California Audiovisual Preservation Project

  • Timothy Leary in Algiers

    Dr. Timothy Leary calls into WBAI-FM from La Madrague, Algeria, where he was living in exile with his wife Rosemary Leary in 1970. He acknowledges that his escape from prison and the United States was organized by the Weather Underground and that he is now hiding in Algiers thanks to the assistance of Eldridge Cleaver…

  • The mis-education of the black student

    While the public education that Black students receive in the United States is not as overtly discriminatory as in South Africa, there are serious problems. In this program teachers from the Los Angeles Unified School District, Black educators, students and citizens discuss the education or lack of it that Black students receive. They also discuss…

  • Friends of Leslie

    Sue Talbot, Jerry Gumbleton, and the Reverend Dwight Blackstock, three members of Friends for Leslie, talk with KPFK-FM’s Catherine Stifter. The group has been fighting for the prison release of Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted for the Manson Family murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. They discuss the California parole system, the influence of…

  • A Southern California communist : Dorothy Healey.

    Her life and goals.

  • Gays in the joint

    A disturbingly frank documentary on the vindictive treatment of gay men in California’s correctional institutions, with emphasis on the “psychiatrically-oriented” facility at Vacaville. The classification of different types of gay men within the prison, how a prisoner’s homosexuality affects their chances for parole, and the relationship between prisons and the industrial sector in California are…

  • The gray depression

    This program examines how current economic crises are affecting the elderly in Southern California. Focuses on the older communities of Venice and East Los Angeles and how those who are living on a fixed income are faring with regard to food, housing, income maintenance, and jobs. Produced by Marlene Adler Marks.

  • Topanga: hideout or alternative?

    Members of the Topanga Association for a Scenic Community (TASC) describe their fight with land developers to halt construction of trailer parks and high-density dwellings, and offer alternative ways of living on the earth and with each other. Participants include Richard Dehr, Jack and Barbara Rice, David Hitchcock, Mike Cohen, Bob Bates, Lal Baum and…

  • Relax, you’re going to enjoy this

    A documentary about massage parlors in the San Francisco Bay Area. Includes interviews with masseuses, patrons, owners and the head of the San Francisco Police Department vice squad. Produced by Jay Goodwin.

  • Christopher Columbus meets the Indians

    On the occasion of the Columbus Day festivities being held in San Francisco’s Aquatic Park on October 12, 1971, a group of Native Americans held a counter-celebration marked by ceremonies of mourning. The two events happened within earshot of each other and were recorded by KPFA’s Bill Schechner. This recording documents reactions to the event…

  • National peace action coalition rally in Los Angeles (Part 1 of 4)

    Actuality of a National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC) rally held at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Los Angeles in April, 1971. The emcee for the evening is actor Georg Stanford Brown. On Reel 1, Brown introduces a film, “Hiroshima & Nagasaki”, the audio of which can be heard on the recording, and introduces Hiroshima…