A visit to the Contra Costa County Jail (1969)

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Film Date
3/5/69
Film Reference Number
KPIX 38028
Description
KPIX-TV news footage from March 5, 1969 with reporter Ed Arnow featuring scenes from the overcrowded Contra Costa County Jail in Martinez. Includes views of a jail study committee visiting, an interview with this jail study committee's chairman Bill Horn and an interview with an inmate, who agrees the facility is: "Crowded ... lousy ... there's too many people." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm b&w reversal film print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in September 2023.
Format
16mm newsfilm