Big Al's Topless Club

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Film Date
4/23/1965
Film Reference Number
KRON 1329-7
Description
KRON-TV news footage from April 23rd 1965 featuring brief scenes from out side and inside of Big Al's topless club on Broadway in North Beach, San Francisco, where employees have been told by police they will be in violation of US obscenity laws if they go topless. Includes silent views of men marching outside the club holding protest signage against censorship, performers singing and dancing on-stage and of two women wearing white robes which have "Cops took our tops, sorry" written on them. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Format
16mm newsfilm