- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Rome police and participants of a sit-in at a lunch counter in a department store, Rome, Georgia, 1963, March 29
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1963-03-29
- Subject:
- African American students--Georgia--Rome
American civil rights workers--Georgia--Rome
Civil rights workers--Georgia--Rome
Segregation--Georgia--Rome
Discrimination in restaurants--Georgia--Rome
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia--Rome
Central business districts--Georgia--Rome
African Americans--Georgia--Rome--Social conditions--20th century
Passive resistance--Georgia--Rome
Police--Georgia--Rome
Police chiefs--Georgia--Rome
Rome (Ga.)--Race relations--20th century
Rome (Ga.)--Politics and government--20th century
Camp, Nelson - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Floyd County, Rome, 34.25704, -85.16467
- Medium:
- news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Rome police and participants of a sit-in at a lunch counter in a department store, Rome, Georgia, 1963, March 29. The events in the clip occurred on March 28, 1963. The film is deteriorated and details are difficult to see in some clips. The first shot is of four unidentified police officers on the sidewalk near the curb. A Jewelers shop is located across the street. The next clip shows two unidentified police officers next to a patrol car. In the third clip, three unidentified police officers are inside the store with an unidentified man who walks toward the camera. Another unidentified police officer comes from the direction of the camera toward this man. They stop behind two unidentified African Americans, a couple seated at the counter. In the next shot, a woman behind the counter comes and removes a sign and replaces it. The next shot shows a variety of young adults, both white and black, seated along the counter. The same group is shown in the next shot which is from the opposite direction. An unidentified police officer is in the foreground of this shot. This is followed by a very short clip of the same view. The next shot is of a Police Chief Nelson Camp seated at a desk in an office speaking on the telephone, followed by a close-up clip of him hanging up the phone. The outside of the police department is shown in the next clip. There is another clip similar to the first described above of the officers by the curb. The next shot is of the front of G.C. Murphy Co., one of the sites of the sit-ins. Another shot of the two officers by the patrol car. The next shot shows the seal of the "City of Rome Georgia" on the side of the police vehicle, may be a parking enforcement tricycle. The clip also shows part of a fire hydrant. The next two shots are of an officer on the sidewalk, followed by two officers inside the store. There is another brief shot of the African American couple at the counter. The next shot is of the sign that was replaced on the counter, but the glare makes it too difficult to read. This also shows the dishes to be cleaned behind the lunch counter. In the next clip, two women behind the lunch counter are cleaning, while the unidentified African American couple sit at the counter. The next clip shows the handwritten sign: "Snack bar closed for cleaning". In the background is a woman putting ice in a container. The final two shots are of the young adults seated at the counter.
Time codes between original film and digitized video may be different.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44925
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44925
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn44925/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn44925, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Rome police and participants of a sit-in at a lunch counter in a department store, Rome, Georgia, 1963, March 29, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1057, 58:22/59:56, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 2 min.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Contributing Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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