Film Date
6/29/70
Film Reference Number
KPIX 102462
Description
KPIX-TV news news footage from June 9th 1970 with reporter Ed Arnow which features an interview with an Iranian student demanding the freedom of the incarcerated Iranian protesters who were arrested for storming the Iranian consulate in San Francisco three days prior. 41 students were arrested and face deportation back to Iran. Sasan Moameni of San Jose State University, the interviewee, asserts that there will be large demonstrations in San Francisco and other major cities if the demands are not met. Thanks to Hamed Eghbal for providing this text description, in collaboration with SFSU's Center for Iranian Diaspora Studies. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV