Shot by New York filmmaker Mike Olshan, this footage shows the Easter Sunday 1967 Be-in, in Central Park. This was one of several “be-ins” — 1967 through 1970 — by the counter-culture generation to protest against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and racism. The Easter 1967 be-in seen here was held at the Sheep Meadow. It was organized by actor Jim Fouratt, magazine editor Paul Williams, the head of the Experiments in Art and Technology organization Susan Hartnett and Chilean poet and playwright Claudio Badal and advertised with fliers designed by Peter Max. An estimated 10,000 people, most of them hippies, participated. Members of the New York City police department were present at the rally but did not intervene to stop it.

The footage shows various activities including spontaneous dancing, speechmaking, music making, pot smoking and more.

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