Hell's Angels Funeral (c1966)

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KTVU News footage from c1966 featuring views of a large group of Hell's Angels riding past the camera as part of a funeral procession, including Ralph "Sonny" Barger at their head (President of the Oakland Chapter of the Hell's Angels). See the comments made by DIVA users below for further information. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

Originally aired on
KTVU
Date aired
c1966
Recording medium
16mm b&w magnetic sound film
1:48
Rights for this video belong to
Fox Television Stations, LLC/KTVU
Type of material
local newsfilm
Identifier
KTVU 5-26
Views
36694

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There is video of Dirty Ed ..at Bass Lak 1065..on youtube.. just type in..Hells Angels (1965) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TSnIsoFZbc&list=PLckaT3N8AL17YgUsQWHpMrRMQYoyhjIhH&index=1&t=109s ~ love Girl George..BTW Thats me (the blonde) in the Video.

Frank lived on Dean st. A dead end off of grand. Must have 75-100 motors leaving Franks place. As they rode by the house I though a jet was going to crash it was so loud. Question Marks we’re two doors up the street from where I lived. The neighborhood scuttlebutt was Wiley stole the treasury and split to LA. My brother bought his kids some shoes.

This is the funeral of my friend Frank Aguilar (not sure about spelling) he was stabbed to death after a traffic accident on Broadway in Oakland 1965. He was not a member they made him a posthumous member. I don't think they had any Mexican members but I could be wrong. the man who killed him was black and the Angels and others made a lot about that they also claimed that their members in prison were going to murder him when he arrived. My friend Frank was not a racist (nor am I) and I miss him to this day.

Terry the Tramp at 0:55

About Dirty Ed, I lived in Alameda up until 1964. My dad was a mechanic in Alameda. He ran his own garage and called it the Isle City Garage. I know that a Hells Angel named Dirty Ed brought a car or truck to my dad to get fixed. I know that my dad and I rode to Ed's place in Hayward one Saturday, probably in '64. Lots of bikers wrenching on their bikes in Ed's front and back yards. I'd like to know more about him. I met Sonny in Sturgis around 2001. He remembered Ed and thought he got out of the club in the early 70's. I'd appreciate hearing more about Ed, thanks

Yes, I agree...Hayward.  I believe the coach plates say 'Sorensen Bros.'. They were on B Street. Still are.

So my name is Ed Wiley I am the grandson of big dirty Ed Wiley and I was wondering if there was any way I could get information on my grandpa I never got to meet him and I'd just like to learn about him

Correct this is not Mother Miles Funeral he is the third person in the pack trust me I know, he is my uncle 

I knew Ed when he lived off Jefferson st in Hayward, he was with a gal named Kitty.  Bruce McFarland was living with them at the time and my family ended taking Bruce in as a foster child after him and Ed had a falling out.I have often wondered when Ed died and what his life was like before his death.  The Pontiac in the funeral procession was a car my father had loaned the group to use in the funeral, they returned it washed and waxed.If anyone knows the whereabouts of Bruce I would like to make contact.

Martin is right, this is Hayward.  They're turning from B Street onto Foothill.  Also, Miles went to the cemetery in a 1964 hearse, and this coach is a '61 Superior. 

Hello.  I am the granddaughter of dirty Ed Wiley.   He passed away before I was born but I heard many stoires about him.   I have done a lot of Research looking for more about him and this the first I have seen of him.  He’s the first biker with a smoke hanging out of his mouth.   I would love more stories about him and pics of anyone has any.  

Note: this comment is from DIVA user Martin Kasler:

No, this is definitely not from the funeral of Mother Miles, because you see him clearly (with bushy, dark hair and beard) to the left of Sonny Barger. It's probably from the funeral of a member of Hells Angels Hayward that got stabbed to death in the latter half of 1965. In front with Barger you see the Hayward-president Dirty Ed Wiley (with cigarette). Saturday Evening Post covered that funeral with pictures the procession's start. The lineup - Miles, Barger, Wiley - is the same.

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