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MOS Blockade

MOS Blockade
Clip: 318367_1_1
Year Shot: 1972 (Actual Date)
Audio: Yes
Video: Color
Tape Master: N/A
Original Film: WPA 513
HD: N/A
Location: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Country: United States
Timecode: 00:59:12 - 00:59:47

Street interviews outside Cleveland Public Library, people discussing decisions made by U.S. President Richard Nixon and their effects upon the war in Vietnam-- Young adult Caucasian man and woman disagree with President Nixon's decisions, he alluding to Nixon's timing with the impending Presidential election, while she thinks what the President has done is a shame. Middle-aged adult Caucasian man wearing fedora hat and glasses, states he has been hit so many times that he doesn't know what to expect; adult Caucasian male reporter asks if the move might be very dangerous, to which the man replies, "No telling." Another middle-aged adult Caucasian man agrees with President Nixon's actions, yet he feels they might be too late; reporter asks if he thinks it's dangerous; the man doesn't think so, believes the Russians will back down. Young adult Latino woman says she is definitely opposed to the President's actions, thinks it might fuel the start of World War III.