- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D125.0001
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1967-12/1968-09
- Subject:
- Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968--Death & burial
African Americans--Civil rights
African Americans--Economic & social conditions
Airplanes
Airports
Alabama State Capitol (Montgomery, Ala.)
Business
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
College administrators
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Education
Governors--Alabama
Hotels
Law enforcement officers
Legislators--United States
Marching bands
Mayors--Alabama--Selma
Parades
Political campaigns
Political science
Political parades & rallies
Reporters and reporting
Republican Party (U.S.)
Universities & colleges
Selma (Ala.)
Dallas County (Ala.)
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Anderson, Louis Lloyd
Barnett, Roosevelt
Boone, Richard C., 1937-2013
Brewer, Albert P., 1928-2017
Caton, Charles, 1938-2020
Dickinson, William L.
Hooper, Perry Oliver, 1925-2016
Inman, Bob
Mitchell, George, 1927-2023
Rose, Frank Anthony, 1920-1991
Smitherman, Joseph T., 1929-2005
Trammell, Warren Seymore
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1951-
Williams, Hosea, 1926-2000 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Silent footage of George Wallace leaving from Dannelly Field in Montgomery, Alabama, in July 1968, during his presidential campaign. Seymore Trammell is with him. 0:00:09: Swag for George Wallace's 1968 presidential campaign. Included are items such as bags, ties, car tags, hats, pins, coins, and bumper stickers, all of which are available for purchase. 0:02:14: George Wallace arriving at Dannelly Field in Montgomery after campaigning in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in early July 1968. During an interview with reporters (including WSFA-TV's Charles Caton), he discusses getting on the ballot in Minnesota; a protest by college students at his rally there on July 3; and support he has received from "young people" during his campaign. 0:05:59: George Wallace leaving for Chicago, Illinois, from Dannelly Field in Montgomery on September 30, 1968, during his presidential campaign. In an interview with a reporter, he discusses plans to announce his platform and vice presidential candidate. Seymore Trammell is with him. 0:07:42: WSFA-TV's Charles Caton interviewing George Wallace in December 1967 about his potential candidacy for president in 1968. They discuss the possibility of a third-party candidate throwing the election to the U.S. House of Representatives (as per the terms of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution); Wallace's recent and upcoming trips to California and the growth of the American Independent Party; and whether he would stop using state employees in his campaign if he were to officially announce his candidacy for president: "Well, of course, we're not going to use the state employees, other than to say that my wife ran for the governorship on the platform of continuing this fight to return domestic democratic institutions to the people, against this trend of the government to run our lives. That was her platform. I'm not an announced candidate for the presidency, and my going to California to try to awaken the people in that state as they are awakened, and the country, to the dangers of these trends is carrying out my wife platform. I'm not an announced candidate for the presidency, and so we are only doing what she told the people she would, do and she was elected on that in 1966." 0:11:25: Governor Albert Brewer announcing a new penalty system for traffic offenses during his weekly press conference on July 3, 1968: "This point system I've outlined today will be strictly enforced. We simply will not allow habitual violators of our traffic laws to continue operating their vehicles on our highways, endangering the lives of others. As I have said in the past, the first step in reducing traffic accidents is law enforcement. This we fully intend to do with every means available. It is not fair for innocent and law-abiding drivers to be killed and maimed by irresponsible and reckless drivers who disregard the rights of others. I'm wholeheartedly committed to whatever steps may be necessary in reducing the number of senseless tragic accidents on our highways." 0:13:10: Governor Albert Brewer discussing an upcoming report from the Special Education Study Commission during his weekly press conference on July 3, 1968. WSFA-TV's Bob Inman and Public Safety Director Floyd Mann are among those in attendance. 0:14:12: Governor Albert Brewer speaking at a patriotic rally at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on July 4, 1968. The footage begins with a silent scene of Brewer participating in the parade down Madison Avenue, which started at city hall and ended in front of the stadium. 0:15:17: Governor Brewer speaking at his weekly press conference on July 3, 1968. He asks all drivers to travel carefully during the upcoming Fourth of July holiday: "I want to urge all of our citizens to drive carefully with regard for the rights of others, to recognize that motor vehicles can be lethal weapons on our highways, to drive defensively, to guard against those who are not so careful about the rights of others, in order to protect the lives of our people and those who may be visiting within our state. The full law enforcement resources of the state of Alabama in traffic safety will be on the highways for this period of time. We're going to enforce the laws to the full limit of our ability to try to guard against a tragedy on our highways." 0:15:58: 0:00:01: Perry Hooper opening his campaign headquarters on Montgomery Street in Montgomery on September 24, 1968. Hooper, a Republican, was running for the position that would be vacated by Lister Hill when he completed his term in office; Democrat James Allen ultimately won the seat. 0:19:00: Congressmen Bill Dickinson opening his campaign headquarters in Montgomery on September 27, 1968. During his remarks, he criticizes "national Democrats" ("I'm an Alabama Democrat") and discusses how he would vote if the House were called upon to decide the upcoming presidential election, as per the terms of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: "I believe in answering the issues, and one of the biggest issues in the race today is how will Bill Dickinson vote in the Congress if the presidential election is thrown into Congress, in the House of Representatives? I'm not dodging the question and I'm not ducking it. I'm here to answer it just as plain and as straightforward as I can. I will vote in the Congress as I have always voted, for what is best for the people of the Second District of Alabama and the state of Alabama. I will, in that event, as I have always put the people above the party. I will cast my vote in the Congress of the United States for the same man that carries the Second District of Alabama. I will reflect the voice in the opinions of the Second . . . District of Alabama, and we don't have much doubt that it's going to be George C. Wallace. And if it is George C. Wallace that . . . carries the Second District of Alabama in the presidential race and it's put in the House of Representatives, I will proudly cast my vote for George C. Wallace for president of the United States. And if my vote will make him the next president of the United States, he will be the next president of the United States." The event included a parade down Dexter Avenue led by the Lanier High School band, and George Mitchell presented the story for WSFA-TV News. 0:22:48: Closure of the Hotel Albert in Selma, Alabama, in late December 1967. Included is silent footage of the exterior and interior of the building, as well as an interview with the owner (possibly Otis Adams) about the reasons for closing the business. The hotel was later demolished in June 1968. 0:24:50: Participants in the Poor People's Campaign in Selma in May 1968. Included is footage of the demonstrators arriving on buses from Mississippi the afternoon of May 6; a march down Broad Street and on the Edmund Pettus Bridge the morning of May 7, shortly before the group left for Montgomery; and a meeting of city officials and leaders, possibly on May 3 (among those present are Mayor Joe Smitherman and Reverend L. L. Anderson, minister of Tabernacle Baptist Church and local coordinator of the campaign). 0:26:12: Participants in the Poor People's Campaign in Montgomery on May 8, 1968. Included is footage of a memorial gathering for Martin Luther King Jr. in front of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church; mourners in line on the steps of the Capitol, waiting to view Lurleen Wallace lying in state; and demonstrators boarding Trailways buses for Birmingham to continue the campaign. Among the participants are civil rights leaders Hosea Williams, Richard Boone, and Roosevelt Barnett. 0:28:39: Dr. Frank Rose, president of the University of Alabama, speaking at a press conference on May 10, 1968. He discusses a major fundraising initiative ("STRIDE") to expand the facilities and programs at the school's campuses in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville.
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1330
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.
- Original Collection:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
WSFA collection
Box D125, Item 0001 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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