Nurses hand in resignations at St Mary's Hospital

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Film Date
July 1966
Film Reference Number
KPIX 27861
Description
KPIX-TV news footage from July 1966 with reporter Ben Williams at St Mary's Hospital in San Francisco, featuring press conferences by Lawrence Corbett for the hospital administrators and Anne Dixon for the registered nurses, who have begun handing in resignations as part of their salary dispute. Williams states that 120 nurses handed in their resignations at St Mary's that morning and in 2 weeks 3500 nurses are expected to strike at 33 Bay Area hospitals, as negotiations between the two sides have been stuck for weeks. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm b&w positive reversal film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in July 2023.
Format
16mm newsfilm