Shooting of Oakland police officer John Frey

About This Item

KPIX Eyewitness news report by Ben Williams taken on October 28th, 1967 about the shooting of John F. Frey, a 23 year-old Oakland police officer. Report also features silent footage of 7th Street in Oakland, CA where the shooting took place, blood stains on the street, a forensics team dusting the getaway car for fingerprints, and shots of the heavily guarded hospital room where the principal suspect in the shooting (Huey P. Newton) is recovering. Note that some audio distortion is present. Remastered, edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
10/28/67
Recording medium
16mm b+w co-magnetic sound film
03:22
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 33784
Views
14017

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