Guns of the Trees

{{Infobox film

| name = Guns of the Trees

| director = Jonas Mekas

| starring = Adolfas Mekas
Frances Stillman
Ben Carruthers
Argus Spear Juillard

| music = Lucia Dlugoszewski

| distributor = The Film-Makers' Cooperative

| released = {{Film date|1962}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Guns of the Trees is a 1962 American black-and-white film by Jonas Mekas.{{cite web | url=http://jonasmekas.com/bio.php | title=Jonas Mekas }} It follows two young couples – Barbara and Gregory (Frances Stillman and Adolfas Mekas) and Argus and Ben (Argus Spear Juillard and Ben Carruthers). The film features an original musical score by Lucia Dlugoszewski and also folk songs by Sara Wiley, Caither Wiley and Tom Sankey.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/movies/guns-of-the-trees-jonas-mekas.html |title=Jonas Mekas's Debut Is an Artifact of Beat-Era New York |last=Hoberman |first=J. |date=23 January 2020 |authorlink=J. Hoberman |work=The New York Times |access-date=23 January 2021}} It also features Allen Ginsberg reading his poetry.{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/guns-of-the-trees-1967 |title=Guns of the Trees |last=Ebert |first=Roger |date=17 April 1967 |authorlink=Roger Ebert |publisher=Roger Ebert |access-date=23 January 2021}} George Maciunas makes a short appearance in the film.