KTLA News: "Women's rights protest in front of CBS Studios" (1974)
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The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA 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: "Women's rights protest in front of CBS Studios." Date: November 19, 1974.
Summary: Women protest in front of CBS Studios, carrying signs and chanting slogans. Stan Chambers interviews one of the women, a member of the Media Group of the Los Angeles Women's Liberation Union, about the purpose of the demonstration. She explains the Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting has filed a petition with the FCC to deny the license renewal applications for KNXT, KTLA, KTTV and KCOP. They are protesting against the portrayal of women on television, as well as the fact that the studios hire very few women, and those they do hire are primarly hired for clerical positions. Footage includes interview, protesters and their signs, and exterior shots of CBS.
© 2016 The Regents of the University of California
Complete Record: The KTLA newsfilm collection at UCLA 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: "Women's rights protest in front of CBS Studios." Date: November 19, 1974. Summary: Women protest in front of CBS Studios, carrying signs and chanting slogans. Stan Chambers interviews one of the women, a member of the Media Group of the Los Angeles Women's Liberation Union, about the purpose of the demonstration. She explains the Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting has filed a petition with the FCC to deny the license renewal applications for KNXT, KTLA, KTTV and KCOP. They are protesting against the portrayal of women on television, as well as the fact that the studios hire very few women, and those they do hire are primarly hired for clerical positions. Footage includes interview, protesters and their signs, and exterior shots of CBS. © 2016 The Regents of the University of California
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[Street, traffic noise] [Protesters chant] [Protesters chant] Don't use our body to sell your product. [Protesters chant] Don't use our body to, [?] [Protesters chant, unintelligible] [Protesters chant] CBS eye is closed to reality. CBS eye is closed to reality. Closed to reality. [Protesters chant] CBS eye is closed to reality. CBS eye is closed to reality. [Protesters chant] Let's see more women on CBS. Let's see more women on CBS. [No audio] [Street, traffic noise] [Camera start up sound] [Protesters chant] Let's see more women on CBS. Let's see more women on CBS] [Street, traffic noise, protesters chatter] [Camera start up sound] [Protesters chant] Underrate women. The top rated shows, underrate women. The top rated shows, the top rated shows, [Camera start up sound] [Protesters chant] The top rated shows, underrate women. The top rated shows, underrate women. [Camera start up sound] [Protesters chant] No FCC for KNXT. No FCC for KNXT. [Protesters chant] Women's [?] in the world. [Women's [?] in the world. [Street, traffic noise, protesters chatter] [Camera start up sound] [Stan Chambers, reporter KTLA] What's the purpose of the demonstration today? [Female Protester] Ah, I'm with the Media Group of the Los Angeles Women's Liberation Union. The fact that, ah, [Female Protester] a, a coalition to which we belong, the Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting, has recently filed a petition with the FCC, [Female Protester] to deny the license renewal applications of Station KNXT, KTLA, Channel 5, KTTV Channel 11 and K, KCOP Channel 13. [Chambers] Now, what do you hope would happen, what changes would you want? [Female Protester] And, most of the jobs we see on television, if we even see women working, are glamorous jobs. [Female Protester] Now most jobs, in reality, are not glamorous. So, television is not showing us reality. It's showing us something, that is um, [Female Protester] unreal, unreal. and, ah, it's not, it's making us think that things are better than they are. [Chambers] Are you also hoping to get more jobs for women by this demonstration? [Female Protester] Yes, that would be a good idea too. Ah, we found in our research that KNXT hires twenty two percent women. [Female Protester] Seventy six percent of those women are in clerical jobs. [Female Protester] For instance, only nineteen percent are in professional jobs, and we think, [Female Protester] ah, women should be hired, ah, in all job categories in terms of their, ah, ah, parity in the population. [Chambers] Is this part of a nationwide campaign? [Female Protester] Yes, all over the country, groups have,
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