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Yee (William) films of Watts and East Los Angeles
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles
Creator:
Yee, William
Identifier/Call Number: 7132
Physical Description:
0.58 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1963-1971
Abstract: The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage
of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street
scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage,
which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in the neighborhood,
along with people and children interacting between the buildings and murals.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 1
The William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles consist of four 16mm films and one U-matic videotape of neighborhood footage
of Watts and East Los Angeles, recorded by Dr. William Yee in the 1960s and 1970s. The videotape of Watts focuses on street
scenes circa 1963, just prior to the Watts Riots of 1965, including footage of the Watts Towers. The East Los Angeles footage,
which Yee titled "East LA Estrada," was filmed circa 1970-1971. The East Los Angeles footage shows Chicano murals in the neighborhood,
along with people and children interacting between the buildings and murals.
The USC Digital Repository digitized all of the films in this collection in November of 2021. The digital files are publicly
accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each file-level record in this finding aid is titled with the digital surrogate's
filename and includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of William Yee, July 30, 2021.
[Box/folder no. or item name], William Yee films of Watts and East Los Angeles, Collection no. 7132, Regional History Collection,
Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
The USC Digital Repository digitized all of the films in this collection in November of 2021. The digital files are publicly
accessible via the USC Digital Library. Each file-level record in this finding aid is titled with the digital surrogate's
filename and includes a link to the corresponding USC Digital Library asset.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chicano movement -- Archival resources
East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Archival resources
Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Simon Rodia's Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archival resources
Street art -- California -- East Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Watts (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Film reels
Moving images
Yee, William -- Archives