UCLA fires Angela Davis
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from June 19, 1970 with reporter Mike Lee featuring scenes from the campus of UCLA, where the UC Board of Regents has just formally announced a decision not to renew the 1-year teaching contract of Acting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Angela Davis. Includes views of Angela Davis speaking at a Free the Soledad Brothers rally on campus, excerpts from a press conference by Governor Ronald Reagan who insists: "She was not fired" and interviews with Regent Fred Dutton and another man (as yet unidentified). Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Note: this 16mm film print was re-transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in January 2022.
- Date
- 6/19/1970
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 4:06
- Identifier
- KPIX 102384
- Views
- 2168
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