Pete McCloskey cuts down power poles

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from October 11th 1969 by Ben Williams featuring scenes of Congressman Pete McCloskey chopping down a power pole in Woodside (San Mateo County, California) and praising the local community for campaigning to have unsightly power lines re-routed underground. An onlooker comments as McCloskey is swinging his axe with gusto: "That's pretty good for a city fella!"

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
10/11/69
Recording medium
16mm, color co-magnetic sound film
2:33
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival news film
Identifier
KPIX 100403
Views
2602

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