Modjeska Simkins on mental hospital funds--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Modjeska Simkins on mental hospital funds--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 65-603 Sound or Silent Sound Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1965-07-02 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on July 2, 1965. Content Description Modjeska Simkins reacts to South Carolina Governor's [Robert McNair] statement regarding federal money being cut off from mental hospital, stating there was sufficient reason for the cutoff. Simkins says the governor is "speaking out of a wealth of misinformation and ignorance." Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Public health. Mental health. Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992. 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). Variable-area optical. Acetate. Citation Modjeska Simkins on mental hospital funds--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 65-603.) 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 01:11 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-03-23 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/