Tear Gas Attack on Sproul Plaza Demonstration (Updated over a year ago)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from May 15th 1969 in Berkeley featuring scenes of student protestors facing off against riot police in UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza, low flying helicopters dropping tear gas on the college and National Guard advancing on crowds with fixed bayonets. Also includes views of arrests and students chanting "killers off campus!"
Tags: kpix 38639, national guard, riot police, sather gate, sproul plaza, student protests, uc berkeley
Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on October 23, 2011.
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- Type of material: archival newsfilm
- Duration: 11:09
- Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Recording medium: 16mm b&w co-magnetic sound film
- Date aired: 5/15/69
- Originally aired on: KPIX-TV
Content
- KPIX 38639.mp4 (94.33 MB – MPEG4 video)
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- Views: 6916 (6456 for this version)
Version history
- adding film reference number
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago