Charleston hospital strike: Abernathy--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Charleston hospital strike: Abernathy--outtakes

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 522

Legacy Title
Charleston Hospital Strike

Sound or Silent
Silent

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1969-04-22

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on April 22, 1969.

Content Description
Hospital Workers' Union Local 1199 marchers in streets in Charleston. Police force is present. Children are marching. Police interaction with protest leaders. It appears they may be discussing the march route. Interior shots of a church, Morris Brown A.M.E. Church. Large police presence outside of the church. Ralph Abernathy is speaking inside the church. Various scenes of a march of the Hospital Workers' Union led by Ralph Abernathy. Various scenes of marchers at Morris Brown A.M.E. Church.

Geographic Location
Charleston (S.C.)


Subject
Hospital Workers' Strike, Charleston, S.C., 1969.
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Charleston (S.C.)--Race relations.


Contributor Name
WNOK 1696


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

Citation
Charleston hospital strike: Abernathy--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 522.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

S.C. County
Charleston County (S.C.)


Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
02:29

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

Date Digital
2013-05-21

Language
English

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