Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes.

Item Description
Title
Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes.

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 65-558

Sound or Silent
Silent and sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV News Collection


Date
1965-06-19

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on June 19, 1965.

Content Description
Ku Klux Klan rally held at Ballentine (in Richland County). Grand Dragons from five states attend as does the Klan's Imperial Wizard, Robert Sheldon, of Tuscaloosa. The rally features musicians performing from the stage. Women and children are present as well, some of them wearing Klan robes. Audio is intermittent but portions of speeches by Sheldon and two others can be heard. Klansmen burn a cross after the speeches.

Geographic Location
Ballentine (S.C.)


Subject
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century.
South Carolina--History.
Hate speech.
Civil rights--United States--History.
Demonstrations--United States.
Propaganda, Anti-communist.
Racism.


Contributor Name
Covington, Jim (Camera operator)


Creator Name
WIS-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.

Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent and sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate.

Citation
Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes.. (WIS-TV News Story 65-558.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

S.C. County
Richland County (S.C.)


Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
03:54

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2018-02-09

Language
English

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