UFO coffeehouse trial at County Courthouse--outtakes

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/