McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 89 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 1968-02-09 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on February 9, 1968. Content Description South Carolina Governor Robert McNair holds a press conference and answers questions following the shooting of unarmed protesters by S. C. Highway Patrol officers in Orangeburg. [Despite statements of sniper fire, there is no evidence that anyone in the crowd shot at officers or carried guns.] The protesters were primarily students from Claflin University and SC State College (SC State University), protesting a segregated bowling alley. Three students were killed and over 30 were injured. Governor McNair declares a state of emergency and imposes a curfew. Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. Claflin University. South Carolina State College. South Carolina State University. McNair, Robert E. (Robert Evander), 1923-2007. Demonstrations. Civil rights. Contributor Name WNOK 1477 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 McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 89.) 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 06:41 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-09-27 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/