Diggers dispense free food in Haight-Ashbury

KRON-TV news footage from December 2, 1966 with reporter Frank Johnstone featuring scenes from 1762 Page Street in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, which Johnstone describes as:" A sort of modern day beatnik or hippie salvation army," where members of the Diggers organization distribute "free food" at 4:00pm each day. Includes views of people gathering to eat together in a garage and an interview with a man referred to as "Bill", who we think might be Billy Murcote (tbc). He tries to explain where the food comes from and describes an upcoming event tomorrow (referred to by Johnstone as a "grand opening") by stating: "I understand there'll be a few politicians, a few intellectuals, a few hippies, a few acid heads, a few speed heads, a few straight people, a few middle-class people, a few teachers, a few merchants, a few gods, a few devils, a few demons, anthing you want." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Thanks to Eric Noble who runs the Digger Archives, who recommended that we inspect this previously unprcessed film reel, which was simply titled "Diggers" in the original KRON Shot log.

This film reversal print was remastered in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in September 2022.