"Senator Robert F. Kennedy responds to reporters in Los Angeles"

Black and white footage of Senator Robert F. Kennedy responding to questions from reporters upon arrival in Los Angeles. The senator is in town to attend meetings on civil rights, business in connection with the John F. Kennedy Library, and to take some of his children to Disneyland. Topics covered include civil rights, the subway strike currently underway in New York City, different aspects of the war in Vietnam such as peace and escalation of the war, and the possibility of Ronald Reagan running for Governor of California.

Note:  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.

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