Joan Baez released again from Santa Rita Jail

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Film Date
1/19/68
Film Reference Number
KPIX 34423
Description
KPIX-TV Eyewitness news footage from January 18th 1968 featuring scenes from a press conference by singer and activist Joan Baez, who has just been released from the Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center. Pictured with her mother Joan Bridge Baez (who was in jail with her daughter), Baez describes her experience and reflects on the Vietnam protest movement. This was the singer's second visit to the Rehabilitation Center and they were visited on January 14th by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ends with silent views of Joan Baez making her way through a packed room of reporters to deliver her press conference. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Note that this web screener includes footage from film reel KPIX 34423, from the same press conference.
Format
16mm newsfilm