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Yippie!

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Title

Yippie!

Subject

New Left

Description

"Yippie is filmed farce, juxtaposing the brutal police riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention with the orgy scenes from D.W. Griffith's "Intolerance." A clear and energetic no-verbal statement of Yippie politics Hip jive." (Roz Payne Archive)

Creator

Newsreel Films

Source

YouTube

Publisher

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date

1968

Format

film

Player

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hsu6SiImwJA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Original Format

newsreel

Duration

13:00

Collection

Tags

Citation

Newsreel Films, “Yippie!,” Roz Payne Sixties Archive, accessed April 9, 2025, https://rozsixties.unl.edu/items/show/846.

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