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On this day in 1967, more than 10,000 protesters took to the streets of Oakland, California in protest against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Here is a British Movietone report from the protest in California. Demonstrations against the war in Vietnam have reached an all-time high. From California, young men facing call-up, invoke powerful police action to break up their mass protest. MCU demonstrators sit down in doorway of an Army Induction Centre in Oakland, California, America. MS demonstrators outside gates of Army Induction Centre. MS police carrying demonstrators away. MLS ditto. MS ditto. MCU police leading demonstrators into police van. CU injured policeman carried past on stretcher. MCU ditto. MS demonstrators shouting at police. MCU people carrying anti-Vietnam banners. MS ditto. GV demonstrators with banner “Support draft refusers - resist - resist- resist“. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy and do not represent the opinions or editorial policies of the Associated Press. You can license this footage for commercial use through AP Archive - the story number is BM92906. Find out more about AP Archive: #vietnam #protest Twitter: Facebook: Tumblr: Instagram:
