TITLE | DESCRIPTION | DATE CREATED | IS FORMAT OF |
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Gay Freedom Day Parade 1976 | Gay Freedom Day Parade 1976 in San Francisco, CA. Film by Rich Weiss from the Henri Leleu collection. Leleu (1907-1996) was a gay man who was active in the San Francisco leather scene and participated in LGBTQ community groups. File name: glbths 1997-13 7 011 sc |
1976 | |
Castro #1 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape depicts Castro neighborhood streetscapes and business interiors, including several antique stores, a spice shop, a clothing store, and a restaurant. It also includes an interview a gay activist, possibly Chris Perry, who was handing out whistles as part of campaign to stop anti-gay violence. |
1976 | |
Castro #3 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape includes an extended interview with Scott Smith inside Castro Camera and a tour of Lee Mentley's home art gallery, the Hulah Palace (sometimes spelled Hula Palace). |
1976 | |
Castro #2 | Raw footage from the 1976 documentary short film The Castro: A Definitively Biased View. The tape depicts a ventriquist act and a drag performance utilizing yellowface at an unnamed performance venue. Yellowface refers to a tradition of theatrical and musical performance, originating in the mid-19th century, in which white actors deployed racist and stereotypical costumes, makeup, props, gestures, dialects, and musical sounds to connote ""Chineseness"" and/or ""Asianness"" and, in turn, foreigness and racial inferiority. It also includes a conversation with a man registering voters on the street, interior shots of Cliff's Variety store, and extended footage of a street theater performance. |
1976 | |
The Castro: A Definitively Biased View | A documentary short film about life in the Castro. Depicted are neighborhood streetscapes and business interiors, including several antique stores, a spice shop, a clothing store, and a restaurant; an interview with Scott Smith inside Castro Camera; a conversation with performer Pristine Condition; an interview a gay activist, possibly Chris Perry, who was handing out whistles as part of a campaign to stop anti-gay violence; a street theater performance; and a a conversation with a man registering voters on the street. |
1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Original Tape 2 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Copy #1 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1976 | |
Castro Street Fair 1976 Copy #3 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1976 | |
1976 Castro Street Fair Original Tape 1 | Footage of the 1976 Castro Street Fair including an interview with Harvey Milk, taken by Daniel Smith, a member of the Queer Blue Light Video collective.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1976 | |
Gay Health Board Elections Original | Footage of interviews with people in the Castro about the Gay Health Board Election and the Gay Health Project, made by Daniel Smith and the Queer Blue Light Video collective. Some of this clip is audio-only.
From the Daniel A. Smith and Queer Blue Light Videotapes collection (#1999-52), GLBT Historical Society. In 2011, GLBT Historical Society volunteer John Raines digitized 79 of the nearly 100 tapes in the collection. Raines added titles (derived from notations on the physical media) and a GLBT Historical Society watermark to the videos. |
1976 | |
Gay Rights Demonstrations in 1960s San Francisco (1 of 2) | A panel discussion hosted by the Lesbian and Gay History Project and featuring Del Martin, one of the founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, and Rev. Robert Cromey, an Episcopal priest and gay rights activist. They discuss a gay rights demonstrations held at the San Francisco Federal Building in May 1966 to protest the exclusion of gay people from military service. Martin explains why the organizers chose to demonstrate on Armed Forces Day and shares some of the reactions the demonstration received. Cromey explains how he came to cofound the Conference on Religion and Homosexuality, and both Martin and Cromey relate their memories of the demonstration. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
1987-01-21 | |
Gay Rights Demonstrations in 1960s San Francisco (2 of 2) | A panel discussion hosted by the Lesbian and Gay History Project and featuring Del Martin, one of the founders of the Daughters of Bilitis, and Rev. Robert Cromey, an Episcopal priest and gay rights activist. Cromey and Martin relate their early involvements with gay rights activism and Cromey reads articles from the San Francisco Chronicle covering various protests and demonstrations. This material was digitized through the generous support of Larry Brenner and Angelo Figone. |
1987-01-21 |