Bobby Seale supports Huey P. Newton
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from September 3, 1968, featuring scenes from an interview with co-founder of the Black Panther Party Bobby Seale outside the Alameda County Courthouse in Oakland, pending the verdict of Huey P. Newton's trial for the murder of Oakland Police Officer John Frey. Seale explains why he gave a press conference here and why there's to be a vigil. Note that after 4-days of deliberation, the jury found Newton guilty of voluntary manslaughter on September 8, at 10:10pm.
This 16mm film reel was kindly donated to the TV Archive by David Webb Peoples in April 2023, who used to work as a film editor for KRON in the 1960s.
Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks. This 16mm b&w negative print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in March 2026.
- Date
- 9/3/68
- Format
- 16mm b&w negative with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- Moving Image
- Genre
- Television news programs
- Copyright Holder
- Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved
- Duration
- 1:26
- Identifier
- KRON 5841-3
- Views
- 184