Assignment Four: City of the Space Age

Please note: This 'kinescope' recording was originally made in 1962 by filming the picture from a live video monitor. The picture quality - especially sharpness - is much lower than the rest of our footage produced on 16mm film. As noted by KRON-TV GM Harold P. See in a brief introduction (which was shot on 16mm film): "This viewing print does not represent the broadcast quality of the original production." KRON-TV special report from 1962 by Craig Jordan, which examines the impact of rapid urban growth on the communities of Santa Clara County, on the San Francisco Peninsula. Includes interviews with local City Managers and experts on urban planning, views of research facilities (Stanford Research Institute, IBM, Lockheed Center) and an in-depth analysis of recent urbanization trends. As Jordan comments in his opening remarks, this is: "A study of progress and stagnation."