Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes

News Story Number
WBTW-TV News Story 520

Sound or Silent
Silent

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WBTW-TV News Collection


Date
1970-07-13

Decade
1970

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on July 13, 1970.

Content Description
Unidentified man in blue Klan robes addresses rally while holding an American flag. He is on a platform with two men in red robes. Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally members in white robes and hoods circle a cross that is lit on fire. Klan members then salute the cross and toss their torches into the fire.

Geographic Location
South Carolina.


Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Racism.


Contributor Name
WBTW-TV


Creator Name
WBTW-TV (Production unit)


Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Donor
Walker L. Chandler


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate.

Citation
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes. (WBTW-TV News Story 520.) WBTW-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
The Modern State (1970-present)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:58

Digitization Specifications
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k

Date Digital
2022-05-12

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/