[Constructive feminism--field footage] [videorecording]. [1976]

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[Constructive feminism--field footage] [videorecording]. [1976]

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/302285467

Raw footage of the 1975 renovation of the Los Angeles Woman's Building on Spring Street, shot for the documentary, Constructive feminism : reconstruction of the Woman's Building, directed by Sheila Ruth and produced by Diana Johnson and Annette Hunt.

5 videocassettes (U-matic) : sd., b&w ; 3/4 in. original (3 copies)5 videocassettes (Betacam SP) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. original.1 videoreel : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in. original.

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