This color educational film is about Anti-Vietnam Protestors in Washington D.C. during late April/Early May 1971. The 1971 May Day Protests were a series of large-scale civil disobedience actions in Washington, D.C., in protest against the Vietnam War. This was made in 1971 by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Opening: Metropolitan Police logo, traffic, man pushing buttons, motorcycle cop, people walking, area map of undetermined city, helicopter, people gathering, policemen with rifles, cars stuck in traffic, news crews on the scene, car with flat tires, people ready for trouble, an injured person, an ambulance, people move a dumpster into traffic, a trash can in the street, people throw smoke bombs, dumpsters overturned, angry people, men giving orders on headsets, people shake a Volkswagen Bug, police carry a protestor, people start a fire, shirtless male protestor, people chant the title (which is shown) of the film: “The Whole World is Watching” (:08-1:50). Protestors chant and march, The Spring Offensive as it was known. People hold ‘Stop the War’ signs. April 24, 1971, 175,000 people marched from the White House to the Capitol to protest the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Aerial shot of the Capitol building. Demonstrators protest, sway in a tree, news crews watch. West Potomac Park. A person hammers a sign on a tree. Rennie Davis, associated with the New Left, speaks. City shots. Picture of a ‘May Day’ Tactical Manual. A page is turned and ‘The Mayday Scenario’ is shown. Sign for National Headquarters Selective Service System. Police drag a protestor. Draft cards are burned by people in the crowd, a person waves the flag of the U.S.A. while some have their fist raised. People block employee entrances, and are arrested. Demonstrators in front of the Health Education and Welfare building (1:51-6:49). People protest in front of the Dept. of Justice building. People clap and chant. Police stand by. A sign: Free America’s Political Prisoners. A police officer films a man sitting up high in a building sculpture. News crews. People stage a sit in (6:50-9:44). West Potomac Park on the map and then an aerial shot of the area. Rock Creek Park on the map. Musicians play at the park. Still photos of the rock festival/protest interspersed with footage of those at the concert. A person is carried away under the influence of drugs. Over 45,000 people in the park. A police officer reviews photos of the crowd (9:45-13:17). May 2, 1971. At 6am, the police let those in the park know that they must vacate or face arrest. Police in formation. Some people get arrested (13:18-15:22). 15,000 demonstrators remained in Washington, D.C. A hand circles areas on a map with a marker. ‘May Day’ manual pages turned. Still picture of President Richard Nixon while his voice talks about the protests. Newspaper: The Cry Today ‘We Will Stay.’ Traffic during the pre-dawn hours. Police discuss with one another and with the National Guard (15:23-17:33). 6:00am on May 3, 1971, police, protestors and commuters converged. Protestors move dumpsters into traffic. Chaos as 1000 block Dupont Circle. The screen is split into fourths: vandalism, protesting, beatings, injured people all make up the morning of May 3rd. Military troops assist police. Tear gas. People packed into buses to be booked later (17:34-20:23). A van is towed, people are patted down and arrested. Arrests totaled 7,000, the most ever in one day in one area. People in a makeshift jail. People get booked and have their pictures taken. People in a police bus. RFK Stadium was the temporary holding cell for those arrested. Protestors arrested shake a fence from inside the stadium. Some were put in the Washington Coliseum, People chant, laugh, eat, kiss, and have a good time. Washington Monument as a helicopter flies by it. Remaining activists roam the Nation’s Capital. Police on motorcycles. People running across streets and highways. People flash peace signs with two fingers (20:24-24:18). Police lined up in front of the Justice Dept. People do a sit in. Some are carried off by police. The U.S. Capitol Building. People on the steps on the Capitol. About 3,000 people protest, a man has profanity written on his forehead. People asked to disperse, most do not and are arrested. Police round up people. Normal life in Washington, D.C. after the protestors have left. The White House, still of President Richard Nixon. Protestors. People being dragged down the Capitol steps and arrested (24:19-27:53). End credits (27:54-28:22).

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