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Description
KOVR-TV news footage of the Father's Day 1969 incident in the Oak Park neighborhood of Sacramento, California where a group of young African Americans erected a sign in James McClatchy Park, renaming it Brotherhood Park. The incident provoked a fight and after police were called, over 40 people were arrested after more than 100 shots were fired on both sides. No one died and police ransacked the Black Panthers' offices at 2941 35th Street. After 00:04:07, footage changes to unrelated news about a flooding river and dam release. Written on film leader and paper inside container: "1. 11966N; 2. 11970N; 3. 11997N"
Type
moving image
Format
Reversal Original Sound Color 16mm film
Form/Genre
Television news programs
Extent
1 Reel of 1 00:06:34
Identifier
2016/009/KOVRLooseFilm033 casacsh_000617
Language
English
Subject
Flooding Black Panther Party
Place
Sacramento (Calif.)
Provenance
Center for Sacramento History California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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