All You Need is Love - "Go Down, Moses!: Songs of War and Protest". Leonard Cohen recites a poem over a montage of fans being pushed and shoved by security at a gig. He addresses the crowd to calm everyone down. Montage of violent aggressive roller skating teams fighting. Scenic shots of the Eiffel Tower. Cohen sings 'Avalanche'. Shots of Cohen on stage, on tour, swimming. Pete Seeger is interviewed. He talks about protest songs and claims lullabies are propaganda songs. Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger singing 'This Land'. Seeger recounts his musical epiphany, a gig aged 16. Shots of New York skyline. Seeger on the folk process of songs being reinvented. Vera Brodsky Lawrence talks of old songs being repurposed -''God Save The King'' tune was given new lyrics by the Americans during the American revolution to offend the British monarchy. The Yankees adapted ''Yankee Doodle' to suit their purposes. Folk music was frequently used as a rallying call for political ends.. E.Y Harburg claims a song is a powerful weapon of change, education and communication, a rallying call. (c) footage of Bing Crosby singing a song about freedom. Songs are propaganda tools in WW2. The armed forces worked with song publishers to find inspiring songs and performers eg Glen Miller or Dame Vera Lynn in the UK. Vera Lynn interviewed at 17:37. (c) The Andrews Sisters performing to troops. A dj plays the Battle Hymn of Lieutenant Calley by C.Company. He was controversial marine court martialled for killing 22 Vietnamese civilians. Shelby Singleton explains how demand for the song celebrating his story grew. (21:45) Cohen recites prose and sings 'Song of Isaac' over a montage of US civil riots.. Pete Seeger talks of working with Woody Guthrie in 1942 on a radio show, singing songs to beat Hitler- they were accused of being communists. They were dropped from a tv series for being political. He recounts working with Guthrie and talks of the People's Song Organisation which promoted songs not popular with the Hollywood ideals of the time. (c) Bob Dylan singing 'The Times They Are a Changin''.. Seeger talks of other political acts like the Kingston Trio and Peter, Paul and Mary who also perform 'The Times They Are A Changin'". Seeger continues explaining that Broadway and Hollywood didn't get folk music- it was just another fad to exploit. They didn't appreciate the size and nature of the folk movement, They wanted a sanitised version of folk. Leon Rosselson performing at 29:07. Pete Seeger claims he was blacklisted from US music show ''Hootenannay" (31:40) It was a safe uncontroversial show, nothing like a true Hootenanny. Joan Baez is interviewed and performs. Her parents were pacifist Quakers, she had faith in people but not governments.. Country Joe McDonald performs 'Fixin' to Die' whilst Jane Fonda watches. Cohen at at 37:00, arriving by plane for a press junket. He recites more poetry and sings 'The Partisan' . Discusses what success is- after a long gestation period, it's survival. (40) John Marshall performs. Ireland's Freemen play a political song lambasting English rule. Poet James Simmons talks of the tradition of the Irish song whipping up protest. He performs a song about the Troubles, ''Ballard of Claudy". Pete Seeger claims we all have a voice, don't ever give up hope, get up and fight. Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie perform "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall".