1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival Recorded on tape by Clark Santee

In 1970 TV Video Producer got a gig with Public TV station WITF in Hershey PA to record the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival. (The station got a grant from the PA Dept of Humanaties ). He recorded 35 hours of video. It was edited to 3 one hour programs. Later that year he edited the footage into a six-hour one-time-special for WHYY in Philadelphia which ran it ONCE in February 1971 and then was required to erase the tapes. Because these were early days of video the tape stock was both heavy and expensive so Santee erased the tapes and the only part that remains is this compilation that he created and posted it publicly for all to enjoy. Sadly You Tube decided to block the video and removed it. Clark doesn’t know why but it could possibly be the “chair dance” by the Arthur Hall African-American Dance Company. Anyway, Clark has retired and entrusted me with a copy of the RUclips which was delerted. I have placed it on my channel (where there is video I personally captured of the Philly Fest for the last 10-15 years). I am posting it as “unlisted”, which means you need the link to watch. This should keep this important piece of folk music history available.
Here are Clark’s words about the project:” It was with WITF that I did the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival. I've always said PFF is where I learned to direct music performance for television. Figuring out how to shoot people you have not rehearsed singing songs you are not familiar with has learning curve to it. The first night I was all thumbs.The second night I got a few good songs. And by the third night I was doing pretty well. It as there I decided I wanted to direct music for television exclusively. So I quit WITF and went freelance. Some how I kept it going through to 2008 when I retired and moved back to my home town of Portland.”
Let us all thank Clark for capturing and PRESERVING these magic moments