Trial of Orangeburg Highway Patrol officers--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title Trial of Orangeburg Highway Patrol officers--outtakes News Story Number WIS-TV News Story 70-1474 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 1970-11-13 Decade 1970 Temporal Coverage Filmed on November 13, 1970. Content Description Assistant Attorney General J.C. Coleman said that he is happy with the decision of a jury in reference to the action taken by nine state highway patrol officers in Orangeburg on February 8, 1968. Medium closeup; Columbia Attorney Matthew Perry said the slayings of three black youths was unreasonable and that reparations should have been administered to their families. Geographic Location South Carolina. Subject Orangeburg Massacre, Orangeburg, S.C., 1968. Perry, Matthew J. (Matthew James), 1921-2011. 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. Physical Format Film: 16mm. Sound. Color. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Magnetic. Acetate. Citation Trial of Orangeburg Highway Patrol officers--outtakes. (WIS-TV News Story 70-1474.) WIS-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. Time Period The Modern State (1970-present) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 02:14 Digitization Specifications This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a captured videotape master of a film original. Date Digital 2017-09-27 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/