Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes.

Description: Item Description Title Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes. News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 65-558 Sound or Silent Silent and sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1965-06-19 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on June 19, 1965. Content Description Ku Klux Klan rally held at Ballentine (in Richland County). Grand Dragons from five states attend as does the Klan's Imperial Wizard, Robert Sheldon, of Tuscaloosa. The rally features musicians performing from the stage. Women and children are present as well, some of them wearing Klan robes. Audio is intermittent but portions of speeches by Sheldon and two others can be heard. Klansmen burn a cross after the speeches. Geographic Location Ballentine (S.C.) Subject Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) South Carolina--Race relations--History--20th century. South Carolina--History. Hate speech. Civil rights--United States--History. Demonstrations--United States. Propaganda, Anti-communist. Racism. Contributor Name Covington, Jim (Camera operator) 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. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate. Citation Ku Klux Klan rally in Ballentine--outtakes.. (WIS-TV News Story 65-558.) WIS-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 03:54 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2018-02-09 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/