69. G.G.T.: In San Rafael... negotiations to prevent strike of G.G.T. buses is set for 1pm. with leurhing in San Diego.... it would seem unlikely that strike is averted but...who?s to say
127. GAIN: grand jury began its investigation in to the city hall riot witness police lieutenant Ed Epting says police top brass was hoping the problem would go away.
KPIX-TV Action Line report from October 9th 1969 by Helen Bentley in San Francisco, featuring a complaint by Galileo High School students that the intersection of Bay and Octavia Streets is hazardous to cross. Includes scenes of students crossing the road and explaining the problem to Bentley.... (more info)
145. Galileo High shooting; pulled alt teacher v/o 2/27/79
258. GARBAGE: group angry San Franciscans showed at the refuse rate board hearings to protest the public works recommendation to allow city?s garbage collectors a 10% rate increase by July 1st
434. GAS MASKS: the SF fire dept. is recalling the 78 new air masks it bought because the federal gov?t discovered something wrong with the breathing diaphram.
470. GAS RATE : Palo Alto Gas co. and PUC are having a fight over the fact that the ater is charging PGE a 2% raise and 17% to Palo Alto for the use of gas.
538. GAS: gas stations say they are going broke & are turning the stations into more profitable businesses like flower shops (gas stations on the pennisula)
KQED News report by Linda Schacht featuring a gay rights demonstration in San Francisco from February 19th 1975. Includes scenes of crowds protesting and listening to a speech by Cecil Williams, in which he declares that: "One way to bring about ? acceptance ? is that whoever is elected to political office ought to realize that either we're all going to live here together and work here together ... or we're going to continue to struggle until everyone has the same rights and equal opportunities." Ends with a demonstrator being interviewed and discussing the gay electorate's right to call for an investigation into police harrasment and corruption.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from March 29th 1977, featuring a legal bill being put before the legislature in Sacramento, which will provide employment protection rights for gay citizens. Includes views taken outside and inside the State Capitol and interviews with pundits regarding discrimination in the workplace based on sexual orientation.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from June 26th 1978 in San Francisco by Bill Hillman featuring scenes from the Gay Freedom Day Parade. Includes views of large crowds enjoying entertainment outside City Hall, of people enjoying themselves and of a semi-naked man roller skating past the camera with considerable aplomb, wearing only knee pads, a thong and butterfly wings. Also features interviews with a man who reflects on the Briggs initiative and increasing opposition to Gay rights and a woman, who states that: "People here are celebrating. They are celebrating their liberation, their freedom to come out of the closet and to be gay people unafraid." Also see KQED's news report on this parade, Reference No. KQN 3091.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from June 27th 1977 featuring San Francisco's Gay Freedom Parade. Includes scenes of crowds marching and dancing in the parade and also a brief interview with San Francisco's Mayor George Moscone, who states that political support from the gay community is always welcome.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from June 26th 1978 featuring San Francisco's Gay Freedom Parade. Includes scenes of floats and people marching in the parade, of crowds gathered outside City Hall to hear speeches and also dancing to live music from Buena Vista.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from June 27th 1977 on San Francisco's Gay Freedom Parade. Includes scenes of people marching and dancing in the parade and of crowds gathered outside City Hall, to hear speeches and enjoy live music. Also features views of floats being made for the parade.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from November 14th 1980 in Sacramento featuring a gay delegation's visit to lobby State politicians for legislation which protects the civil rights of gay employees. Includes scenes of delegation members moving around the State Capitol building and being interviewed.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from June 21st 1977 featuring an interview with San Francisco's Mayor George Moscone, who cautions the local gay community against a violent backlash to Anita Bryant's successful campaign in repealing anti-discrimination ordinances in Dade County, Florida. Also includes two other interviews with a local pundit and an activist, who discuss recent mass confrontations between gay demonstrators and police.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts in San Francisco from June 19th 1979, on the controversy surrounding the gay community's attempts to get openly gay candidates recruited into the police force. Includes an interview with a women who's ambition is to become an openly lesbian police officer.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from November 13th 1979, on how gay voters are influencing the election of a mayor and supervisors in San Francisco. Includes scenes from a public debate between Dianne Feinstein and Quentin Kopp, a brief glimpse of a Terence Hallinan press conference and street views in the Castro district.... (more info)
637. GAY POLITICS: What is San Francisco?s gay community going to do without a leader and who is to replace Milk; v/o Polk Street
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from September 4th 1979 on controversy surrounding gay civil rights in San Jose and the freedom of gay people to worship openly in churches there. Includes interviews with a woman fired from her job simply because her room mate was a lesbian activist and a spokeswoman who places the issues raised in this report into a wider social context: "There is a trend [in society] towards freedom. People exploring other modes of living. Modes which are not necessarily immoral ... Not everyone has the same moral standards."... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from September 4th 1979 on controversy surrounding gay civil rights in San Jose and the freedom of gay people to worship openly in churches there. Includes scenes from a religious ceremony in which the pastor refers to San Jose's recent sexual orientation ordinance as: "A direct affront to the very standards of the word of God." Also includes views of the congregation singing.... (more info)
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from May 19th 1980 featuring the debate in Santa Clara County surrounding Propositions A & B, relating to gay civil rights. Includes scenes of interviews with pro and anti gay pundits, views of a church service and also the roadside billboard advertising campaign.... (more info)
649. GAY RIGHTS: a group of SJ gays are asking the city council to oppose prop. 6.
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from May 24th 1977, examining the issues surrounding the hiring of gay teachers in San Francisco and teaching children about gay lifestyles as part of the family curriculum. Includes views of children playing in a school yard and scenes of Shilts interviewing teacher Tom Ammiano and a school district administrator. The original recording levels of this clip's magnetic soundtrack were uneven, resulting in variable audio quality throughout.... (more info)
656. GAY TRIKES: on Memorial Day gays ride tricycles for the benefit of childrens hosptial on Polk Street near Castro
KQED News report by Randy Shilts from July 25th 1977, looking at how proposed electoral changes may affect gay political representation in San Francisco. Includes scenes of Shilts interviewing pundits and street views of the Castro District.... (more info)
KQED News report from April 4th 1975 featuring an interview with a gay spokesman, who is objecting to what he refers to as San Francisco Chronicle's Herb Caen's "publicly libelling gays as a group." He states that: "In his column ? he [Caen] feels perfectly OK about calling gays 'queers, fruits, dykes, fags and homos'. We don't think that's acceptable." He goes on to place this complaint in the context of how it may negatively influence politicians when deciding on whether to approve the political bill AB33, relating to gay employment discrimination.... (more info)
723. GEN ASSIST. SF JUDGE SAYS SUPES GOT TO PAY FULL AMOUNT OF GEN. ASSISTANCE IN CASH...NOT IN CASH FOOD STAMPS AND BUS PASSES. WE GET REAX FROM KOPP AND FRED FURTH WHO BROUGHT SUIT.
KTVU News report featuring an interview with heavyweight boxing world champion George Foreman from March 6th 1974, as he trains for a fight with Ken Norton. Foreman discusses another possible contender Henry Clark and reflects on his readiness to fight, declaring that: "It all boils down to can you beat me on a given date? And if I'm at that place on a given date, I don't think you can beat me." Also includes scenes of his sparring in a gym, being watched by a crowd of spectators.
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Please note: audio levels were very low on the original sound recording. KPIX Eyewitness News report from February 7th 1973 by Rollin Post featuring scenes of heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman meeting California's governor Ronald Reagan and holding a press conference. Foreman expresses his continuing support for the Job Corp and when he and the governor compare clenched fists, he points to Reagan's hand and says: "This is real power."... (more info)
KTVU News report from November 1968 featuring a press conference with new Olympic Gold medalist heavyweight boxer George Foreman, who reflects on the Black Power salutes made by athletes Tommie Smith and Jon Carlos on the Olympic podium. Foreman says he respects their actions, stating a belief that: "In the United States you got the right to follow who you are and be what you want. You may not realize it but it exists." Also includes brief scenes of Foreman being driven past crowds and entering a gymnasium for a welcome reception.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from March 5th 1974 featuring an interview with world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, who is asked to reflect on what he'd do if the next fight (with Ken Norton) was his last. Foreman states that: "Boxing has been extremely good to me and I think that I'll always have something to put into boxing or take from boxing ... but there are other things to do ... Money is no way and in no fashion or form the most important thing in life." Also includes scenes of Foreman training in front of spectators.... (more info)
Please note: there was a technical fault with the original sound recording of this film. KPIX Eyewitness News report from November 30th 1974 featuring a press conference with George Foreman, who discusses losing his heavyweight boxing title to Muhammad Ali in Kinshasa (Zaire) last month. He reflects that: "It's not all about winning and losing championships. It's finding out who you are ... I learned that when you lose you can get closer to people too." He goes on to explain his feelings towards Ali and why he wants a rematch.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from April 6th 1971 by Barry Tompkins featuring an interview with boxer George Foreman, who discusses his coming fight with Gregorio Peralta and also reflects on how he would deal with heavyweight champion Joe Frasier. Foreman jokes that: "I think I'd pull out my knife ... and cut him up ... a win is a win."... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from August 16th 1974 in San Francisco, featuring views of world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman training at Newman's Gym in the Tenderloin (est. 1924; closed 1992). Also includes an interview with Foreman, who reflects that: "It's beautiful to be back amongst my own friends" and a sparring partner, who says that: "Anytime he hits ya, although it look like he's just playin with ya, don't you ever believe it! As well as being a fine gentleman outside the ring, he's a man that's mastered his business."... (more info)
A KQED report from San Francisco State College, featuring a brief glimpse of George Goerner walking up and down campus singing 'Blue Meanie' and playing his guitar. Students are heard chanting "English Department on strike!"... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness news report from August 14th 1968 featuring a press conference by George Mason Murray, who claims that he and several other Black Panther Party members were kidnapped by "international agents" and taken to Mexico City to be interrogated. Murray and David Hilliard answer questions from reporters and discuss being, "bound, thrown into a junkie station wagon, and then carted off" to Mexico where they were accused of being "red students." Remastered, edited and catalogued for the web by Shira Peltzman.... (more info)
George Mason Murray gives a press conference in which he explains his teaching duties at SF State College and expresses a belief that he is being attacked by the college and States power structures because of his outspoken membership of the Black Panther movement. Also features President Robert Smith being interviewed by Ben Williams about the political pressures surrounding the re-appointment of Murray.... (more info)
KPIX Eyewitness News report from December 19th 1974 by Bill Hillman featuring State Senator George Moscone's announcement he will run for Mayor of San Francisco in 1975. Includes views of Moscone meeting with people on the street and an interview in which he tells Hillman that he wants to give "people confidence that City Hall really wants to help them and that means ... making the neighborhoods feel that they play a very distinct part in the future of San Francisco." Ends with scenes from his formal announcement of candidacy at the Townehouse Hotel (with brief close-up shots of his children as he speaks).... (more info)
KRON-TV Assignment 4 documentary film from 1971, narrated by Frank Gorin, which examines the issue of drug abuse, rehabilitation and readjustment among armed forces veterans, of which it is estimated there are 40,000 hard core addicts returning from the Vietnam War. Includes scenes featuring: interviews with Jack McCloskey (Veterans for Peace), Margaret Griffin (nurse), John Renick (MD), Steve Petty (VA Hospital, Menlo Park), Dr Karl Evans (VA Hospital, San Francisco), George Gay (Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic) and Dr Irving Klompus; veterans at the VA Hospital in Menlo Park and Palo Alto undergoing de-toxification and self-help programs (with group psychotherapy); an explanation of how drug use in the Haight Ashbury has evolved from psychedelics, to amphetamines and barbiturates to the current heroin "epidemic"; drug rehabiliation workshops at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic; Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic outreach counselors working on the street and views of the Naval Schools Command marching. This film was written, produced and edited by Ira Eisenberg and edited by Will Nordby.... (more info)
KPIX News report from March 7th 1967 by Jim Anderson from Market Street in downtown San Francisco, where a student from the College of Marin is rolling a giant balloon along the sidewalk, dressed in a fluorescent suit. Includes views of pedestrians looking at the student in (mostly good natured) bemusement. Anderson explains in voice over that the student is making a documentary film about Market Street and was trying to distract attention away from his own camera crew.... (more info)
1454. GIRL BOY FISH: teen age kids in San Francisco have the opportunity to try their hand at fishing the San Francisco Police Department volunteer fish program
1521. GLASSES: Arthur Esparza was playing w/ a 22 caliber gun when it went off the bullet went into his skull it did not enter the brain bec. he was wearing glasses.
1548. GLIDER: Hal Lawrence and 6 other co-pilots took off from Palo Alto airport this morning for a month-long trip around the u.s. borders in a motorized clider first time ever attempted.
1580. GM Lawsuit: 40 million dollar suit for GM settled for putting chevy motors in buicks and olds-ca doen?t get its share and J Freitas doesn?t go for that
1615. GOAT LADY: Concord resident Helgard Wood has been raising a goat for a year because her child is allergic to cow?s milk; city says she has to get rid of goat; in lieu of jail sentence she?ll do volunteer work
