Clip shows an agent orange protest/demonstration in San Francisco during the 1970s. Agent orange is a chemical that was famously used to remove jungle during the Vietnam War; the chemical would have devastating effects on the people it infected.

The clip begins with a journalist asking a hospital physician if the hospital treated people with issues that were caused by agent orange. The rep says that the cause is something they cannot prove.  The journalist then asks how it can be proven, to which the rep says he does not know and that that info is not available. The rep then says he does not know what causes cancer or Lupus erythematosus, as if to suggest that there is nothing wrong with not knowing the cause of something.

A group of protesters are gathered on a grassy hill just outside the Veterans Administration Medical Center (i.e, the VA), which is on Clement Street in San Francisco's Richmond District. The VA is just blocks away from Ocean Beach and the Pacific Ocean. A number of protesters hold signs. One sign reads “Agent Orange - Agent of DEATH.”

A Vietnam veteran says that the VA and the US government is responsible for not telling people about agent orange. The veterans says that this highly toxic chemical has infected millions of American soldiers and Vietnamese people. The veteran says that there is a government cover-up taking place right now. The veteran wears a circular, orange-colored badge that reads “AGENT ORANGE.”

The physician mentioned earlier is seen speaking with a journalist. The physician reiterates firmly that they do not know the causes of the ailments or issues of certain patients; yet they can still treat these ailments or issues without knowing their cause or causes. The physician is addressed as “Doctor Anderson.”

A sign of the VA is covered with signs from the agent orange protesters. Some signs read: “BAN 2,4,5-T” and “AGENT ORANGE KILLS!!”

One bearded man in a brown sports coat says that our use of 2,4,5-T, which is a kind of acid, is typical of how we approach using other toxic substances: we use something without much thought until something bad happens, which then forces us to rethink our initial approach.