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Title: American University student response to Kent State shootings - Outs, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film features images of students and traffic around American University’s campus including the MPD presence around Ward Circle. One student is shown in handcuffs while others are shown giving the peace sign in front of a bus. This footage was not selected for the final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Strike _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25218
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part one), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with scenes of students protesting on American University’s campus and vicinity. Students are shown washing car windows around Ward Circle, approaching vehicles and giving drivers flyers. The Artemas Ward statue is shown covered in a sheet that reads "How Many More?" There is extensive footage of the interaction between the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department and students including one arrest. The film follows the students as they head downtown including scenes outside Peace Corps office on Pennsylvania Ave. The students end up on the National Mall for a large rally and concert.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_1
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55829
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University Student Response to Kent State shootings (part two), May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: Film begins with a stretcher being loaded into an ambulance by the Bethesda/Chevy Chase Rescue Squad and Red Cross workers. The bulk of the film consists of scenes of students congregating on and around American University’s campus including signs for a variety of activities such as a memorial service and smoke-in and images of the MPD response including tear gas canisters spewing gas and students washing out each others eyes. Also featured is footage of a formal gathering in the amphitheater with AU President George Williams, various campus administrators, and Professor Adbul Said. Though the film includes interviews with students, the soundtrack is missing so the interviews cannot be heard.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: AU_Teaching_Project_2
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55828
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: American University students and guests in campus student center during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows the interior of Mary Graydon Center on American University’s Campus during the Kent State protests. Some students are seen hanging out in the lounge and on the stairs while others are sleeping on the floor in sleeping bags. This footage was not selected for use in final version of the Strike film.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: MGC_Sleeping_and_Waiting _Outs
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:55097
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

Title: Concert held at American University during student protests in response to Kent State shootings, May 1970
Date: 1970-05
Creator: Person responsible unknown
Description: This film shows a concert held in the Woods-Brown Amphitheater at American University during the Kent State protests.
Subject: College students -- Political activity -- United States; Kent State Shootings, Kent, Ohio, 1970; Student protesters; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- United States.
Local Identifier: Rally_and_Concert
Type: black-and-white film
Collection: Ward Circle Protest Films, May 1970 (Teaching Project History)
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/auislandora:25217
mods_typeOfResource_mt: moving image

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