Anti-Hitler demonstrations

Identifier
irn1000938
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.253.1
  • RG-60.0574
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
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EHRI Partner

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Jewish War Vets parade to protest Nazi persecutions. MLSs to MSs, protesters gather in Washington Square Park. Many American and Palestinian flags, banners. Police on the sidelines trying to maintain order among the marchers. Some marchers are in uniform, others in civilian clothes, all marchers are men. They march uptown towards Central Park. VS, AVs of the parade route, crowds of bystanders line the streets. CU of banner, "HITLER CEASE BARBARISM". CU, tracking shot of the feet of protesters as they walk on the tram lines over cobbled streets. Protesters gather under tents in Central Park to listen to a speaker, who reads from a prepared speech, dressed in a long black robe (like a judge's robe). Crowd waves and cheers. A few women and children are visible in this crowd. LS of two buildings on the outskirts of the Park, an elevated train is passing by. AVs, treetops and the tops of the heads of people gathered in the crowd; from this AV the enormity of the crowd is evident.

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