Plea for clemency for Britt and Westbury--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Plea for clemency for Britt and Westbury--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 61-177

Sound or Silent
Silent and sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Local Television Newsfilm Collections


Collection Name
WIS-TV News Collection


Date
1961-06-19

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on June 19, 1961.

Content Description
Relatives of Otis Britt and Douglas Westbury visit South Carolina Governor Ernest Hollings to plead for executive clemency. Women walk down hall to door marked Governor. Closeup sign. Women and men come out of Governor's office. Unidentified man speaking says, we begged the Governor to give these men life instead of the electric chair. He turned us down. and I've known Otis Britt for fifteen years and he hasn't had a chance on life. Long shot people in parking lot. Interior: medium shot Governor Hollings seated at desk. Man in prison cell. Closeup another man. Medium shot prisoners being escorted into building.

Britt and Westbury were convicted and sentenced to death for the September 7, 1958 murder of South Carolina Highway Patrolman Harry Boyd Ray. Governor Hollings did not grant clemency, and the pair were executed later that day (June 19, 1961).

Geographic Location
Columbia (S.C.)


Subject
Criminal justice, Administration of.
Capital punishment.
Hollings, Ernest F., 1922-


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. Silent and sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Sound. Acetate.

Citation
Plea for clemency for Britt and Westbury--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 61-177.) 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
02:33

Digitization Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original.

Date Digital
2017-10-11

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/