Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on allocation of resources

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KPIX Eyewitness News report from April 4th 1967 in San Francisco featuring a brief excerpt from a speech by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. about the moral necessity of increasing financial support for the American people. He argues that: "If we can spend 35 billion dollars a year to fight an ill considered war in Vietnam and 20 billion dollars to put a man on the moon, our nation can spend billions of dollars to put God's children on their own two feet, right here on Earth."

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
4/4/1967
Recording medium
16mm, b&w co-magnetic sound film
0:29
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival news film
Identifier
KPIX 31008
Views
4984

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