“Contact resident film archivist Alex Cherian if you have any questions”

May 18, 2016 10:32 PM

Established in 1982, the [San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive] preserves 6000 hours of newsfilm, documentaries and other TV footage produced in the Bay Area and Northern California from the Twentieth Century. We are a part of the J. Paul Leonard Library’s Department of Special Collections and oversee material owned by local TV stations KPIX-TV, KRON-TV, KQED and KTVU. All 1,659 items in the collections can be streamed. A few notable inclusions within.

• Black, Blues Black!, a ten-part special by Maya Angelou on the black influence on culture (1968)
• The Rejected, “the first the first ever U.S. televised documentary about homosexuality” (1961) Previously
• The director’s cut of Take This Hammer, which follows James Baldwin’s meeting with members of the Bay Area African American community (1963).
• A collection of footage of The Golden Gate International Exhibition (1939/40)
• A short film on the benefits of digital color correction
• News reports on the occupation of Alcatraz (1969) Previously
• A two-part documentary on Dorothea Lange (1965) Previously

posted by Going To Maine (5 comments total)

What no 1970's KICU "The perfect 36" station ID's with Carol Doda?
posted by boilermonster at 11:02 PM on May 18, 2016

Cool!
posted by Potomac Avenue at 3:46 AM on May 19, 2016

Do they have Candle Cove?
posted by beerperson at 4:53 AM on May 19, 2016 [2 favorites]

Searching for my boys Charlie and Humphrey.
posted by Mr.Me at 9:26 AM on May 19, 2016 [1 favorite]

Amazing stuff - thanks for posting.
posted by mogget at 9:53 AM on May 19, 2016