A.C. Flora incident, Frank Powell comments--outtakes

Description: Transcript Item Description Title A.C. Flora incident, Frank Powell comments--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 70-1420 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 1970-10-30 Decade 1970 Temporal Coverage Filmed on October 30, 1970. Content Description Richland County Sheriff Frank Powell speaks at a news conference to give his final comments on an incident at A.C. Flora High School on October 14,1970. Powell comments on the role of the "Watson aides," likely referring to an aide to S.C. Representative Albert Watson, the Republican candidate for governor, who reported witnessing the conflict. Powell claims that politics had clouded the incident. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject School integration. Race relations in school management. 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. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate. Citation A.C. Flora incident, Frank Powell comments--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 70-1420.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County Richland County (S.C.) Time Period The Modern State (1970-present) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 01:57 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 2K Date Digital 2024-04-22 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/collections/