International struggle for abortion rights.
Program Title:
International struggle for abortion rights.
PRA Archive #:
BC1305
pbcoreAssetType:
pbcoreAssetDate:
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1973-03-10
dateType:
created
Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1973-03-10
dateType:
broadcast
Date Recorded on:
10 Mar. 1973.
Date Broadcast on:
WBAI, 10 Mar. 1973?; KPFA, 13 Sep. 1973.
Station:
Total duration (All reels):
2 reels (141 min.) : 7 1/2 ips, mono.
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Description:
On March 10, 1973, the Women's National Abortion Action Coalition (WONAAC) held on International Women's Solidarity Day Meeting at Town Hall in New York City. The subject wsa the history and progress of the International Strugggle for Abortion Rights. Speakers from the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, and Britain gave a history of abortion from Aristotle to the present as well as rousing speeches condemning governmental action (or lack of it) with regard to abortion. The speakers on the first part of the program include Barbara Roberts, National Coordinator of WONAAC and a practicing abortionist; Congresswoman Bella Abzug, Ellen May, Canadian Coalition to Repeal the Abortion Law; Susan Lamont, WONAAC; and Sandra Hockman, film producer and feminist poet. Roberts also reads a message of support from suffragist Florence Luscombe. The second part of the program features Claude Servan-Schreiber, Gisele Halimi, and Michele Chevalier, French feminists and abortion rights activists; Florynce "Flo" Kennedy, lawyer, feminist activist and co-author of "Abortion rap"; Jean Toche, Belgian activist, Ad Hoc Artists' Committee for Freedom; and Maureen Blackburn, Women's Abortion and Contraceptive Campaign of Britain.
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instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P01
PRA item ID:
BC1305
INSTANTIATION DATE (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY):
1973-03-10
instantiationPhysical:
1/4 inch audio tape
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationGenerations:
Master: audio
instantiationPart:
instantiationPart:
1
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P01_01
PRA item ID:
BC1305A
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions:
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration:
01:07:00
instantiationPart:
2
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P01_02
PRA item ID:
BC1305B
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
University of Maryland, College Park, attn: Chuck Howell
instantiationDimensions:
10-1/2 inch
instantiationDuration:
01:14:00
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_D01
instantiationDate (partial OK):
{2014-01-21, 2015-07-02}
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDigital:
instantiationGenerations:
Master: preservation
instantiationPart:
instantiationPart:
1
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_D01_01
PRA item ID:
PRA_NHPRC1_BC1305_0A_000_00
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDuration:
01:07:59
instantiationFileSize:
702,716,000
instantiationPart:
2
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_D01_02
PRA item ID:
PRA_NHPRC1_BC1305_0B_000_00
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
instantiationDuration:
01:14:57
instantiationFileSize:
774,794,000
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P02
instantiationPhysical:
CD
instantiationLocation:
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationDigital:
instantiationGenerations:
Copy: access
instantiationPart:
instantiationPart:
1
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P02_01
PRA item ID:
BC1305A
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 1 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationDuration:
01:07:59
instantiationPart:
2
Total parts:
2
instantiationIdentifier:
12451_P02_02
PRA item ID:
BC1305B
Instantiation title:
International struggle for abortion rights. (Part 2 of 2)
instantiationLocation:
PRA Production Cabinets
instantiationDuration:
01:14:57
Distributor:
Los Angeles : Pacifica Radio Archive, 1973.
Rights Summary:
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, Curriculum Initiative, Campus Campaign and all other inquiries should be directed to: Mark Torres, Archives Director, 800-735-0230, Mark@PacificaRadioArchives.org
Grant Tracking Information:
Shipping Batch Number:
Batch 5
Box and labels scanned:
2014-01-21
Re-labeled box (1980s)--Mylar?:
Date tape pulled from vault (or box printed):
2014-01-21
First level cataloging notes:
2014-01-21-Previously digitized in house. Only part A.
Possible restriction issues:
No
Sensitive language:
No
First level catalog completed by (Initials):
jmb
Date first level cataloging completed:
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Location on PRA drive:
Y:\NHPRC1 American Women files\PRA_Batch 5
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Date:
2015-08-13
Audio File QC (Pass One) completed Initials:
JG
Audio file QC (Pass One) notes:
No intro or outro.
Part A: Faint hiss.
Part B: Faint hiss. Varying audio levels but mostly sounds fine.
Post dig--dup, numbering issue, etc.:
Post dig--Complete songs in intro/outro:
Post dig--Mostly pre-recorded music:
Post dig--Contains reading of published materials:
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Post dig--Editing required for bcast:
Post dig--Minor audio issues (see notes):
CD plays:
Second Level Cataloging completed Date:
2015-08-13
Second Level Cataloging completed Initials:
JG
Reels Reboxed (see tape assessment):
Reels Rewound:
Production CD (copy) created:
Reel removed for contamination:
No
Plastic insert put in box:
Reel sent to Univ. Maryland:
View Folio here (at Archive.org):
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