Summary

Various shots of large group of young people (many hippies) participating in love-in in Mount Royal Park under tight police surveillance Fire hoses are available to disperse crowd if necessary Sequence includes good CSs and CUs of hippies talking with policemen (4:40); interesting shots of young black man harassed by policemen who demand that he removes his jacket with crest of SATAN'S KEEPERS and swastikas (3:06); ground level TRAVELLING SHOTS moving through crowd; shots of children (1:12); various shots of policemen on site; hippies sitting in grass (1:39); policemen dispersing crowd at dusk (1:34)

Source NFB Archives
Title: Prologue
Description: Various shots of large group of young people (many hippies) participating in love-in in Mount Royal Park under tight police surveillance Fire hoses are available to disperse crowd if necessary Sequence includes good CSs and CUs of hippies talking with policemen (4:40); interesting shots of young black man harassed by policemen who demand that he removes his jacket with crest of SATAN'S KEEPERS and swastikas (3:06); ground level TRAVELLING SHOTS moving through crowd; shots of children (1:12); various shots of policemen on site; hippies sitting in grass (1:39); policemen dispersing crowd at dusk (1:34)
Collection: National Film Board
Duration: 12:12
Year: 01/01/1969
Category: EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Location: Montreal;Quebec (province);Canada
Source: 16mm neg b&w
Format: Digital Video Disk; Reel 16 mm; Digital Betacam 16/9; Digital Bétacam
Aspect: 4/3; 16/9
Resolution: 720 x 486 (SD)
ID: 20268
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