Belva Davis visits Sutro Tower
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from November 21, 1972 featuring scenes of Belva Davis and Karna Small of KGO-TV reporting from the top of the Sutro Tower, which is nearing completion. There are views of the structure and of San Francisco, an interview with one of the construction engineers and reflections from Davis, as she rides 700ft. up and looks out from "an open air basket" on a foggy day. The Ch.5 camera operator was Dave Ambriz and you can read about this location shoot on pp. 132-133 of Belva Davis's autobiography Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks.
Thanks to Paula Andersen Creighton for posititively identifying Karna Small.
This 16mm color reversal film print was re-scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in April 2024.
- Date
- 11/21/1972
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- mp4 file
- Genre
- local newsfilm
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 2:14
- Identifier
- KPIX 110289
- Views
- 1706