- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Abe Gallman reporting on public housing issues, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 5
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Gallman, Abe, 1942-
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12-05
- Subject:
- Public housing--Georgia--Atlanta--Public opinion
Poverty--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta (Ga.)--Economic conditions - People:
- Gallman, Abe, 1942-
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips, Abe Gallman reports from the construction site of a 650-unit public housing project on McDaniel Street SW in Atlanta. He notes that while the project nears completion, there are 2,000 people on Atlanta public housing's waiting list. "The city needs to double its low-income units by 1971, but is falling behind on that schedule. One reason is neighborhood opposition to a public housing project." Earlier in the year, a project slated for Sewell Road was voted down by the Board of Aldermen. He mentions that Atlanta mayor Ivan Allen believes public opinion "may keep Atlanta's public housing mainly where it is right now: that is, in the city's lower-income neighborhoods." However, given that Atlanta is using federal funds, the units must be distributed throughout the city according to the regional administrator for Housing and Urban Development.In the next clip, the HUD representative, Edward H. Baxter, notes that having an economic ghetto results in the kinds of problems seen in Watts, California. Atlanta wants to avoid that and have a balanced program that offers opportunities throughout the city.The next clip returns to Abe Gallman who wraps his report noting the differences between the requirements of the federal government and the political reality in Georgia.The final seven clips are silent showing the construction site and men working: on scaffolding working around windows, digging by the building, and burning refuse.
Reporter: Gallman, Abe, 1942-
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn52496
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn52496
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn52496
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn52496/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn52496, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Abe Gallman reporting on public housing issues, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967 December 5, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1423, 34:32/36:56, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 2 mins., 24 secs.): color, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
