LSD Lovefest Report (KTVU)

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KTVU news footage from c1966 with Claud Mann reporting at an "LSD Lovefest", including views of people having fun in a park, listening to jazz music and of an interview, in which a spokesman attempts to answer the question "what are you trying to prove." Also features scenes of people dancing, of Phil Lesh from the Grateful Dead having a beer, of people riding on top of the Furthur bus, and of a young man goofing off for the camera, wearing a sign which reads: "LSD SAVES." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

The man being interviewed here is also interviewed in a KRON newsfilm clip shot on 12/17/1966 in the Haight Ashbury, where he is encouraging people to enjoy the moment. If anyone can positively identify him, please let us know. 

Note: this 16mm film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in January 2022.

Type of material
archival newsfilm
Duration
2:52
16mm b&w, magnetic sound/silent film
Rights for this video belong to
Cox Enterprises Inc/KTVU
Date aired
c1966
Originally aired on
KTVU
Identifier
KTVU 114-1-edit
Views
8397

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Comments

Over a year ago, Pat wrote…

I'm pretty sure the person with what looks like a beer in their hand is Phil Lesh, bassist of The Grateful Dead rock 'n roll group.

Over a year ago, Leslie Donaldson wrote…

here is an excerpt from Vanity Fair's article on the Summer of Love which may provide a clue to the date of this clip.I know it is 1966, not 67,from the original file number on the clip.Lesliehttp://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/07/lsd-drugs-summer-of-love-sixtiesIn late September 1966, a Haight coalition that included the Oracle staff wrote letters to the city fathers about an October “love-pageant rally” for which they were seeking a permit. Then, after that gathering (which protested LSD’s becoming illegalthe article goes on to say a "similiar" group organized the Be- In in January 1967 in Golden Gate Park.

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