Demonstrations to protest Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Demonstrations to protest Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 155 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 1968-03 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Probably filmed on March 7, 1968. Content Description African-American students walk up State House steps. Scenes of students occupying office. Various scenes of students sitting on Capitol steps with signs critical of Governor Robert McNair. Shots of students crowded into Rotunda. Student protest marchers. The demonstration was sponsored by the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee (BACC) and led by Wayne Curtis in response to the Orangeburg Massacre on February 8, 1968. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. Civil rights. Demonstrations. Student protesters. Contributor Name WNOK 1505 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. Donor WLTX-TV Physical Format Film: 16mm. Silent. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate. Citation Demonstrations to protest Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 155.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County Richland County (S.C.) Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 04:10 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2019-06-29 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/