San Francisco State Special, Part I

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Film Date
1968
Film Reference Number
KQN 153-1
Description
Part I of a KQED news special at San Francisco State College featuring a tracking shot along a corridor full of students staging a sit in followed by an interview with President John Summerskill. He states that whilst he doesn't want a police presence on campus if there is any violence or threat of violence the decision is no longer his. The results of the Emergency Trustee Meeting on December 9th in Los Angeles are discussed at a press conference by Peter Radcliffe (President of the SFSC Federation of Teachers) during which the College's survival is said to be in grave danger. A spokesperson for the Academic Senate calls for the forthcoming investigation to be held in public and there is more footage of Summerskill and protesters addressing crowds outside.
Format
16mm newsfilm