1971SILENT FEATURE FILMS
JUNE 25, 1971
APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 11:00 SHOWN IS A BUS LOAD OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, QUINT DAVIS, ALISON MINOR AND FATS HOUSTON. THE BUS IS TRAVELING TO A ROCK FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 1971, NEAR MCCREA. MCCREA IS A SMALL, UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY ON THE EAST BANK OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF POINTE COUPEE PARISH, LOUISIANA. IN JUNE 1971, MCCREA WAS THE SITE OF A SORT OF MINI-WOODSTOCK," ROCK FESTIVAL. MORE THAN 50,000 ROCK FANS FROM AROUND THE NATION CONVERGED ON THE HAMLET FOR THE "CELEBRATION OF LIFE" ROCK CONCERT HELD BETWEEN THE LEVEE AND THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. THE CONCERT WAS BILLED TO LAST FOR EIGHT DAYS, BUT RAIN, THE LACK OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND SANITARY FACILITIES AND PUBLIC OUTRAGE AT THE ACTIONS OF SOME OF THE ATTENDEES RESULTED IN THE FESTIVAL ENDING EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED. MANY OF THE SCHEDULED ACTS, DID NOT SHOW. TWO PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE FAST-RUSHING ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS MADE MORE THAN 100 DRUG BUSTS, AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE. PEOPLE (HIPPIES) ARE SEEN CAMPING OUT, SWIMMING, NUDE, AND PARADING WITH THE OLYMPIA BAND, WHICH IS BEING LED BY GRAND MARSHAL FATS HOUSTON."
APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET OF COLOR 16MM FILM COMPILED ONTO A 7 INCH REEL. RUN TIME: 11:00 SHOWN IS A BUS LOAD OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, QUINT DAVIS, ALISON MINOR AND FATS HOUSTON. THE BUS IS TRAVELING TO A ROCK FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN JUNE OF 1971, NEAR MCCREA. MCCREA IS A SMALL, UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY ON THE EAST BANK OF THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF POINTE COUPEE PARISH, LOUISIANA. IN JUNE 1971, MCCREA WAS THE SITE OF A SORT OF MINI-WOODSTOCK," ROCK FESTIVAL. MORE THAN 50,000 ROCK FANS FROM AROUND THE NATION CONVERGED ON THE HAMLET FOR THE "CELEBRATION OF LIFE" ROCK CONCERT HELD BETWEEN THE LEVEE AND THE ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. THE CONCERT WAS BILLED TO LAST FOR EIGHT DAYS, BUT RAIN, THE LACK OF ACCOMMODATIONS AND SANITARY FACILITIES AND PUBLIC OUTRAGE AT THE ACTIONS OF SOME OF THE ATTENDEES RESULTED IN THE FESTIVAL ENDING EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED. MANY OF THE SCHEDULED ACTS, DID NOT SHOW. TWO PEOPLE DROWNED IN THE FAST-RUSHING ATCHAFALAYA RIVER. UNDERCOVER POLICE OFFICERS MADE MORE THAN 100 DRUG BUSTS, AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON DIED FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE. PEOPLE (HIPPIES) ARE SEEN CAMPING OUT, SWIMMING, NUDE, AND PARADING WITH THE OLYMPIA BAND, WHICH IS BEING LED BY GRAND MARSHAL FATS HOUSTON."
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BUS LOAD OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, PROFESSOR LONGHAIR, ( ROY BYRD ) QUINT DAVIS, ALISON MINOR AND FATS HOUSTON, QUINT DAVIS POINTS TO MAP, SITTING NEXT TO ALISON MINOR
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INT OF CROWDED BUS WITH MUSICIANS
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| 01:00:23 23.79 |
POV FRONT OF MOVING BUS, DIRT ROADS WITH CARS AND RVS PARKED
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| 01:00:29 28.99 |
MP OF FESTIVAL GROUNDS
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| 01:00:35 35.85 |
PAN OF FESTIVAL GROUNDS, BUS AND VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE ON LARGE EMPTY FIELD
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| 01:00:46 46.06 |
LARGE EMPTY FIELD
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POV DRIVER OF BUS DRIVING DOWN DIRT ROAD IN FIELD LINED WITH PARKED 1960S CARS AND VANS, TENTS PORCHED ALONG ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
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| 01:00:59 59.06 |
INT OF BUS FULL OF MUSICIANS
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| 01:01:04 64.12 |
VIEW FROM MOVING BUS OF HIPPIES CAMPED OUT, WAVING FROM SHELTER MADE OF ROCKS
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| 01:01:06 66.72 |
WS OF FESTIVAL CAMP GROUNDS, 1960S VOLKSWAGENS
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| 01:01:15 75.62 |
PAINTED BUSES AND TEPEE ON FESTIVAL CAMP GROUNDS, HIPPIES
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| 01:01:21 81.88 |
MAN FROM OLYMPIA BRASS BAND FILMS CAMERAMAN
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| 01:01:23 83.75 |
FOUR HIPPIES ON A MOTORCYCLE RIDING DOWN DIRT ROAD
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| 01:01:26 86.82 |
BLACK MUSICIANS AND WHITE HIPPIES LINE UP IN FRONT OF PORTABLE TOILETS
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| 01:01:32 92.71 |
MEDIC CENTER TENT FOR FESTIVAL
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| 01:01:39 99.96 |
MEDIC VAN
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| 01:01:44 104.15 |
HIPPIE WALKS ON DIRT ROAD NAKED
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| 01:01:50 110.02 |
FIELD WITH CAMPING HIPPIES, LITTER STREWN
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| 01:01:56 116.27 |
CLOSER VIEW OF HIPPIES SLEEPING ON THE GRASS, STANDS FOR LIGHTS, PAN OF FESTIVAL GROUNDS
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| 01:02:11 131.02 |
HIPPIES SITTING ON THE GROUND WITH CAN OF GASOLINE AND FOOD, WOMAN IN HALTER TOP, MAN MAKES PEANUT AND BUTTER SANDWICHES
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| 01:02:20 140.05 |
WS OF HIPPIES CAMPING AT FESTIVAL, MAKE SHIFT TENTS
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| 01:02:24 144.6 |
RED VOLKSWAGEN BUS PAINTED WITH": CLIFF AND KATHY JUST MARRIED, HE'S GONNA GET IT!
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| 01:02:32 152.97 |
TOPLESS WOMAN ? WITH HALF NAKED CHILD WALKING BAREFOOT
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| 01:02:34 154.83 |
OVERHEAD PROP PLANE
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| 01:02:37 157.47 |
HIPPIES WAIT OUTSIDE PORTABLE TOILETS, TOPLESS WOMAN
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| 01:02:44 164.79 |
PORTABLE TOILETS MARKED MEN, WOMEN AND OTHER
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| 01:02:55 175.28 |
HIPPIES CAMP IN MAKE SHIFT SHELTER FORMED BY ROCKS, PLASTIC SHEETS AND RUBBLE ALONG RIVER
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| 01:03:01 181.76 |
NAKED MAN WALKS PAST VOLKSWAGEN BEETLES, HIPPIE
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| 01:03:09 189.18 |
YOUNG WHITE HIPPIES ON DIRT ROAD, WOMAN IN BIKINI
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| 01:03:13 193.68 |
NAKED HIPPIES SIT ALONG RIVER, SEA PLANE MOORED
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| 01:03:18 198.1 |
FS OF NAKED WOMAN SITTING ON ROCK BY THE RIVER LEVEE, GETTING DRESSED
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| 01:03:28 208.26 |
MANY HIPPIES ALONG RIVER BANK, BLACKS AND WHITES
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| 01:03:34 214.87 |
NAKED WOMAN DRIES HERSELF
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| 01:03:41 221.33 |
WS OF RIVER WITH HIPPIES BATHING IN WATER, TUG BOAT WITH BARGE PASSES BY
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| 01:03:49 229.97 |
NAKED WOMEN IN THE WATER
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| 01:04:10 250.39 |
FISHERMEN IN SMALL BOAT PASS BY LOOKING AT SWIMMING AND SUNBATHING HIPPIES
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| 01:04:23 263.36 |
CLIPS OF MEN SWIMMING
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| 01:04:31 271.86 |
RIVER BANK WITH SEA PLANE AND HIPPIES
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| 01:04:37 277.56 |
CLIPS OF HIPPIES SUN BATHING AND SWIMMING AT RIVER BAND, SOME NAKED WASHING CLOTHES
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| 01:05:07 307.19 |
NAKED WOMAN SUNBATHES
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SEAPLANE TAKES OFF FROM ATCHAFALAYA RIVER
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| 01:05:35 335.96 |
NAKED HIPPIES AT RIVERS EDGE SKINNY DIPPING
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| 01:05:45 345.04 |
HAND PAINTED SIGN FOR BOILED CRABS, CRAWFISH AND SHRIMP
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| 01:05:53 353.75 |
FESTIVAL GOERS IN FRONT OF STANDS FOR FOOD AND DRINK, LITTER STREWN FIELD
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| 01:06:00 360.33 |
NEW PARTY HEADQUARTERS STAND, BUMPER STICKERS AND POSTERS WITH PEACE SIGN
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| 01:06:19 379.52 |
NEW AGE RELIGIOUS FREAKS, WEARING WOODEN BEADS AND GAUZY ROBES DANCE AND CHANT, HARI KRISHNAS, PLAYING DRUMS AND TAMBOURINES
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| 01:06:50 410.03 |
MEMBERS OF DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND UNDER TENT, POSE WITH ALISON MINOR
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| 01:06:56 416.01 |
TOPLESS HIPPIES WALK BY
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FATS HOUSTON LEADS PARADE OF OLYMPIA BRASS BAND, HIPPIES FOLLOW
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| 01:07:21 441.54 |
SECOND LINE HIPPIES IN BIKINIS AND OR NAKED
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| 01:07:31 451.22 |
FATS HOUSTON LEADS HIPPIE PARADE
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HIPPIE SECOND LINE
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HIPPIE COUPLE
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| 01:08:00 480.96 |
FATS HOUSTON LEADS BRASS BAND IN HIPPIE FESTIVAL PARADE, WHISTLE IN HIS MOUTH
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| 01:08:05 485.34 |
NAKED HIPPIE SECOND LINE
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FATS HOUSTON IN MIDDLE OF GROUP OF HIPPIES
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| 01:08:18 498.97 |
TOPLESS WOMAN IN OVERALLS DANCING
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NAKED HIPPIE ON SCAFFOLDING, BLACK HIPPIE JOINS HIM
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HIPPIES CROWD AROUND DEJAN'S OLYMPIA BRASS BAND ON FESTIVAL GROUNDS, TOPLESS MOTHER WITH BABY ON HER SHOULDERS DANCES
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| 01:09:10 550.76 |
BABY ELEPHANT AND HIPPIES
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| 01:09:19 559.48 |
HALF NAKED HIPPIES WALKING
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| 01:09:23 563.5 |
TERREBONE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE MOTOCYCLES, WITH RIFLES STRAPPED ONTO BIKE, SOUTHERN LAW ENFORCEMENT
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| 01:09:29 569.24 |
TIGHT SHOT OF HIPPIE CROWD, TIED DYED SHIRT
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| 01:09:39 579.17 |
MOTORCYCLE COPS
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CU OF SHERIFF'S MOTORCYCLE WITH SHOT GUN
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NAKED HIPPIE COUPLE SITTING ON BLANKET NOTICE CAMERA MAN AND MAKE FACES
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| 01:09:57 597.42 |
HIPPIE WITH DOG
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| 01:10:04 604.91 |
NAKED MEN RIDE ON BACK OF VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE
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HUGE CROWDS AT RIVER'S EDGE, SUNBATHING AND SWIMMING
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| 01:10:18 618.19 |
NAKED WOMAN UNDRESSES
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| 01:10:28 628.12 |
TOPLESS WOMAN SUNBATHES
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LITTLE PLANE FLIES OVERHEAD
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CLIPS OF NAKED HIPPIES WALKING ON BEACH
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POV MOVING BUS OF CAMPGROUNDS AT DUSK
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