Steve McQueen visits Bayview Hunters Point Pool

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Film Date
5/25/68
Film Reference Number
KPIX 35566
Description
KPIX Eyewitness News report from May 25th 1968 in San Francisco featuring brief silent scenes of actor Steve McQueen and Mayor Joseph Alioto in Bayview Hunters Point attending the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Martin Luther King Memorial swimming pool at Third Street and Carroll Avenue. Also see newsfilm KTVU 100-2 which explains how the makers of McQueen's film 'Bullitt' - Warner Bros - donated an initial $25000 towards the pool's construction and hope to raise another $50000 at the movie premiere and KPIX 36397 in which Woody Allen is credited with donating $5000 to this project.
Format
16mm newsfilm