The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

*6.8

Status

Released

Production

Societe pour le Lancement des Oeuvres Nouvelles (SLON)

Aired

1968-08-26

The Sixth Side of the Pentagon

Chris Marker and François Reichenbach document the massive anti–Vietnam War protest held in Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1967, where more than 100,000 demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial before marching on the Pentagon. Filmed amid the crowd, the short captures the tension, idealism, and growing radicalism of the American peace movement.