Footage of an 11-year-old Prince — already sporting a mischievous and very Prince-like smirk — has been unearthed from the archive room of Minneapolis television station WCCO. The brief clip features Prince being interviewed about the Minneapolis teachers' strike that occurred in 1970, which his tiny self very much supports.
Apparently, WCCO production manager Matt Liddy found the video clip while going through the station's archives looking for footage that placed this year's Minneapolis teachers' strike into some historical context.
After stumbling on the footage, Liddy "immediately just went out to the newsroom and started showing people and saying, 'I'm not gonna tell you who I think this is, but who do you think this is?'" A specialist was called in to restore the audio, after which a local historian and a childhood friend of Prince's were tracked down to confirm that the child in the interview is in fact Prince.
"I think they should get a better education too cause, um, and I think they should get some more money 'cause they work, they be working extra hours for us and all that stuff," the young Prince says in the video after being asked if the local children supported the strike.
The interview was shot in April 1970, when Prince was attending Lincoln Junior High School.
In further unearthed Prince material news, it was revealed last month that the pop icon's lost 1986 album Camille — recorded as his feminine alter-ego — will be released some 36 years after it was recorded.
Check out the full WCCO news story, including the Prince footage, below.
Apparently, WCCO production manager Matt Liddy found the video clip while going through the station's archives looking for footage that placed this year's Minneapolis teachers' strike into some historical context.
After stumbling on the footage, Liddy "immediately just went out to the newsroom and started showing people and saying, 'I'm not gonna tell you who I think this is, but who do you think this is?'" A specialist was called in to restore the audio, after which a local historian and a childhood friend of Prince's were tracked down to confirm that the child in the interview is in fact Prince.
"I think they should get a better education too cause, um, and I think they should get some more money 'cause they work, they be working extra hours for us and all that stuff," the young Prince says in the video after being asked if the local children supported the strike.
The interview was shot in April 1970, when Prince was attending Lincoln Junior High School.
In further unearthed Prince material news, it was revealed last month that the pop icon's lost 1986 album Camille — recorded as his feminine alter-ego — will be released some 36 years after it was recorded.
Check out the full WCCO news story, including the Prince footage, below.
