Press Conferences with Eldridge Cleaver & Joseph Alioto

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Film Date
10/2/68
Film Reference Number
KTVU 63-1
Description
KTVU News footage from October 2nd 1967 with reporter Claud Mann featuring press conferences by Eldridge Cleaver and San Francisco's Mayor Alioto. Alioto rejects Cleaver's demands that he apologize for what Cleaver describes as "intimidation" and "threats" directed towards the Black Panther Party and also states his intention to determine whether George Mason Murray encouraged students to bring guns onto San Francisco State College's campus. Ends with Alioto describing his attitude towards different forms of "black militancy." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Format
16mm newsfilm