News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

Item Description
Title
News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 68-5000

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV News Collection


Date
1968-02-09

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on February 9, 1968.

Content Description
WIS-TV news film taken the morning after the Orangeburg Massacre. Reporter Paul Clancy speaks about claims and counter claims regarding the presence of sniper fire prior to the shooting. (Despite statements that sniper fire was confirmed, there is no evidence that anyone in the crowd shot at officers or carried guns.) Rev. A. W. Holman, I. DeQuincy Newman, and Matthew Perry from the NAACP hold a press conference urging that the students must be protected. Protesters carrying signs march at the State House.

Geographic Location
Orangeburg (S.C.)
Columbia (S.C.)


Subject
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985.
Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011.


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. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate.

Citation
News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 68-5000.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

S.C. County
Orangeburg County (S.C.)
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
10:28

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

Date Digital
2015-01-13

Language
English

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