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1969
A number of people moving in the distance in a park. A brightly lit city street at night. Trams passing. A neon sign reads ‘GAY’. The camera moves down to reveal the entire sign reads ‘GAYETY’. Three transgender people walk along the sidewalk towards the camera. They turn into a doorway and enter a building. A bright neon sign reads ‘PLAYLAND’. A young man with strikingly blond hair stands beside a game machine that reads ’GUNS’. He appears nervous or uneasy. A long dark corridor with an open door at the end. A man can be seen standing on the other side of the door. A different man walks through the door. The young blond man again. He is still in the same position. Another shot of the dark corridor and doorway. A sailor walks past a large sign reading ‘SHOOTING’. Some men are aiming guns or toy guns at the wall beneath the sign. Exterior of ‘PLAYLAND’. Camera pans across the street. The brightly lit street scene fades into a group of young men. The Tenderloin, San Francisco.