McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes

Item Description
Title
McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 89

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections

Digital Collection
Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections


Collection Name
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1968-02-09

Decade
1960

Coverage Temporal
Filmed on February 9, 1968.

Description
South Carolina Governor Robert McNair holds a press conference and answers questions following the shooting of unarmed protesters by S. C. Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg. (Despite statements of sniper fire, there is no evidence that anyone in the crowd shot at officers or carried guns.) The protesters were primarily students from Claflin University and SC State College (SC State University), protesting a segregated bowling alley. Three students were killed and over 30 were injured. Governor McNair declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew.

Geographic Location
Columbia (S.C.)

Subjects
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968.
Claflin University.
South Carolina State College.
South Carolina State University.
McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007.
Demonstrations.
Civil rights.


Contributor Name
WNOK 1477

Creator Name
WNOK-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. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Sound. Acetate.

Citation
McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 89.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

SC 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
06:41

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

Date Digital
09/27/2017

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/