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Everyman
Call Number: V 720Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Everyman is the name of a boat built in Sausalito by the Bay Area peace movement to sail into the Pacific Ocean nuclear test zones to protest nuclear testing. The film covers Everyman's first and only voyage on May 27th, 1962 when it sailed out the Golden Gate only to be stopped twenty miles out by the U.S. Coast Guard who arrested the crew and impounded the boat. Protests included sit-in demonstrations at the U.S. Marshall's office where Joan Baez took part, singing "We Shall Overcome." The crew was eventually sentenced to 30 days in jail.
Hot Damn!
Call Number: V 733Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
Hot Damn! is a short film with unique footage of the Bay Area peace movement at a time when the Vietnam War was escalating rapidly. Segments include the Berkeley troop train demonstrations; peace marches from Berkeley to Oakland, ending in a massive confrontation with local police; the Oakland Army Induction Center draft protests, draft card burning, and the sit-ins of 1964-1965.
No Greater Cause
Call Number: V 735Format: VHSProducers: Estuary PressCollection: Videos in many formats – both camera originals as well as reference materials
No Greater Cause chronicles the height of the anti-Vietnam war movement in the Bay Area. Footage shows the massive confrontations in Oakland between police and anti-draft protesters in 1967; the rally of 100,000 against the war at Kezar Stadium in April, 1967; and other events. Vietnam veteran David Duncan told demonstrators, "Protesters are the best friends the soldiers in Vietnam have."
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