Charleston hospital strike: Ralph Abernathy--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Charleston hospital strike: Ralph Abernathy--outtakes

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 524

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
1969-04-25

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on April 25, 1969.

Content Description
Starts with interior shots of church. Protesters marching in streets of Charleston. People are watching from buildings, children are part of the marchers. Police present on motorcycles. Charleston Medical Center sign. Shots of medical workers in uniform. Ralph Abernathy speaking to crowd. It appears as if many in the crowd kneel, possibly to pray. Various scenes of marchers at Morris Brown A.M.E. Church. Various scenes of a march of the Hospital Workers� Union Local 1199 led by Ralph Abernathy.

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 1698


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: Ralph Abernathy--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 524.) 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
02:13

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

Date Digital
2013-06-07

Language
English

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