McNair on Orangeburg deaths--outtakes

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/