Video URL


13179_9440_central_park_be_in2
Subjects

1967
B&W

Footage of the Easter 1967 Central Park Be-In.People in coats walk through a tunnel in Central Park, and up steps. People walking toward the camera, including a dog with a balloon tied to its neck. A young boy wearing a white top hat speaks to his mother. A young white man dressed like a London Mod walks past the camera with a young black woman wearing a turtleneck. The young boy wearing the white top hat examines a flower. A young man leaps about on the grass. A uniformed police officer exhales and looks exasperated by the goings-on. Two young boys in a tree, and the camera pans over to the crowd, many of whom are holding balloons. The crowd standing around a shiny altar of some kind, with an upside-down umbrella on top. A man with a helium tank filling ballons marked with the words "Come Down" while a blonde woman in sunglasses looks on. A small woman in a white coat plays a kazoo. A shirtless man dances, while behind him a man in glasses and a helmet with the word "Love" also dances. The shirtless man is lifted up.