Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes News Story Number WBTW-TV News Story 520 Sound or Silent Silent Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WBTW-TV News Collection Date 1970-07-13 Decade 1970 Temporal Coverage Filmed on July 13, 1970. Content Description Unidentified man in blue Klan robes addresses rally while holding an American flag. He is on a platform with two men in red robes. Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally members in white robes and hoods circle a cross that is lit on fire. Klan members then salute the cross and toss their torches into the fire. Geographic Location South Carolina. Subject Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Racism. Contributor Name WBTW-TV Creator Name WBTW-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 Walker L. Chandler Physical Format Film: 16mm. Silent. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate. Citation Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally, cross burning--outtakes. (WBTW-TV News Story 520.) WBTW-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Time Period The Modern State (1970-present) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 01:58 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation 6.5k Date Digital 2022-05-12 Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/