Eureka Valley (Castro Street) Gay Community

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KQED News report from July 9th 1973 featuring the growth of and attitude towards the gay community in San Francisco's Eureka Valley Neighborhood, especially in the Castro district. Includes street scenes along Castro Street, interviews with gay and straight residents and silent rooftop views of the neighborhood. As the reporter puts it in an editorial to camera: "Residents have discovered that almost overnight their neighborhood has become San Francisco's new gay Mecca."

Originally aired on
KQED
Date aired
7/9/1973
Recording medium
16mm, color co-magnetic silent/sound film
8:49
Rights for this video belong to
NCPB/KQED
Type of material
archival news film
Identifier
KQN 1811
Views
7457

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