Meetings and Events of the
Free Speech Movement
Many meetings, rallies, and events of the Free
Speech Movement were recorded on audiotape and film by radio and television stations, the
FSM's archivist Marston Schultz, and other individuals. Much of this documentary material
still exists, accessible to determined reseachers; and we are optimistic that much may be
put online. Mark Kitchell has given us invaluable guidance to TV station archives, from
making his film Berkeley in the Sixties. We hope to arrange permission to show
their material by the time people's browsers can handle it. Meanwhile, we're focussing on
the audiotapes.
Many hours of taped coverage by
the pioneer community-supported FM station KPFA have just become available, through
the gracious cooperation of Pacifica Foundation, the Bancroft Library, and the Media
Resource Center. A second wave of audio will follow from FSM-A's work with Bancroft's oral
history project and the MRC, as Marston's tapes -- which follow events through spring '65
-- are inventoried and digitalized. The audio portions of TV coverage may also become
available to fill important gaps. We'd like to hear from any FSM vets (or others) who
still have audiotapes or film from that time.
The initial list below suggests what's coming.
The live links point to what's online.
10/02/64
the police-car sit-in
10/03/64
the police-car sit-in
12/02/64
rally, Sproul Hall sit-in
partial transcript of rally (Mario's famous
speech)
12/03/64
Sproul Hall sit-in, arrests
12/08/64
Academic
Senate meeting