The shooting of Harry Ng in Chinatown

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Film Date
3/14/72
Film Reference Number
KPIX 107839
Description
KPIX-TV news footage from March 14 1972 with reporter Pat O'Brien featuring views from outside Hop Gar Gung Fu at 1230 Powell Street in San Francisco's Chinatown, where Harry ("The Professor") Ng was shot to death yesterday around 7:00pm by a youth who fled the scene. Includes an interview with a police officer who believes this was: "An assassination type of homicide." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Note: this 16mm film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in February 2021.
Format
16mm newsfilm