Break and Enter (1971, sound)

Description:

Description: Made by the Newsreel collective in New York City, this film shows "Operation Move-in," in which Puerto Rican and Dominican families actively reclaimed unused, vacant housing on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

Newsreel #62. "This film captures the militant antecedents to today's housing reclamation movement in New York City. In 1970, several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city. They pulled the boards off the doors, cleaned and repaired the buildings and moved in. BREAK AND ENTER documents the activist work of Operation Move-In and the city's attempts to displaced the families." (www.twn.org/catalog/pages/responsive/cpage.aspx?rec=894&card=price. accessed: 2024-05-08)

Further information on Operation Move-In is here: www.nytimes.com/1970/04/24/archives/poor-families-taking-over-condemned-buildings.html?searchResultPosition=3

www.nytimes.com/1970/11/18/archives/police-arrest-32-at-squatter-site-protesters-back-3-in-illegal.html?searchResultPosition=2

www.nytimes.com/1970/10/11/archives/squatters-cast-doubt-on-housing-plans-squatters-cast-doubt-over.html?searchResultPosition=4

(accessed September 7, 2023).

Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com.

Subjects: Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people, 1970s, Real estate, Housing, Cities, Activism, Racism--Resistance to , Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic history and culture , People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture

Tags: housing inequality; squatting; apartments; squatters; laundry; clotheslines; Puerto Rican people; Dominican people; kitchens; cooking; rice; staircases; suitcases; moving; eviction; moving trucks; urban renewal; poodles; cafeterias; diners; cash registers; production lines; washing dishes; babies; construction; hearses; meetings; stoops; police officers; fire escapes; demolition; rebuilding; bank tellers; rivets; mopping floors; tinker toys; painting; paint brushes; wrenches; plumbing; coal; furnaces; smoking; community meetings; dancing; guitars; protest songs; produce markets; nooses; U.S. Army uniform; United States Army; Operation Move-In; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; interviews; welfare office; music; protests

Film Sponsor:

Creator: Newsreel

Credits:

Distributor:

Contributor: Roger Beebe

Source Collection: Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar Collection

Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive

Production Date: 1971

Release Date: 1971

Geographical Location: USA; New York; New York, New York

Genre/Form: documentary, activist

Language: eng,spa

Rights:

Film Format: 16mm film

Element: release print

Color: b&w

Color Process:

Sound or Silent: sound

Film Soundtrack Type: variable area

Edge Code:

Frame Rate: 24 fps

Length (feet): 1435

Complete Record: Description: Made by the Newsreel collective in New York City, this film shows "Operation Move-in," in which Puerto Rican and Dominican families actively reclaimed unused, vacant housing on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Newsreel #62. "This film captures the militant antecedents to today's housing reclamation movement in New York City. In 1970, several hundred Puerto Rican and Dominican families reclaimed housing left vacant by the city. They pulled the boards off the doors, cleaned and repaired the buildings and moved in. BREAK AND ENTER documents the activist work of Operation Move-In and the city's attempts to displaced the families." (www.twn.org/catalog/pages/responsive/cpage.aspx?rec=894&card=price. accessed: 2024-05-08) Further information on Operation Move-In is here: www.nytimes.com/1970/04/24/archives/poor-families-taking-over-condemned-buildings.html?searchResultPosition=3 www.nytimes.com/1970/11/18/archives/police-arrest-32-at-squatter-site-protesters-back-3-in-illegal.html?searchResultPosition=2 www.nytimes.com/1970/10/11/archives/squatters-cast-doubt-on-housing-plans-squatters-cast-doubt-over.html?searchResultPosition=4 (accessed September 7, 2023). Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic people, 1970s, Real estate, Housing, Cities, Activism, Racism--Resistance to , Latina/o/x/e and/or Hispanic history and culture , People of African origin or descent, Black history and culture Tags: housing inequality; squatting; apartments; squatters; laundry; clotheslines; Puerto Rican people; Dominican people; kitchens; cooking; rice; staircases; suitcases; moving; eviction; moving trucks; urban renewal; poodles; cafeterias; diners; cash registers; production lines; washing dishes; babies; construction; hearses; meetings; stoops; police officers; fire escapes; demolition; rebuilding; bank tellers; rivets; mopping floors; tinker toys; painting; paint brushes; wrenches; plumbing; coal; furnaces; smoking; community meetings; dancing; guitars; protest songs; produce markets; nooses; U.S. Army uniform; United States Army; Operation Move-In; radicalism of the 1960s and 1970s; interviews; welfare office; music; protests Film Sponsor: Creator: Newsreel Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Roger Beebe Source Collection: Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: 1971 Release Date: 1971 Geographical Location: USA; New York; New York, New York Genre/Form: documentary, activist Language: eng,spa Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: release print Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: sound Film Soundtrack Type: variable area Edge Code: Frame Rate: 24 fps Length (feet): 1435