This color educational film is a review of the student protest and strike at Columbia University during the spring of 1968. This was made in 1968. The protests were due to the Columbia Administration’s attempts to suppress an anti-IDA (Institute for Defense Analyses) student protest on its campus and Columbia’s plans for the Morningside Park gymnasium.

Opening Titles: The Turning Points: America in the 20th Century (:06-:13). Students walk around the campus of Columbia University in 1968. They chant and protest (against the Vietnam War) and climb the building. Some stand on the ledge. A few has turned into a lot, it looks like many, many people are now in front of and on the buildings on the campus of Columbia University. The protest is among all racial lines, blacks and whites together (:14-1:14). Title: PROTEST – Columbia 1968 (1:15-1:24). An African American man talks to the media and has demands. He is the spokesman for the students and is protesting against the building of a gymnasium. People in the crowd applaud. A man talks as another holds a megaphone to reach the crowd. Another man voices his opinion (1:25-3:19). 3 white students talk about what the movement fights for. An African American student discusses his plight. A white student vocalizes his concerns. The scenes go between the whites and the blacks stating their opinions. Other higher-ups that represent the University weigh in on the protest (3:20-5:55). Other students/people give interviews to the camera (5:55-7:30). Bloodied students talk to the camera, they have been beaten by the police. They explain. Other students explain what they saw the police do. Another man ins interviewed by the media and talks about how the police have attacked. A university representative talks about the vandalism at the school. Vandalism and destruction is shown in certain rooms. Clothes are strewn about, offices ransacked (7:31-10:50). Students talk to the camera about the protests. A university representative talks to the press about what has occurred. Another student explains what is going on (10:51-12:22). Others weigh in and give their thoughts on what is going on at Columbia, numerous students talk to the camera (12:23-14:40). Another man voices his strong opinions to the press (14:41-15:03). End credits being as students stand near a fountain on campus (15:04-15:27).

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