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 Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections Collection Name WLTX-TV News Collection Date 1968-02-09 Decade 1960 Coverage Temporal Filmed on February 9, 1968. 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.) Subjects 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 WNOK-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. 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 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 09/27/2017 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/