Police Chief Cahill on Calling out the National Guard

About This Item

KPIX Eyewitness News report from late September 1966, featuring a press conference by San Francisco Police Chief Cahill, who explains that 500 National Guard have already been called out in response to a social uprising in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood and another 1500 troops are on the way. Please note we do not have an exact date for this footage but it was probably shot between September 27-28.

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
September 1966
Recording medium
16mm b&w magnetic sound film
1:16
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 28380
Views
3800

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