Restricting Access To Alcatraz Island
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from June 8th 1970 featuring scenes from one of the waterfront piers in San Francisco, where a skipper and prospective passenger are interviewed about trying to gain passage onto Alcatraz Island, currently occupied by American Indians. The coastguard has just started enforcing a Federal restriction which states that the occupying American Indians can be ferried over to Alcatraz but not visitors or tourists. There are also brief views from a press conference by John Trudell (1946-2015), a member of the Santee Sioux, who confirms that the occupiers intend to restore the light on the Alcatraz Island Lighthouse, which recently went out and aerial views of the island. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Date
- 6/8/1970
- Format
- 16mm b&w positive magnetic sound/silent film
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc.
- Duration
- 3:10
- Identifier
- KRON 2399-7
- Views
- 2493
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