Charleston hospital strike: Ralph Abernathy--outtakes

Description: 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/