Keywords: Draft card burning NYC 1967.jpg en This is a screen capture taken from the public domain newsreel footage of Universal News given into public domain by MCA in 1976 and hosted by Internet Archive at http //www archive org/details/CEP531 http //www archive org/details/CEP531 The footage shows an anti-war protest in New York City in 1967 including a group of young men burning their draft cards The protest was held in Sheep Meadow in Central Park; author Jerry Elmer calls it http //books google com/books id 07mMTohIEZYC pg PA61 the first large-scale burning of individual draft cards by resisters http //www archive org/details/CEP531 Universal News 1967-04-15 public domain http //publicdomainclip-art blogspot com/2009/10/draft-card-burning-here html PD-Universal Newsreel Banners and signs at demonstrations and protests Vietnam War Draft 1967 in New York City Universal Newsreels Opposition to conscription |