Harry Floyd on operating segregated bowling alley--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Harry Floyd on operating segregated bowling alley--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 59 Sound or Silent Sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WLTX-TV News Collection Date 1968 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Probably filmed in February 1968. Content Description Exterior shots of All Star Bowling Lane. Harry Floyd, bowling lane operator being interviewed. Says he will not change his method of operation. Says he will do what is necessary to prevent racial violence. "I have not caused anybody else trouble. I don't know why these people want to cause me trouble." On February 8, 1968, following several demonstrations over Harry Floyd's segregated bowling alley, the All Star Bowling Lane, the South Carolina State Highway Patrol fired on a group of protesters, killing three and injuring nearly 30 more. Whether this interview was filmed before or after the shooting (now known as the Orangeburg Massacre) is uncertain, but it was most likely filmed before the evening of February 8. Geographic Location Orangeburg (S.C.) Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. Segregation. Civil rights movement. Civil rights demonstrations. South Carolina State College. Contributor Name WNOK 1479 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. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Sound. Acetate. Citation Harry Floyd on operating segregated bowling alley--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 59.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County Orangeburg County (S.C.) Time Period Civil Rights Era (1955-1969) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 03:33 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-10-03 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/