In the spring of 1969 an estimated 3,000 young people descended on the tiny prairie town of Zap, N.D., for a spring break blow-out. What started as an off-beat idea for a party ended with National Guard troops expelling the revelers from Zap and the nearby towns of Beulah and Hazen, creating a national media sensation.

Zap Revisited, a documentary by West Fargo, N.D., native Chris Breitling recalls the strange-but-true story of the "Zip to Zap", aka the "Zap-In" through the memories of people who took part in this uniquely infamous episode of North Dakota history. Breitling produced Zap Revisited as a graduate film student while at Columbia College in the early 1990s.

Outcast Studios reissued the film in DVD in conjunction with the 40th anniversary in May 2009. A limited number of "Zap Revisited" DVDs are still available to anyone interested in this unlikely High Plains tale set in the tumultuous spring of 1969. Read more here: Media Owls High Times

 

Zap Revisited DVD

Zap Revisited DVD

Zap Revisited is a 53-minute documentary about the infamous "Zip to Zap" -- North Dakota's only "official" riot that had to be quelled by the state's National Guard in the spring of 1969.

  • Price: $12.00
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