In this YouTUBE video, you can see Elliott Isenberg refusing his diploma that the President of Amherst College was trying to hand to him. Before Elliott walked past the President of Amherst, he took a glance at a man on the podium named Robert McNamara — the Secretary of Defense for Lyndon Baines Johnson — who was prosecuting the War in Vietnam.

You can also see 19 graduates (including Elliott) walk out of their graduation ceremony when Robert McNamara name is mentioned as the recipient of an honorary Master’s Degree. After the walkout, the remainder of the guests break out into a standing ovation.

This took place on the 3rd of June in 1966.

Music is courtesy of Thus Spake Zarathustra by Richard Strauss and Imagine courtesy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.