Film Date
11/20/79
Film Reference Number
KRON 5362-3
Description
KRON-TV news footage from November 20th 1979 featuring brief scenes from a press conference in which an Iranian student explains that because of issues with his immigration documents: "I was put in the jail for five days. While I was in the jail, I was physically abused." Also includes a short extract of an official being interviewed about how "immigration prisoners" will be housed in Santa Rita jail. It shoud be noted that this report was titled "Iranian Brutality" in the orignal KRON-TV news shot-logs. Movette Film Transfer of San Francisco remastered this 16mm positive film print in August 2017 in 2K resolution (2048x1556 pixels), using a Lasergraphics film scanner. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV