'Howl' at City Lights Books
About This Item
Silent KPIX news footage of City Lights Books in San Francisco, produced in 1957. Includes scenes of Lawrence Ferlinghetti arranging copies of Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl and other poems' in the store window, as their advertised pocket book of the week. Also features brief views of Columbus Avenue and Ferlinghetti smoking a pipe and adding other books to the display outside.
Note: this film reversal print was remastered in 4K (4096 x 2970) using our Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in February 2021.
- Originally aired on
- KPIX Eye on the Bay News
- Date aired
- c1957
- Recording medium
- 16mm b&w silent film
- 1:49
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Type of material
- archival news film
- Identifier
- KPIX 147415
- Views
- 14278
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