Watch Hard Hat Riot — Trailer | HARD HAT RIOT | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS

Name: Hard Hat Riot - Trailer | HARD HAT RIOT | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE | PBS
Uploaded: 2026-06-06T17:15:51.000000Z
Description: On May 8, 1970, construction workers violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War in lower Manhattan. The workmen, who came to be known as “hardhats,” were at the cutting edge of a new kind of class war. With the war in Vietnam raging on, it was the sons of the working class who were...

On May 8, 1970, construction workers violently clashed with students demonstrating against the Vietnam War in lower Manhattan. The workmen, who came to be known as “hardhats,” were at the cutting edge of a new kind of class war. With the war in Vietnam raging on, it was the sons of the working class...