Jackie Robinson arrives in Columbia--outtakes

Description: Transcript Item Description Title Jackie Robinson arrives in Columbia--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 68-1325 (A and B) Sound or Silent Silent and 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 1968-10-21 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed on October 21, 1968. Description Jackie Robinson arrives in Columbia. Greeted by Reverend I.D. Newman and supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey. Answers questions about Strom Thurmond and Richard Nixon's presidential campaign. "I think a Nixon/Agnew victory means simply that we go backwards in terms of progress in this country in per--in terms of doing things that should make this country great. I think it's a tragedy that today we are having a racist appeal ticket in 1968." Robinson goes on to describe South Carolina senator Strom Thurmond as "one of the worst racists" in the country. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subjects Robinson, Jackie, 1919-1972. Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003. Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994. Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996. Racism. Elections--United States. Presidential candidates--United States. Keywords Voting, campaigns, and elections. 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 and sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Sound. Acetate. Citation Jackie Robinson arrives in Columbia--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 68-1325 (A and B).) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. SC 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 01:10 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation. Date Digital 2020-09-30 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/