Acorn Redevelopment Construction Site
About This Item
KTVU news footage from November 10, 1968, featuring silent scenes from a construction site in the Acorn Redevelopment project in West Oakland. Opens with views of a man holding a chart titled: "Racial/Ethnic Employment in Acorn Housing Construction", which indicates that 50% of the construction workers employed by Williams & Burrows, Inc. are black. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks. This 16mm b&w reversal film print was scanned in 5K (5120 x 3840) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in January 2026.
- Date
- 11/10/1968
- Format
- 16mm b&w reversal print, silent
- Digital Format
- Moving Image
- Genre
- Television news programs
- Copyright Holder
- Fox Television Stations, LLC/KTVU
- Duration
- 1:48
- Identifier
- KTVU 10-6
- Views
- 12
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