Big Al's Topless Club
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from April 23rd 1965 featuring brief scenes from out side and inside of Big Al's topless club on Broadway in North Beach, San Francisco, where employees have been told by police they will be in violation of US obscenity laws if they go topless. Includes silent views of men marching outside the club holding protest signage against censorship, performers singing and dancing on-stage and of two women wearing white robes which have "Cops took our tops, sorry" written on them. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
- Date
- 4/23/1965
- Format
- 16mm b&w negative silent film
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- Young Broadcasting of San Francisco, Inc.
- Duration
- 0:26
- Identifier
- KRON 1329-7
- Views
- 3348
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