Film Date
10/16/1968
Film Reference Number
KPIX 36914
Description
Features approx. 4 mins of b&w footage focussing on the shooting of Private Richard Bunch on 10/11/68, at the Presidio Stockade. KPIX reporter Mike Lee refers to what came to be known as the 'Presido mutiny' in his to-camera: "Twenty-eight inmates, enraged over the incident, later refused to work after the shooting. The army still refuses to release much more than the barest information over the incident." Lee goes onto to interview lawyer Terence Hallinan. There are also views of the note that Pvt. Bunch left at his bunk before he was killed.
Format
16mm newsfilm
Copyright
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Availability
This newsfilm is currently not available to view online.