WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)

Description

In this silent WSB newsfilm clip from July 1963, African Americans protest segregation in daytime and nighttime demonstrations, police sit at their headquarters, men repair a broken window, and a white man examines the damage in a burnt building. The clip contains both daytime and nighttime scenes and frequently jumps between scenes. It also contains several long pauses with both black and white screens.The clip begins by showing damage from a recent riot. A car windshield and a storefront window each have a hole in them. Two African American young men walk by the storefront; one stops and points to the broken window. Other African American men stand on the corner of Saston Street near a barbecue restaurant. Next, an African American man wearing a prison uniform shines the shoes of a white police officer. Other white police officers stand nearby. One white officer, seen through a window, drinks from a cup; another officer walks behind him. Later, two white men file a window ledge of a smashed out window. The camera focuses on a sign for "Baptist Bible Church." A white man walks through the doorway under the sign and walks down the street. Another white man is seen through a broken out window frame. The man looks through a fire-damaged book. The edges of the book are charred but some of the pages appear to be fine. The man shows the damaged book to the camera. Later the man walks out of a one-story fire-damaged building.Next, African American...

Record Contributed By

Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Record Harvested From

Digital Library of Georgia