AIDS Crisis Collection

24 items

A compilation of local and national news reports and special programs relating to the AIDS crisis, from the 1980s and 90s.

48 Hours: In AIDS Alley

A CBS News 48 Hours program from October 1988, presented by Dan Rather, featuring the "collision" of AIDS...

Aired: 10/13/88

ACT UP Media Center

Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from June 19th 1990 featuring views of the ACT UP Media Center, from which...

Aired: 6/19/90

ACT UP Meeting (1990)

Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from June 14th 1990 by Hank Plante featuring a meeting of the AIDS Coalition...

Aired: 6/14/90

ACT UP Protest at 630 Sansome (INS)

Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from June 19th 1990 featuring a protest march through downtown San Francisco,...

Aired: 6/19/1990

ACT UP Protest inside Moscone Center

Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from March 30th 1990 featuring a peaceful protest inside the Moscone Center by...

Aired: 3/30/90

ACT UP Protestors Clash with Police

Excerpt from a KPIX-TV special report from June 20th 1990 featuring an angry demonstration by ACT UP members and...

Aired: 6/20/90

Art Agnos visits San Francisco General Hospital

KPIX news report from 1988 covering Mayor Art Agnos's visit to San Francisco General Hospital. Includes scenes...

Aired: 1988

Carolyn Wean Testifies Before AIDS Commission

Excerpt from a KPIX special report featuring scenes of KPIX-TV's General Manager Carolyn Wean testifying before...

Aired: 1987

Delegates arrive, clashes with police and arrests at 6th International AIDS Conference

KPIX-TV news footage from June 20th 1990 featuring views of delegates arriving at the 6th International AIDS...

Aired: 6/20/1990

Dr. Anthony Fauci interview on AIDS vaccine and therapeutics (1988)

KPIX-TV special interest footage from October 5 1988 featuring scenes of reporter Hank Plante interviewing the...

Aired: 10/5/1988

Earliest CBS Report on AIDS

CBS news report by Barry Peterson from San Francisco on June 12th 1982 featuring the occurance of immune deficiency...

Aired: 6/12/1982

Evening Magazine - Last Climb

A KPIX-TV Evening Magazine segment from October 8th 1986 produced by Michael Hoff and narrated by Richard Hart,...

Aired: 10/8/1986

General scenes and media coverage of the 6th International AIDS Conference

KPIX-TV news footage from June 21st 1990 featuring scenes of people attending the 6th International AIDS Conference...

Aired: 6/21/1990

Interviews with AIDS patients and staff at SF General

KPIX news report from December 1st 1988 covering Mayor Art Agnos's visit to San Francisco General Hospital on...

Aired: 12/1/1988

Medical Missionaries

KRON-TV news report from 1990 by Linda Yee about the volunteer work of a health care worker and businessman in San...

Aired: 1990

Open Line: Dr. Paul Volberding on AIDS

An episode of KTVU's Open Line program from 1983 produced and hosted by Johnny Barnes Selvin, featuring an...

Aired: 1983

Open Line: Silverman Closes San Francisco's Bathhouses

An episode of KTVU's Open Line program from September 23rd 1984 produced and hosted by Johnny Barnes Selvin,...

Aired: 9/23/1984

Protest against INS policy of excluding immigrants with AIDS

KPIX news footage from June 19th 1990 featuring views of large crowds marching and protesting in downtown San...

Aired: 6/19/1990

Remember My Name

A 1988 KPIX-TV documentary produced by Richard Saiz inspired by the historic, cross-country tour of the NAMES...

Aired: 1988

San Francisco in the 1920s [Decades Series]

Episode from KRON-TV's Decades series made in 2002 by Executive Producer Jim Swanson which uses original news...

Aired: 2002

San Francisco in the 1980s [Decades Series]

Episode from KRON-TV's Emmy Award winning Decades series made in 1997 and presented by Suzanne Shaw,...

Aired: 1997

Science Notes with Bill Skane: GRIDS

Local Emmy Award winning KQED science report by Bill Skane from 1982 which examines how the medical community is...

Aired: 1982

World AIDS Day in San Francisco (1997)

A KTVU news report by Rob Roth from December 1st 1997 featuring a ceremony and commemorations for World AIDS Day at...

Aired: 12/1/1997

Wrestling with AIDS

KQED special report by Randy Shilts from December 14th 1989 examining the ethical and moral challenges raised by the...

Aired: 12/14/89