Roller Derby 'College of Hard Knocks' (Updated over a year ago)
KPIX Eyewitness news report from September 4th 1972 featuring scenes of men's roller derby training. Also includes an interview with a coach, who refers to his training as the 'College of Hard Knocks'. When asked to consider what draws people to roller derby, he replies that: "I think nowadays that this is the time where people want to be recognized ... Nowadays people are more aggressive. They want to be noticed."
Tags: kpix 109525, roller derby, sports
Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on October 22, 2011.
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- Originally aired on: KPIX-TV
- Date aired: 9/4/1972
- Recording medium: 16mm color, magnetic sound film
- Rights for this video belong to: CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration: 3:36
- Type of material: archival newsfilm
Content
- KPIX 109525.mp4 (30.46 MB – MPEG4 video)
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- Views: 3804 (3502 for this version)
Version history
- adding film reference number
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago
- Imported from external collection.
- Update by Alex Cherian over a year ago