Raw footage for the Spy Hop documentary, "Messages: 2002 Olympic Diary", 2002

Item — video: 1

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Scope and Contents

Protesters in Pioneer Park in Salt Lake City hold a banner which reads "362 Falun Gong Practitioners were tortured to death"
A large group of people next to the protestors practice tai chi
An Asian woman in a yellow tracksuit hands out handbills in the street to people in cars
A large group of people next to the protestors practice tai chi
Man in a wheelchair on a street corner reads a handbill
Medium shot of people practicing tai chi
Medium shot of people practicing tai chi with Pioneer Park sign in foreground
Medium shot of a woman practicing tai chi
Protesters in Pioneer Park hold a banner which reads "The world needs truthfulness, compassion, tolerance"
Protesters in Pioneer Park hold a banner which reads "Faulin Dafa"
St. Provo Brewery billboard which reads "If you just said 'O My Heck!' it's probably not for you"
A homeless man sits on the sidewalk with a multi-lingual sign asking for beer money
Abortion protestors stand out side of an abortion clinic (?) with signs which read "Save the Babies" and "The Killing Place"
Interview with a woman (Jo Scott) working as an abortion protestor who is protesting Salt Lake Olympic Committee (SLOC)s distribution of condoms which her group views as Salt Lake Olympic Committee (SLOC) condoning "explicit sex". Woman tells interviewer that her group was on CNN the night before as they thought they were in the PETA parade but accidentally ended up in the torch parade.
Interview with a man (Mr. Scott) working as an abortion protestor who tells about his frustration concerning Park City protesting ordinances which only allow signs to be a certain size. Mr. Scott argues that this ordinance was only enforced on those protesting abortion due to the graphic nature of their posters.
Beyond this point, tape appears to be corrupted and is unplayable

Dates

2002

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