McNair on student deaths in Orangeburg--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title McNair on student deaths in Orangeburg--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 90 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. The protesters were primarily students from Claflin University and S. C. State College (South Carolina State University), protesting a segregated bowling alley. Three students were killed and over 30 were injured. 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 1484 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 student deaths in Orangeburg--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 90.) 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 02:27 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-09-25 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/