California Audiovisual Preservation Project

  • Polaris into ploughshares

    Reports on a demonstration at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California. Burton White and Alex Hoffman cover events at Vallejo, the conclusion of a 600 mile peace march organized by CNVA (Committee for Non-Violent Action) West. Twelve protesters declare their intention to go onto the base and talk with shipyard workers. The program…

  • 210,000 children

    210,000 children every year receive help through the Aid to Needy Children (ANC) program. This discussion was recorded at the United Community Fund of San Francisco meeting on ANC. Moderated by Judge Robert Kroninger of the Oakland Municipal Court (chairman, ANC Committee, California Association for Health and Welfare). The panel includes Professor Jacobus tenBroek, chairman…

  • Lowriders / produced by Buster Gonzales.

    History of lowriding, focusing on police-lowrider relations and current trends.

  • Do or die: gang life in South-Central Los Angeles

    Leon Bing, former model and writer on gang life for the L.A. Weekly and Harper’s Magazine, discusses her exploration of gang life in South Central Los Angeles with Karole Selmon. She discusses the Crips and the Bloods, her personal relationships with some of the family members, the origins of gang activity, and the continuous spread…

  • The Rose lot evictions / produced by Tony Wilde.

    Documentary report on Los Angeles City plans to clear out 30,000 indigents from the city before the 1984 Olympic games. Includes interviews of the homeless, police, local attorneys, developers and government officials.|THE ROSE LOT EVICTIONS / produced by Tony Wilde. – Documentary report on Los Angeles City plans to clear out 30,000 indigents from the…

  • The writing on the wall: the great wall of Los Angeles

    The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a mural designed by Judith Baca located in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley that depicts the history of California through a series of panels, beginning with prehistory and proceeding through to the 20th century. The mural, which mostly depicts minority histories in the city (e.g. Japanese internment camps,…

  • Who’s running down the property values…?

    Using Inglewood, California as a case study, this documentary examines the problems of racial and economic change in an urban community. Earl Ofari of KPFK talks to city officials, real estate people, homeowners, renters and bankers about city services, red-lining, maintenance and other topics that affect property values. Subjects interviewed for this program include Joseph…

  • Growing old Chicano

    Aurelia Morris visits the Maravilla old people’s home in East Los Angeles for this documentary on aging in the Chicano community, with the assistance of José Cuellar, Professor of Anthropology at the Claremont College Chicano Studies Center.

  • Garment workers in Los Angeles (Part 1 of 2)

    This documentary examines working conditions, alleged abuses, the role of the unions, the plight of undocumented workers, and other problems facing the garment industry in Los Angeles. Program features Mario Vazquez, international organizer for the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (ILGWU); Bernard Brown, vice president of Koret of California; James Quillin, Labor Commissioner for the…

  • Los Angeles integration rally

    Highlights from the February 12th, 1977 March and Rally for Integration from Downtown Los Angeles to the Board of Education building to bring about a realistic integration program to Los Angeles schools. The rally occurred after the integration plan submitted by the Citizens Advisory Committee on School Integration (CACSI) to the Board of Education was…