News film of protests and incidents surrounding the 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago. Police in riot gear beating young civilians with night sticks, handcuffing, and dragging them to police vans. Pan to shot of sign "First Aid 1523A." Patients on gurneys wheeled in; man standing with blood on shirt and bound head; Senator Eugene McCarthy visits; interview with man with bound head regarding beating by police; statement by official; several head-and-shoulders shots of young men in a crowd long hair (for the time) and beards; North Vietnam flag; several men washing/playing in fountain; group of protestors chanting while running in formation; interview with protestor making point that protestors are not looking for violence.