corporate news footage of a demonstration against the US war on El Salvador and its support for death squads and El Salvador's terrorist regime in the late 1980s. Demonstrators battle police as they try to blockade the entrance of the Federal Building in San Francisco.
CISPES Federal Building Blockade: News Footage
Call Number: V 174Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Corporate news coverage of a demonstration against the US war on El Salvador at the San Francisco Federal Building shows footage of undercover SFPD officers using mace against protesters and violently arresting them. Both anchorperson and SFPD spokesperson place the blame on anarchists, referring to them as "outside agitators" and "goons."
U.S. Out of El Salvador
Date: 11/21/1989Call Number: V 179Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of demonstrators protesting the U.S. war on El Salvador by linking arms and sporadically impeding traffic at the San Francisco Federal Building. Some are arrested by SFPD.
U.S. Out of El Salvador II
Date: 11/21/1989Call Number: V 180Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Demonstrators protest at the San Francisco Federal Building against the U.S. war on El Salvador. Footage contains brief barricade of Market Street.
US Navy Out of Central America
Date: 5/19/1984Call Number: V 185Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of demonstrators protesting US war on Central America at a dock porting a US warship, demanding an end to US military aid and intervention in Central America and the Caribbean and freedom for Puerto Rico. Police use batons against the demonstrators and several are violently arrested.
US Out of El Salvador III
Date: 3/20/1989Call Number: V 186Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of a demonstration against the US war on El Salvador in which protestors attempt to disrupt traffic into and around the San Francisco Federal Building. The SFPD is seen using batons against demonstrators and undercover officers make violent arrests.
Steps to Freedom--Presidio Army Base
Date: 10/15/1988Call Number: V 187Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of a demonstration at the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco against the US war on Central America. Protesters sit in the street and attempt to build a barricade and are arrested by SFPD.
US Out of El Salvador IV
Date: 9/9/1987Call Number: V 188Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
This video contains footage of demonstrators protesting the US war on El Salvador at the Federal Building in San Francisco. This tape contains some footage of some demonstrators using paint-filled projectiles against the SFPD. SFPD makes arrests.
US Out of El Salvador V
Date: 3/20/1989Call Number: V 190Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Virtually the same as V186, this video contains footage of a demonstration against the US war in El Salvador at the Federal Building in San Francisco in which police use batons and make violent arrests.
CISPES Federal Building Blockade: News Footage II
Call Number: V 192Format: VHSCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
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This video contains footage of corporate news coverage of police brutality at a demonstration against the US war in El Salvador at the San Francisco Federal Building. Contains an interview with Julie Sinai of Bay Area Call to Action and various violent tactics employed by SFPD. The blame for violence is place on "anarchists."
Of tangential interest is a episode of NBC nightly news previous to above footage containing stories on the bombing of Winnie Mandela's home, the Iran-Iraq War, Israeli-Soviet relations, the Dukakis presidential campaign, and US hostages in Lebanon.
