Topic spans: 1964 - 2006
Hippie Society: The Youth Rebellion
Flowers and free love. Antiwar marches and acid tests. In the mid to late 1960s, youth across North America and Europe began to "turn on, tune in and drop out." Fed up with the establishment — parents, schools, police — they went looking for a new way of life. To Toronto's Yorkville and Vancouver's Kitsilano district they came, preaching peace, love and non-conformity.
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Police break up Yorkville sit-in
Broadcast Date: Aug. 21, 1967
(no audio at beginning) Toronto police use force to break up a hippie protest.Police break up Yorkville sit-in
Medium: Television
Program: CBC Television News
Broadcast Date: Aug. 21, 1967
Guest(s): William Allen
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Duration: 1:37
Last updated:
Oct. 11, 2006
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