Thurmond on Voting Rights--handout

Item Description
Title
Thurmond on Voting Rights--handout

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 65-838

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
1965-02

Decade
1960

Coverage Temporal
Filmed February, 1965

Description
Interior: medium closeup Senator Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) speaking. Says proposed new Civil Rights Bill could let illiterates and criminals vote and serve on juries. Say the Congress was told the 1957, 1960, and 1964 Civil Rights Bills would be the final take on the subject. Says Martin Luther King will never be satisfied. Note: handout; same as WBTW 4547.

Geographic Location
United States.

Subjects
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.
Voting.
United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Civil rights.


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. Positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate.

Citation
Thurmond on Voting Rights--handout. (WIS-TV News Story 65-838.) 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
00:59

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

Date Digital
06/26/2019

Language
English

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