November 15 1969 Anti-War Demonstration (Moratorium Day)

8mm Kodachrome film made on November 15, 1969 of a large peace demonstration (known as National Moratorium Day) in Washington, DC. This film was made by my father, Carl R. Baldwin, using a Bauer 8mm film camera. He turned the camera over to me for some lens gimmickry as well - thanks much, Dad!

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[Cometsamba]

This one was the largest Antiwar demonstration .The official and press estimates of crowd size didn;t take into accout the fact that it was 15 degrees outside,young people by the thousands were huddling much close together than normal for the culture. the entire mall from the Linclon memorial to the capital building was covered with people packed tight.There was not one single building in downtown washington with unlocked doors that wasn't packed full with people getting out of the cold,

[gooberz19]

Nevermind, sorry. I know now there were two peace rallies one month apart.

[gooberz19]

Great video. I think it was October 15.

[firewaldo]

I was at this one - too bad it doesn't show what happened a little after it got dark and the cops attacked this crowd with heavy violence for no reason

[BruceK10032]

November, 1969: Many of us believed our protests were ineffective. The White House made a big show of ignoring the demos. Nixon had himself photographed watching football on TV while we were outside in great numbers (100,000-250,000, depending who was counting). Seymour Hersh, in "The Price of Power: Kissinger in the Nixon White House," tells how our numbers dissuaded Nixon from Operation Duck Hook, his planned nuclear ultimatum at the Paris peace talks. Maybe we actually headed off WW III.