KNTV Channel 11 News Reels

Reels A-H of original camera footage edited for broadcast on KNTV Channel 11 San Jose for August 28, 1969. Includes outtakes and silent footage. Reel 1 (Roll A-B) Segment 1: KNTV Reporter Tom Anderson in Monterey at the Fleet Numerical Weather Center facility, which is the hub of the Navy's global weather reporting system with a payroll of $2 million. It houses the world's third largest environmental computer receiving and distributing weather data to Navy ships and installations around the world. Anderson interviews chief officer Bob Bechtlelmayer (?) about the facility's need for more space and more computing capacity; a committee has been set up to study their needs and might impact the decision about whether to leave Monterey for Corvallis, Oregon. Several outtakes of interviews; giggling. Segment 2: Anderson interviews Monterey mayor Al Madden who sums up the local reaction; they don't want the facility to leave Monterey, and Madden believes an expanded facility will draw the best oceanographers and become the leading center of oceanography study on the West Coast. Followed by silent footage of the exterior of the Fleet Numerical Weather Center, interior shots of mainframe computers, tape drives, staff operating the computers, oscilloscopes. Segment 3: Picture Day for Stanford University Indians. Reporter Don Bunchie interviews Stanford's football coach John Ralston about new rules on spiking; silent footage of players posing for pictures: quarterback Jim Plunkett of San Jose (No. 16), half back Jackie Brown (No. 33), full back Hillary Shockley (No. 38), and Bubba Brown (No. 21) who is seen signing an autograph. Reel 2 (Roll C-F) Segment 1 (silent): Ahead of a bout the following night, Japanese welterweight boxing champion Ryu Sorimachi warms up with his manager Kyo Noguchi by sparring with a dragon operated by Noguchi. Sorimachi faces Kid Reyo of Los Angeles in Sorimachi's first U.S. bout. Multiple shots of Sorimachi and the dragon. Segment 2 (silent): Football action between the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys (?), a featured segment on 49ers player John Brodie, ahead of the "rubber match" between the 49ers and the Oakland Raiders. Voice over script: "Tonight we'll watch the field general of the 49ers, John Brodie. [Hand off into line] Brodie is a former Stanford University quarterback who's been with the 49ers for 11 frustrating years. He's basically a passing quarterback [into huddle] who hasn't had a real good running attack to work with in his period there...but he has had good pass receivers...his main problem has been that he, as the leader of the team, [short gain hand off] has been hot and cold, and as goes Brodie so go the 49ers. He was the Western Division All-Star quarterback in 1965, and that year [Brodie keeps], in the Pro All-Star game, threw 7 interceptions. He is not one of the most talented runners, but can and will hang onto the ball when the situation merits. Here, against the Dallas Cowboys, he picks up a sizable bit of yardage, but does [pitchout] get to the sidelines as soon as possible. But he'd rather get rid of the ball in any way he can...to a 49er." Segment 3 (sound): KNTV reporter Tom Anderson speaks to U.C. Santa Cruz provost James Hall about the new college opening at UC Santa Cruz on the west side of campus next month. Hall explains how the enrollment will break down, that the school will be focusing on the arts. He is asked about his background as a writer and novelist, as well as what the school will be named - the process is delicate and Hall won't comment on what the name will be ahead of the decision. Segment 4 (silent + sound): Series of still images of a proposed gravity vacuum transit system demonstrated in Mountain View to Santa Clara County Supervisors, followed by reporter Bob Haulman's explanation of the system. Script reads, "Bay Area commuters may find themselves being shot through a tube in the future...this is a model of a proposed gravity vacuum transit system. The system would operate 950 feet below existing streets and freeway. The system was demonstrated today to Santa Clara County Supervisors and various city officials. Government is interested in such a system because of Santa Clara County Measure A that if passed would create a transit system here. The G.V.T. system is under development by the Tube Transit Company of Palo Alto and would bury twin tubes beneath the streets and whisk passengers to their destinations using gravity and vacuum. At the demonstration, County and City officials watched as a scale model was shot down a 300-foot tube in less than 2 seconds. The actual system will start at about 50 feet under the street and accelerate downhill to a depth of 950 feet. From that point the train will go uphill slowing the train down to a stop just as the train reaches its station to discharge passengers. No cost estimate has been made yet but engineers are hopeful that the cost will be much less than the BART system being developed in the Bay Area." Reel 3 (Roll G-H): Segment 1 (silent + sound): Feature on high school summer jobs at Ames Research Laboratory. Silent footage of two high school students, one working with mice and water tanks (not explained in story); the other named Jim, whose work is explained in the voice over. Followed by reporter Jim Bliwas speaking from the main road in front of Ames Research Laboratory, with a close-up of the name on the building. Script reads, "Summer jobs for high school students are hard to come by at best; usually they involve nothing more stimulating than than carrying out groceries or filing. But for about 50 students from San Jose's East Side high schools, their summer jobs were far from routine. They were employed as research assistants at the Ames Laboratory on Moffett Field. Jim will be a senior next month at Overfelt High. This summer he's working on a project that measures the impact of meteorites on the surface of the moon. He assists a NASA staff worker in the firing of a large 'gun,' then collects most of the data and plots it out. Jim's work is unusual in itself but other students have equally unusual jobs. Kirch DeMartini, a counselor for the program, was asked if it's been successful." Bliwas interviews DeMartini, who says it's been more successful than expected. Their evaluation questionnaires have shown very positive responses from both students and employers. Script continues: "This is the third year the Economic Opportunity Commission and the Neighborhood Youth Corps have sponsored the project. All agree it's been worthwhile. Some of the supervisors have indicated they'd like the youngsters back this fall, but unfortunately politics rather than need may decide if they return. To pay for the program comes out of EOC funds and with the Nixon administration shuffling welfare programs, the project's future is in question. Jim Bliwas, KNTV News, reporting." Segment 2 (sound): San Jose Mayor Ron James reacts to statements by Nixon's urban affairs consultant, Daniel Moynihan this week, who said monies now being used to finance the war in Vietnam would likely not be dumped back into cities. James is not upset and explains why to reporter Eric Williams.

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