Documenting events in and around Lincoln Park August 25-28, 1968 during the Chicago Democratic National Convention.
The crowd included hippies, yippies, youngsters working for a political candidate, professional people with dissenting political views, anarchists and determined revolutionaries, motorcycle gangs, black activists, young thugs, police and secret service undercover agents and the curious who came to watch and, in many cases, became willing or unwilling participants in violent confrontations between demonstrators, anti-war protesters, and the police. By Wednesday the crowd had grown to an estimated 10,000. To restore order, Mayor Daley called out 7,500 Illinois National Guard troops to reinforce the 12,000 police officers.
Day scenes of peaceful crowds in the park, hippie, musical group, two members Chicago Outlaw motorcycle gang wearing gang jackets and National Guard troops erecting tents. Night scenes in the park and on adjacent streets. Police paddy wagon followed by an ambulance with flashing lights races by. Day scenes of police and National Guard troops blocking crowd. Long shot of tear gas cloud and people running. Close-up of people covering nose and mouths. Demonstrators holds up F%ck The Draft Sign showing burning draft card. Night scenes of police dragging demonstrators, National Guard troops wearing gas masks disbursing crowd.
Scenes Include: Roadway sign O’Hare Terminal, Chicago skyline, Conrad Hilton Hotel, riot, rioting, anti-war demonstrators, anti-war protestors, burn draft card sign.
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