Charleston hospital strike, Local 1199B gathering--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Charleston hospital strike, Local 1199B gathering--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 7336

Sound or Silent
Silent

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
1969-04

Decade
1960

Coverage Temporal
Filmed in the spring or summer of 1969.

Description
Scenes of a gathering of people inside a church. The crowd carries signs and wears 1199B union hats. Most likely footage from the Charleston hospital workers' strike. Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young speak.

Geographic Location
Charleston (S.C.)

Subjects
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990.
Young, Andrew, 1932-
Strikes--United States.
Labor movement.
Labor unions--Southern States.
Labor disputes.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Medical University of South Carolina.


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.

Supported by
Digitization supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Silent. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate.

Citation
Charleston hospital strike, Local 1199B gathering--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 7336.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

SC County
Charleston County (S.C.); Berkeley County (S.C.)

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
02:21

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

Date Digital
2019-05-09

Language
English

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