Vintage news treasures go digital

UCLA Film and Television Archive launches online video resource featuring news footage from Los Angeles station KTLA-TV. Kelly Graml - In 1959 news footage, Sen. John F. Kennedy answers questions in Los Angeles on such topics as when he'll announce if he plans to run for U.S. president. At a March 1959 news conference in Los Angeles, aspiring presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kennedy was asked if his Catholicism would hinder a possible run for the White House. He told reporters of his confidence in Americans' belief in the separation of church and state and added that one's religion "has nothing to do with his competence to hold office." The fascinating and timely exchange is one of many historical moments that can be found in a new digital portal created by UCLA Film and Television Archive. The videos are now accessible online as part of the UCLA KTLA News Project , a new moving-image research area featuring 100 clips of news footage from the 1950s to the 1980s filmed by Los Angeles station KTLA-TV.
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