KTLA News: "Demonstration in support of American Indian Movement leader, Leonard Peltier" (1979)

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The KTLA newsfilm collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound.

Title: “Demonstration in support of American Indian Movement leader, Leonard Peltier.” Date: January 10, 1979.

Summary: Reporter Stan Chambers covers a demonstration in support of incarcerated American Indian Movement (AIM) leader, Leonard Peltier. Chambers interviews a protester on the picket line who states Peltier is being scapegoated for the murder of two FBI agents in Wounded Knee. The protester wants people to recognize that the government and FBI are conspiring against Native Americans and believes Peltier is not guilty and is in jail because he is fighting for sovereignty of the American Indian. The group of protesters is demonstrating because Peltier's lawyers are seeking a new trial, and the group wants to raise awareness in Los Angeles.

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Complete Record: The KTLA newsfilm collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive consists of cut and unedited stories, outtakes and fill footage, originally shot on 16mm reversal film stock with magnetic soundtrack. Some footage, particularly material not used for broadcast, may be without sound. Title: “Demonstration in support of American Indian Movement leader, Leonard Peltier.” Date: January 10, 1979. Summary: Reporter Stan Chambers covers a demonstration in support of incarcerated American Indian Movement (AIM) leader, Leonard Peltier. Chambers interviews a protester on the picket line who states Peltier is being scapegoated for the murder of two FBI agents in Wounded Knee. The protester wants people to recognize that the government and FBI are conspiring against Native Americans and believes Peltier is not guilty and is in jail because he is fighting for sovereignty of the American Indian. The group of protesters is demonstrating because Peltier's lawyers are seeking a new trial, and the group wants to raise awareness in Los Angeles. Learn more about this UCLA Film & Television Archive project: ucla.in/1SONCuw © 2023 The Regents of the University of California