Press Conference with President Robert Smith

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Film Date
11/15/68
Film Reference Number
KQN 123
Description
A press conference with President Robert Smith at San Francisco State College discussing meetings with students and the role of the campus police force. He also discounts the rumors that he will be resigning. A group of four students call for protesters to attend a demonstration at 5th and Mission and argue that the news media have distorted the facts in their coverage of the protests. A male student confirms that the student government is fully behind the strike. Ends with a spokesperson for the Committee for an Academic Environment talking down hecklers and insisting that they oppose any form of protest which encourages academic disruption.
Format
16mm newsfilm