VIDEO
Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970) Item Info
[crowd chanting]
Reporter: What is the American Church? Clement: It’s a sacramental catholic church devoted to the needs of gay people. It’s a homophile community.
[crowds chanting]
[voice over from an interview with another parade participant…]
- Title:
- Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970)
- Creator:
- Kameny, Frank; Rivera, Sylvia; Vincenz, Lilli; Witt, Clifton R.
- Date Created:
- 1970
- Description:
- Watch archival footage of Robert M. Clement marching in the first Christopher Street Liberation Day March and later appearing with John Darcy Noble in Sheep Meadow, where Clement describes the Church of the Beloved Disciple as a sacramental Catholic community serving gay people. Key timestamps: 03:27-03:36 featuring Clement marching with sign and brief comments 10:09-10:23 featuring Clement and Noble with sign in the Sheep Meadow gathering following the march. [Transcript of 03:27-03:36] Interviewer: What is the American Church? Clement: It’s a sacramental catholic church devoted to the needs of gay people, the homophile community.
- Subjects:
- Documentary Films Nonfiction Films Short Films Gay activists Gay rights, Gay Liberation Movement Gay pride day Gay pride parades Christopher Street liberation day New York New York (State) Demonstrations -- New York (N.Y.) Demonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York Robert Clement John Darcy Noble Church of the Beloved Disciple
- Location:
- New York, NY
- Latitude:
- 40.7718
- Longitude:
- -73.9748
- Source:
- Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2024603228/
- Source Identifier:
- https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.01991430
- Type:
- MovingImage; Image, Sound
- Format:
- video
- Language:
- eng
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- “Video: The First Christopher Street Liberation Day March (1970).” Item cbd0004. The Church of the Beloved Disciple Archive, Fisher Digital Humanities Lab at Loyola Marymount University. https://beloved-disciple.com/items/cbd0004.html.
- Reference Link:
- https://beloved-disciple.com/items/cbd0004.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Educational use includes non-commercial use of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. Credit Line: Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
- Standardized Rights:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted | Rights Statements