Yeah! Now your speaking my language. Keith Gordon was such a random but great 80s teen star. He was in a lot of cool stuff: Jaws 2 and Legend of Billy Jean come to mind.
Is some thing wrong with the sound? It cuts out for me at the end. Right around 2:20:12. Shame. I was a student at KSU in the 80's, I knew Glen Frank. He was a decent man. Thank God he was there that day or it would have been much worse.
It cuts out at the begending - both the beginning and the end - to mute the music being played or else the Mormons will sue the hell out of the Boomer Channel for copyright infringement.
I attended Kent State in the 80's and was part of the May fourth task force to keep the memory alive and avoid any future occurrence of such an atrocity.
I was at another midwestern college, and this film brought up many memories of that time. There was less violence at my school, maybe bc or the national guard, but we rioted and I had some scary encounters. At some point over that weekend they closed the school and the students took over the main streets, then it was over. Now it's happening again , in May 2024. I'm on the other side this time.
I was at Kent state when this happened. It was very unsafe to go there and that is why the national guard was called out however, the reason why the National Guard shot people. There was so many people throwing bottles and teargas at the national guard. But there was also civilians shooting off handguns at the national guard. I was shot by one of the people that I went to school with that took a gun to the college. I am so tired of all the lies that’s been told over the years. I was upfront leaving my family was coming to finally get me and drive me back home.
I am not American but somehow I can't believe that in USA you can just shoot unarmed students.. something stinks with the mainstream story of innocent people killed by soldiers...
I went to Youngstown State, graduated in 1978, we used to frequently go to Kent, the luna, filthy mc nasties, I heard pretty much the same thing. And one of the students killed was actually an ROTC student walking to class. Now the division, hate, and mistrust in this country now.
During the 80's I went to college at Akron. On May Day, we'd go to the concert the U would throw. Drink all afternoon after class was dismissed. Go back to the dorm, sleep off the booze...and then go to dinner at Robertson. Go back and start reving up for the evening. So when night hit, everyone virtually went to a small cul-de-sac street called "Kathryn Place". The party would go great....until every year at about 10:30 or so...someone would decide to burn a couch in the street. At that point, we'd hang around for awhile...but we knew to get the HELL out of there before the police came...and they would...and start making arrests. The point is, we were SMART enough to LEAVE....
it’s not rocket science. And yep, your experience sounds very similar to mine. Minus the burning stuff. Kids got crazy but destroying public property (or even junk) or doing anything that would attract the attention of cops, or pull them away from more important tasks, was not the general jam of kids at my school, thank goodness. They were willing to work with us for public events where a police presence would be helpful. If we antagonized them, that wouldn’t have been the case.
I went to Youngstown State University in the 70s, we used to frequently go to Kent to party as there were many bars there. I was told not to mention the shootings but only discuss them when someone there mentioned that tragedy. Also, where the demonstration was, and the shooting took place was then considered a shrine where no one walked on that area only walked around it. I wonder if that is still the case. Something else I remember some Kent Students, who were students on that day, swearing that undercover FBI men are the ones who initially burned the ROTC building.
That's really cool. I know Wes Craven was involved with this as a producer. I would about flip my lid if I saw him in my home town. He's one of my heroes (both as director and creator iconic horror series). Anyway, thanks for sharing that tidbit. Love it.
@@BoomerChannel_YT I went to school at Gadsden State and was an extra in this. The director, James Goldstone (who won an Emmy for this) also directed two episodes of original Star Trek.
@@markb1785 Well ! Does guns protects when pointing in your direction? Why do you want a gun for? Is it to shoot down the best country of the world fellow citizens? (a la Writtenhouse) he had a gun didn't he? "guns don't kill, crazy people kills" right? Isn't that what they say? Well ! they forget to tell us only crazy people are buying guns to kill, isn't that right? What a thing to say. You want more, I got more
Hey...it's the dude from "Christine"......Love that movie.
Yeah! Now your speaking my language. Keith Gordon was such a random but great 80s teen star. He was in a lot of cool stuff: Jaws 2 and Legend of Billy Jean come to mind.
Is some thing wrong with the sound? It cuts out for me at the end. Right around 2:20:12. Shame. I was a student at KSU in the 80's, I knew Glen Frank. He was a decent man. Thank God he was there that day or it would have been much worse.
It cuts out at the begending - both the beginning and the end - to mute the music being played or else the Mormons will sue the hell out of the Boomer Channel for copyright infringement.
I attended Kent State in the 80's and was part of the May fourth task force to keep the memory alive and avoid any future occurrence of such an atrocity.
I was at another midwestern college, and this film brought up many memories of that time. There was less violence at my school, maybe bc or the national guard, but we rioted and I had some scary encounters. At some point over that weekend they closed the school and the students took over the main streets, then it was over. Now it's happening again , in May 2024. I'm on the other side this time.
2:09:31 that is John Filo taking a photo of Mary Ann Vecchio screaming over Jeffrey Miller's corpse
Yes, he was a consultant to the film.
I was at Kent state when this happened. It was very unsafe to go there and that is why the national guard was called out however, the reason why the National Guard shot people. There was so many people throwing bottles and teargas at the national guard. But there was also civilians shooting off handguns at the national guard. I was shot by one of the people that I went to school with that took a gun to the college. I am so tired of all the lies that’s been told over the years. I was upfront leaving my family was coming to finally get me and drive me back home.
I am not American but somehow I can't believe that in USA you can just shoot unarmed students.. something stinks with the mainstream story of innocent people killed by soldiers...
So why not tell the reason people got shot?
It couldn't have been because they were unhinged and hurting people right?
I'm so sorry that happened to you. Thank you for telling the truth.
I went to Youngstown State, graduated in 1978, we used to frequently go to Kent, the luna, filthy mc nasties, I heard pretty much the same thing. And one of the students killed was actually an ROTC student walking to class. Now the division, hate, and mistrust in this country now.
Watching this during the Pandemic from Siem Reap, Cambodia.
In the 80's I was a member of the May fourth task force and we memorialized the lives lost.
A noble commemoration. Unfortunate that those lives still remained where they were, though
😢SO sad I WAS ONLY 5 YRS .OLD AT THAT TIME.
During the 80's I went to college at Akron. On May Day, we'd go to the concert the U would throw. Drink all afternoon after class was dismissed. Go back to the dorm, sleep off the booze...and then go to dinner at Robertson. Go back and start reving up for the evening. So when night hit, everyone virtually went to a small cul-de-sac street called "Kathryn Place". The party would go great....until every year at about 10:30 or so...someone would decide to burn a couch in the street.
At that point, we'd hang around for awhile...but we knew to get the HELL out of there before the police came...and they would...and start making arrests. The point is, we were SMART enough to LEAVE....
it’s not rocket science. And yep, your experience sounds very similar to mine. Minus the burning stuff. Kids got crazy but destroying public property (or even junk) or doing anything that would attract the attention of cops, or pull them away from more important tasks, was not the general jam of kids at my school, thank goodness. They were willing to work with us for public events where a police presence would be helpful. If we antagonized them, that wouldn’t have been the case.
I went to Youngstown State University in the 70s, we used to frequently go to Kent to party as there were many bars there. I was told not to mention the shootings but only discuss them when someone there mentioned that tragedy. Also, where the demonstration was, and the shooting took place was then considered a shrine where no one walked on that area only walked around it. I wonder if that is still the case. Something else I remember some Kent Students, who were students on that day, swearing that undercover FBI men are the ones who initially burned the ROTC building.
I lived in Gadsden AL where they filmed the movie, was a big deal back then for the town.....
That's really cool. I know Wes Craven was involved with this as a producer. I would about flip my lid if I saw him in my home town. He's one of my heroes (both as director and creator iconic horror series). Anyway, thanks for sharing that tidbit. Love it.
@@BoomerChannel_YT I went to school at Gadsden State and was an extra in this. The director, James Goldstone (who won an Emmy for this) also directed two episodes of original Star Trek.
i watched this live on the news, i watched as unarmed kids my age were being murdered!
seriously, they aired live footage of this on the news? that's crazy.
@@BoomerChannel_YT No, they didn't. He's either deluded or lying.
A smart man that "watched it live" would know that it wasn't "murder".
Just learned about this movie...no sound ???
it starts up at 2:47
Sorry bout that … I’m CJ, the manager of the channel. I spoke to the owner about this and am working on getting the issue fixed. Thanks for this.
@@bionicman71 -. Yes. You’ll hear around 2:47. Most of the sound is very good after.
And 7 months later...so it must be a copyright issue
You wouln't also happen to have a copy of My Palikari, also featuring Keith Gordon would you?
Does anybody know that song at 20:24 please
I think it’s ‘Don’t Hide Your Light’ by John Sebastian
I can't find it anywhere
Is This The Uncut Version If So Love To Get A Copy✌️👍
It was originally shown on NBC. The blood is pretty minimal, but the effect is still there.
A trip to a barber shop would have cured what ailed those hippies.
That...and COMMON sense. Learn to run when things are looking dangerous.....
What a nice sentiment. Your short hair makes you a person who deserves to live...in FREEDOM.
And what if any of those ‘hippies’ had been a member of First Nations?
Men of that culture have long hair.
When someone tells you , guns protects, point them to Kent State's direction
What a ridiculous thing to say.
@@markb1785 Well ! Does guns protects when pointing in your direction? Why do you want a gun for? Is it to shoot down the best country of the world fellow citizens? (a la Writtenhouse) he had a gun didn't he? "guns don't kill, crazy people kills" right? Isn't that what they say? Well ! they forget to tell us only crazy people are buying guns to kill, isn't that right? What a thing to say. You want more, I got more
@@steveray7770🤦♀️
@@markb1785 What a stupid killing that was