UFO coffeehouse trial at County Courthouse--outtakes

Description: Item Description Title UFO coffeehouse trial at County Courthouse--outtakes News Story Number WLTX-TV News Story 576 Sound or Silent Silent Contributing Institution University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections Digital Collection Local Television Newsfilm Collections Collection Name WLTX-TV News Collection Date 1970-04-16 Decade 1970 Temporal Coverage Filmed between April 18-28, 1970. Probably filmed on April 27. Content Description Scenes of Leonard J. Cohen, Robert Duane Ferre, and WIlliam A. Balk exiting a Sheriff's patrol van, walking into Richland County Courthouse. Various scenes of supporters demonstrating outside. The three men, who operated the UFO coffeehouse before it was closed in January 1970, were on trial for maintaining a "public nuisance." Geographic Location Columbia (S.C.) Subject Trials--United States. Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States. Criminal justice, Administration of--United States. Contributor Name WNOK 1777 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 WLTX-TV Physical Format Film: 16mm. Silent. B&W. Reversal: positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Silent. Acetate. Citation UFO coffeehouse trial at County Courthouse--outtakes. (WLTX-TV News Story 576.) WLTX-TV News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina. S.C. County Richland County (S.C.) Time Period The Modern State (1970-present) Type Moving Image Format video/H264 Media Type Motion pictures (visual works) Run Time 00:38 Digitization Specifications High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Lasergraphics ScanStation. Date Digital 2020-02-28 Language English Website https://digital.library.sc.edu/collections/local-television-newsfilm-collections/