Synanon Auction at Potrero Hill warehouse

KPIX-TV news footage from December 17 1979 with reporter Ed Arnow featuring scenes from outside a warehouse at Kansas and 24th Street in San Franisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood, where the Synanon organization is holding an auction. Includes views of Arnow and his camera operator being refused entry by taciturn security guards. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm reversal film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in September 2022.