- Title:
- WSLS-TV Roanoake, Va., News Film Collection, 1951-1971
- Date of Original:
- 1951/1971
- Subject:
- Civil rights movements--Virginia
Civil rights--Virginia
African Americans--Civil rights--Virginia
Civil rights workers--Virginia
African American civil rights workers--Virginia
Governors--Virginia
Segregationists--Virginia
Television--Virginia
Press--Virginia
Reporters and reporting--Virginia
Segregation in education--Virginia
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Virginia
Poliomyelitis--Virginia
Cold War
Sports--Virginia
Economic development--Virginia
WSLS-TV (Television station : Roanoke, Va.) - Location:
- United States, Virginia, City of Roanoke, Roanoke, 37.27097, -79.94143
United States, Virginia, Roanoke County, 37.20907, -80.05085 - Medium:
- news
transcripts
instructional materials
online exhibitions - Type:
- MovingImage
Text - Description:
- In 2007, WSLS-TV of Roanoke, Va., gave news film and scripts from their mid-20th century broadcasts to the University of Virginia Library for preservation and use. The resulting collection spans 1951 to 1971 and comprises approximately 13,000 clips. It also contains roughly 18,000 pages of the accompanying scripts read on air by anchorpersons. Content includes a significant amount of coverage of Massive Resistance and the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia.
- Metadata URL:
- http://explore.lib.virginia.edu/exhibits/show/wsls/
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- University of Virginia. Library
- Rights:
-
