Public housing in Columbia--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Public housing in Columbia--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 62-762

Legacy Title
Negro Housing in Columbia

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
1962-11-21

Decade
1960

Temporal Coverage
Filmed on November 21, 1962.

Content Description
Four men speak at a meeting of some sort, possibly city council. They are giving a local response to a presidential directive, it may be Executive Order 11063 - Equal opportunity in housing; signed November 20, 1962. The first man in the clip is Attorney D. W. Robinson (possibly David W. Robinson). The second man is Johnson. The third man is Clinch Heyward (C. H.) Belser, a state representative from Richland County. The fourth man is Attorney Charles Knowlton. They each give a perspective on public housing for African Americans in Columbia, South Carolina. Topics are sub-standard conditions, public housing as "a blessing," construction of new housing, and occupancy.

Geographic Location
Columbia (S.C.)


Subject
Public housing.
Columbia (S.C.)
Executive orders--United States.


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
Public housing in Columbia--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 62-762.) 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
02:42

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

Date Digital
2017-02-22

Language
English

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