Bobby Seale on National Airlines hijacking

About This Item

KPIX Eyewitness news report from June 26th, 1969 featuring Bobby Seale giving a press conference about Raymond Johnson Jr., who hijacked a National Airlines jet en route to Miami and forced it to land in Havana on November 4th, 1968. Seale states that, "Raymond Johnson has been found out to be nothing but an agent for the fascist CIA and FBI." Concludes with Seale noting that Johnson had used the Black Panthers' name to gain maximum news coverage, and suggesting that the CIA was perhaps involved. Remastered, edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
6/26/1969
Recording medium
16mm b+w, co-magnetic sound film
00:58
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 38987
Views
3860

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