Thurmond on Civil Rights Commission--handout

Description: Item Description Title Thurmond on Civil Rights Commission--handout News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 63-146 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 1963-05-27 Decade 1960 Temporal Coverage Filmed on May 27, 1963. Content Description Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina gives his reasons for abolishing the Civil Rights Commission, including its history, the extreme recommendations of the Commission, and that it does not operate as intended. Geographic Location United States. Subject Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003. United States Commission on Civil Rights. Civil rights--United States. Civil rights--Law and legislation. 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. Positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-area optical. Acetate. Citation Thurmond on Civil Rights Commission--handout. (WIS-TV News Story 63-146.) 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 01:17 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2016-05-27 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/