Retrieving bodies from Jonestown
About This Item
KPIX-TV news footage from November 23, 1978, with reporter Maralee Beck, featuring anonymous interviews with the family of a Peoples Temple victim, in the aftermath of reports that followers of Jim Jones have just committed mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana. This includes quantifying the cost and logistics of retrieving bodies from Jonestown and a description of financial damages inflicted on their family. It should be noted that on November 18, 1978, over 900 members of the Peoples Temple died at Jonestown. 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 March 2026.
- Date
- 11/23/78
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- Moving Image
- Genre
- Television news programs
- Copyright Holder
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Duration
- 1:48
- Identifier
- KPIX 142332
- Views
- 121
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