Synanon law suit against San Francisco Examiner
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from October 12, 1972 with reporter Christopher Chow featuring views of Synanon's San Francisco headquarters in Portrero Hill, where their attorney Dan L. Garrett, Jr. explains why Synanon intends to file a law suit against the San Francisco Examiner. Garrett emphasizes Synanon's need to: "Vindicate our good name," in reponse to an Examiner story published on January 13, 1972 which claimed that Synanon was actually: "The racket of the century." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
This 16mm negative film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in January 2023.
- Date
- 10/12/1972
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- mp4 video file
- Genre
- local TV newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 2:00
- Identifier
- KPIX 109897
- Views
- 1689
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