Film Date
9/2/56
Film Reference Number
KPIX 146812
Description
KPIX-TV special report from September 2nd 1956 featuring the dedication ceremony for the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge linking Contra Costa County to Marin County. Includes views of crowds and speeches by Senator Jack McCarthy Senator George Miller Jr. John McInnis and Governor Goodwin Jess Knight who declares: "This is modern efficiency ... this tremendous structure is ample evidence of the manner in which we do things under the American system of free enterprise and under the California way ... Ladies and gentlemen California is still going forward!"
Format
16mm b&w optical silent/sound film
Copyright
KPIX-TV