Video: 'May 25, 1986: Hands Across America'

(Sunday, May 25, 1986) — Approximately 6.5 million people held hands in a human chain for fifteen minutes along a path across the continental United States today, participating in “Hands Across America” to raise money for the nation’s hungry and homeless.

Video: ''Nightside News Hands Across America May 25, 1986 5/25/86 KNBC TV-4 Los Angeles, CA' (Hands Across America coverage begins at 6:01)