Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of street rioting, Savannah police headquarters, and a mass meeting attended by civil rights activists Andrew Young, James Bevel and Robert Spike, Savannah, Georgia, 1963
View
@ Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Description
This silent WSB newsfilm clip from 1963 includes shots of firemen extinguishing a dumpster fire; an African American man washing a Savannah police department squad car; police officers playing guitar, singing and dancing; Savannah police headquarters; local street and sidewalk activity; a police round-up of African American protestors; county jail; and a mass meeting with civil rights activists Andrew Young, James Bevel, and Robert Spike in attendance.The clip, which is about five minutes long, begins with a series of shots of a dumpster fire in a lot adjacent to a hardware store; first, a man tries to put out the fire with a canister extinguisher, next, a firetruck rushes by, and a group of firemen extinguish the blaze with firehoses, while a white cameraman steps into the shot as he films the activity. This is followed by several shots taken at the Savannah police station, which include an African American man washing a squad car; white police officers and employees enjoying downtime while singing, smoking, listening, and dancing to music played by a police officer on his guitar; and a closeup of the sign outside of the Savannah police station.Next, several scenes depict daily activity on the streets of Savannah, these include an African American youth bicycling down a residential street balancing a large box, a busy sidewalk populated by African American pedestrians, and several shots of Savannah's Broughton Street retail district. After a break in the clip, a large group of African American men exit a building in an...Record Contributed By
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards CollectionRecord Harvested From
Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Civil Rights Workers
- African American Clergy
- African American Neighborhoods
- African Americans
- Amusements
- Arrest
- Automobiles
- Buses
- Chatham County
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Demonstrations
- Civil Rights Workers
- Cleaning
- Clergy
- Cycling
- Cyclists
- Direct Action
- Discrimination
- Discrimination In Public Accommodations
- Fire Fighters
- Fires
- Georgia
- Guitarists
- Imprisonment
- Jails
- Mass Meetings
- Nightclubs
- Nonviolence
- Offenses Against The Person
- Photographers
- Photojournalists
- Police
- Police Vehicles
- Race Discrimination
- Race Relations
- Race Riots
- Recreation
- Reporters And Reporting
- Riots
- Savannah
- Segregation
- Singing
- Speeches, Addresses, Etc
- Streets