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 Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Civil Rights Films from Moving Image Research Collections Collection Name WIS-TV News Collection Date 1968-02-09 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.) Subjects 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. SC County Orangeburg County (S.C.); Richland County (S.C.) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 10:28 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2015-01-13 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/