Miscellaneous Events
Identifier
F.2005-08-0242
Date Of Production
circa 1984 – 1986
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage includes the following: Landscape scenery shot from an Amtrak passenger car synced with music by Philip Glass; a film/photo shoot takes place at a nudist resort; a guerrilla theater satirizes the Reagan administration’s support for the Contras in Nicaragua on the UC Boulder campus; a contestant provides an interview at an unspecified food contest; Chicago’s Vietnam Veteran’s parade begins in Milton Lee Olive Park and continues through the Loop on June 13, 1986; a graduation ceremony commences and anti-apartheid demonstrators protest on the UC Boulder campus.
Format
Super 8
Extent
450 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Beaches
College Students
Commencement ceremonies
Demonstrations
Marching bands
Nudism
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Political satire
Universities and colleges
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
College Students
Commencement ceremonies
Demonstrations
Marching bands
Nudism
Parades and processions
Political Activists
Political satire
Universities and colleges
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Westmoreland, William C. (William Childs), 1914-2005 (is participant)
Ambrose, Joseph, 1896-1988 (is participant)
Stack, Thomas J. (is participant)
Wieland, Bob (is participant)
Patridge, James W. (is participant)
Washington, Harold (is participant)
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