News Footage: Anti-Soviet Demonstrations

Creator: Guy Morrison

Complete Record: 1. Soviet Jew Demo (1978): Jewish protesters outside Soviet Consulate. Protesters happily dancing in circle while musicians play. Police officer looks on. Children with balloons. Posters "Next Year in Jerusalem. Free Shcharanshy Now!, poster in Hebrew, "Whoever Touches Israel Touches the Apple of God's Eye," "Christians Protest Soviet Human Rights Violations" "Let My People Go" "Soviet Jews: A Right to Identity", "Bay Area Council for Soviet Jewry" . 2. Anti-Soviet Demo, SF (1980): Muslim protesters with placards and banners on sidewalk. ”Down with the Enemies of God and Humanity," "Down with Kremlin Dictators," line of cops with motorcycles look on as protesters march down residential street. "Long Live Islamic Movement, The True Supporter of the Oppressed People of the World," protesters at corner of Divisadero & Green, outside Consulate General USSR. Man makes speech to protesters through megaphone, protester with poster of Ayatollah Khomeini, banner "Long Live Imam Khomeini", CU consulate plaque, protesters march, women with head scarves chant, "Long Live Islamic Movement in Afghanistan," "Smash the Prison of Nations", protesters yelling with arms raised, young girl holding sign of Leonid Brezhnev with a hand drawn ax in his skull and a sickle through his eye, dripping blood "Russian DOG Wanted", man in suit interviewed, police officer talks to a protester. Protester buzzes doorbell of Soviet consulate. Shots of locked gates, security camera, tracking shot protest signs "Stop Soviet Imperialism Free Afghanistan," "USSR Stop Killing Innocent Afghans, " Our Muslim Brothers Need Our Support, "Help the Mujahideen of Afghanistan," "Aggression in Afghanistan is Deplored by United Nations,"Put an End to Foreign Oppression in Afghanistan," various other posters with similar messages and drawings. People inside consulate looking out from window, protesters burn Soviet flag, little girl speaks into megaphone, burning pictures of Brezhnev on the street, poster with "USSR out of Afghanistan" where the "SS" is replaced with swastika. ”Death to Brezhnev