Cleveland Sellers trial, jury selection--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Cleveland Sellers trial, jury selection--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 70-1254

Sound or Silent
Sound

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
1970-09-24

Decade
1970

Coverage Temporal
Filmed on September 24, 1970.

Description
Reporter Jan Lovell reports on jury selection in the trial of Cleveland Sellers. Sellers was charged with inciting a riot that culminated in the South Carolina Highway Patrol opening fire on a group of protesters and killing three--now known as the Orangeburg Massacre. One hundred students waited quietly across the street from the Orangeburg courthouse to demonstrate.

Geographic Location
Orangeburg (S.C.)

Subjects
Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968.
Sellers, Cleveland, 1944-
South Carolina State College.
Civil rights movement.
Civil rights demonstrations.
Segregation.


Contributor Name
Lovell, Jan

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. Sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate.

Citation
Cleveland Sellers trial, jury selection--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 70-1254.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

SC County
Orangeburg County (S.C.)

Time Period
The Modern State (1970-present)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
01:23

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

Date Digital
09/27/2017

Language
English

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