Operation Breakthrough at Tamalpais High School

KPIX Eyewitness News report from February 27, 1967 with reporters Rollin Post and Wanda Ramey at Tamalpais High School in Marin County, featuring a student initiative called Operation Breakthrough, which is aimed at addressing racial tensions and segregation within the 1700 students (10% of which are African American). Includes scenes of students discussing racial issues, a girl being interviewed about her expectations for Operation Breakthrough and brief scenes from a speech by the Right Rev. C. Kilmer Meyers (Episcopal Bishop of California), who defines the issue as: "A personal problem. And a personal problem can be met only by what you're doing. That is face to face ... With no holds barred. With a frank facing of all the stereotypes which white people have of negroes. And indeed the stereotypes which negroes frequently have of white people." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks. This 16mm reversal film print was re-scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in March 2024.