Thurmond on riot commission report--outtakes

Description: Item Description
Title
Thurmond on riot commission report--outtakes

News Story Number
WLTX-TV News Story 384

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
WLTX-TV News Collection


Date
1968-03

Decade
1960

Coverage Temporal
Filmed in March 1968.

Description
Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina speaks on the "Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," also known as the "Kerner Report." The senator says it supports the work of civil rights agitators, and he has submitted an amendment to a bill making it a crime to travel interstate for the purposes of inciting a riot.

Geographic Location
United States.

Subjects
Riots.
Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003.
Riot control.
United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders.
United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders. Report.


Keywords
Kerner Report.


Contributor Name
WNOK 1508

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
Thurmond on riot commission report--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 384.) WLTX-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
01:16

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

Date Digital
09/22/2015

Language
English

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