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CBS TV camera filming reporters initial story before meeting Mark

Location: Parrott's Ferry Bridge
Status: Live River
By: Coni Beeson
Date: May 25, 1979
Description:

Walter Cronkite’s CBS LA reporter, Harold Dow, doing preparatory work on Parrott’s Ferry Bridge. Dow was taken to the river in the middle of the night by ‘Deep Throat’ (the anonymous person who was only one who knew Mark’s location) to interview Mark on day 3 of his ‘camping trip’, where he was chained to a rock to stop the flooding of the river.  See the entire CBS coverage here.

Keywords: Chaining, Protests
Format: Photograph
Collection: Admin's Collection
Rights: Copyright Coni Beeson. All Rights Reserved

Date uploaded: May 9, 2019
Date last modified: Feb 28, 2023