Nurses expand strike to another two hospitals

About This Item

KPIX-TV news footage from June 19, 1969 with reporter Belva Davis featuring views of nurses picketing outside a hospital, as they extend a week-long strike at 5 Bay Area hospitals to include Providence and Peralta hospitals in Oakland. Includes an interview with a spokesperson who explains that hospital administrators are refusing to accept their demands for more involvement with staffing and nursing procedures, in the form of "so called professional performance committees." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm b&w positive reversal film print was transferred in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in July 2023.

Date
6/19/1969
Format
16mm b&w reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
Digital Format
mp4 file
Genre
local newsfilm
Copyright Holder
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Duration
2:12
Identifier
KPIX 38928
Views
702

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