Robert Shields reflects on San Francisco and street artists

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KPIX-TV news footage from January 5, 1979 with reporter Jim Avila featuring brief scenes from an interview with mime artist Robert Shields, who is taking a break from rehearsals at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Santa Clara County. Shields reflects on the place of street artists in San Francisco: "There is no place for young acts to get started anymore. The only real place is the streets. It's our form of vaudeville in our generation ... The people in San Francisco should support street artists. They should really back them in what they're doing because its the only city in the world that does this sort of thing successfully." Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.

This 16mm color reversal film print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in October 2023.

Date
1/5/1979
Format
16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
Digital Format
mp4 video file
Genre
local TV newsfilm
Copyright Holder
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Identifier
KPIX 142700
Views
846

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