Simkins on police brutality--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Simkins on police brutality--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 65-1214 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 WIS-TV News Collection Date 1965-12 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed the first week of December, 1965. Description Modjeska Simkins on police brutality. Describes several recent incidents of alleged beatings and mistreatment of African Americans by police, including the shooting death of Grant Brown at the city jail on November 8, 1965. From week ending reel dated 65-12-08. Geographic Location South Carolina. Subjects Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992. Police brutality--United States. Race relations. Racism. Civil rights. 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. Donor Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation Physical Format Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate. Citation Simkins on police brutality--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 65-1214.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 00:47 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 03/23/2017 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/