Simkins on police brutality--outtakes

Item Description
Title
Simkins on police brutality--outtakes

News Story Number
WIS-TV News Story 65-1214

Sound or Silent
Sound

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
1965-12

Decade
1960

Coverage Temporal
Filmed the first week of December, 1965.

Description
Modjeska Simkins on police brutality. Describes several recent incidents of alleged beatings and mistreatment of African Americans by police, including the shooting death of Grant Brown at the city jail on November 8, 1965. From week ending reel dated 65-12-08.

Geographic Location
South Carolina.

Subjects
Simkins, Modjeska Monteith, 1899-1992.
Police brutality--United States.
Race relations.
Racism.
Civil rights.


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.

Donor
Cosmos Broadcasting Corporation


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate.

Citation
Simkins on police brutality--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 65-1214.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Time Period
Civil Rights Era (1955-1969)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Run Time
00:47

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

Date Digital
03/23/2017

Language
English

Website
https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/civil-rights-films-from-uscs-moving-image-research-collections/