Aftermath of wildfire in Oakland Hills (1970)
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from September 22, 1970, with reporter Steve Huss featuring views of homes which have been razed by a major wildfire in the Oakland Hills that day, south east of the UC Berkeley campus. Includes interviews with Calfornia State Assemblyman Don Mulford (a resident), who has already asked for a formal "disaster declaration" and a man who states that: "I think there's a very good possibility that it [the fire] was started by an arsonist." Note that a total of 37 homes were destroyed by this fire. 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 July 2025.
- Date
- 09/22/1970
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- Moving Image
- Genre
- Television news programs
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 2:11
- Identifier
- KPIX 103268
- Views
- 265
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