News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 68-5000 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 1968-02-09 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on February 9, 1968. Content Description WIS-TV news film taken the morning after the Orangeburg Massacre. Reporter Paul Clancy speaks about claims and counter claims regarding the presence of sniper fire prior to the shooting. (Despite statements that sniper fire was confirmed, there is no evidence that anyone in the crowd shot at officers or carried guns.) Rev. A. W. Holman, I. DeQuincy Newman, and Matthew Perry from the NAACP hold a press conference urging that the students must be protected. Protesters carrying signs march at the State House. Geographic Location Orangeburg (S.C.) Columbia (S.C.) Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Newman, I. DeQuincy, 1911-1985. Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011. Contributor Name Covington, Jim (Camera operator) 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). Magnetic. Acetate. Citation News report and NAACP response to Orangeburg Massacre--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 68-5000.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County Orangeburg County (S.C.) 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 10:28 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation. Date Digital 2015-01-13 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/