The Camden 28 :: P.O.V. 2007 Films:: pov2007:: [empty line]:: September 11, 2007 ## 01_camden28:: 114:: 72:: The FBI leads members of the Camden 28 to awaiting police cars, including (l -r) Bob Williamson, John Swinglish, and Keith Forsyth. August 22, 1971.:: Photo courtesy of John Swinglish ## 02_camden28:: 114:: 72:: August 22, 1971. FBI surveillance photo of the activists entering the building. Kathleen "Cookie" Ridolfi (left) and Ro Reilly climb the fire escape leading to the fifth floor draft board. :: TBA ## 03_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Camden 28 members Gene Dixon (far right), Milo Billman and Mike Giocondo march at a local rally in Camden.:: Photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ## 04_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Camden firemen wet down wreckage of a dry-cleaning shop and several homes at 4th and Elm Streets, after a second night of riots. Camden, NJ. 1971.:: Photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ## 05_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Rubble of record shop litters sidewalk at Broadway and Clinton St. after it was destroyed by fire. Camden, NJ. 1971.:: Don Pasquarella, Courtesy of The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin ## 06_camden28:: 114:: 72:: August 30, 1971. Father Michael Doyle, front, and Robert Good entering federal court for court hearings.:: Philadelphia Inquirer ## 07_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Michael Doyle at St. George's Church, Camden, following the acquittal on May 20, 1973. :: Photo courtesy of The Philadelphia Bulletin ## 08_camden28:: 114:: 72:: On May 4, 2002, Camden 28 defendants, their lawyers, the informer, prosecutors, US Attorneys, witnesses, and a former FBI agent gathered in Camden to talk about the trial in the very same courtroom the trial took place.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 09_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Terry Neist describes the FBI's involvement in the Camden 28 case. Bob Hardy is seated next to him.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 10_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Participants from the Camden 28 trial mingle before the the symposium begins.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 11_camden28:: 114:: 72:: The Camden 28 members who attended the event sat in the jury box most of the day. The event was open to the public — and the courtroom was packed with spectators.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 12_camden28:: 114:: 72:: After the verdict was read, and the cheering subsided, the courtroom broke into a course of "Amazing Grace." The May 4th event ended the same way. From right to left: C28 defendants Michael Doyle, Michael Giocondo, defense lawyers Carl Broege and David Kairys, C28 defendants Ro Reilly, Cookie Ridolfi, Ed McGowan, Lianne Moccia, and Jayma Abdoo.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 13_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Former FBI agent Terry Neist was one of the two contact agents for the man who furnished the FBI information about the Camden 28.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 14_camden28:: 114:: 72:: At the trial, the defense called a total of 32 witnesses. One of the most moving moments at the trial (and at the May 4th event) was the testimony of one of those witnesses: Mrs. Betty Good. Betty Good's son, Bob Good, was one of the C28, and she agreed to testify as a character witness on his behalf. Bob Good is standing on the left.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 15_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Father Michael Doyle greets Mrs. Betty Good for the first time since the 1973 trial.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 16_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Historian Howard Zinn attended the May 4th event. He testified at the trial in 1973 and had the opportunity to recount that testimony on May 4th.:: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky ## 17_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Ash Wednesday in 1972. Father Michael Doyle distributes ashes in a formerly segregated soldiers' cemetery. The ashes were created by burning a copy of the Pentagon Papers and were distributed from an old WWII army helmet. Doyle was disciplined for conducting this mass after photos appeared in the local papers.:: Gene Dixon ## 18_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Camden 28 defense attorney David Kairys stands with Dr. Benjamin Spock in Ft. Dix, New Jersey. In a federal lawsuit, Kairys won Spock the right to speak to soldiers there as part of his antiwar presidential campaign in 1972.:: TBA ## 19_camden28:: 114:: 72:: Filmmaker Anthony Giacchino after a screening of The Camden 28 at the 2006 Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, Walter Reade Theater, New York City.:: Greg Turian ## 20_camden28:: 114:: 14:: Banner Ad for "The Camden 28" with tune-in information.:: P.O.V. (Please link to http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2007/camden28 and display prior to September 11, 2007.)