Series of WSB newsfilm clips of attorney Melvin M. Belli commenting on his dismissal by Jack Ruby and on the state of Ruby's mental health, San Francisco, California, 1964 March

Cite Reuse Information Save JSON Record Need Help? Report Harmful Content
More about the viewer
Skip viewer
What is IIIF? IIIF
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Title:
Series of WSB newsfilm clips of attorney Melvin M. Belli commenting on his dismissal by Jack Ruby and on the state of Ruby's mental health, San Francisco, California, 1964 March
Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Contributor to Resource:
Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996
Date of Original:
1964-03
Subject:
Insanity (Law)--United States
Mentally ill offenders--United States
People:
Belli, Melvin M., 1907-1996
Foreman, Percy Eugene, 1902-
Ruby, Jack--Trials, litigation, etc.
Location:
United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
Medium:
moving images
news
unedited footage
Type:
MovingImage
Format:
video/mp4
Description:
In this series of WSB newsfilm clips probably from March, 1964, in San Francisco, California, attorney Melvin M. Belli comments on his dismissal by Jack Ruby and on the state of Ruby's mental health.
The clips begin with a shot of lettering on a building which reads, "Belli Bldg 722." The clips cut to a shot of an unidentified white male walking on a sidewalk past storefronts, and then to a few different shots of unidentified white males in a room, many of them holding cameras, which are seen in succession. Then the clips cut to a shot of attorney Melvin M. Belli, who previously represented Jack Ruby, but was recently fired by Ruby in favor of attorney Percy Foreman. Belli says, "I never was so happy to get back to San Francisco in all my life as when I came back --" Belli's statement is interrupted as the clips cut to a shot of an unidentified white female who holds a photograph of a child in her lap. The clips cut back to Belli, who says, "Jack Ruby has the right to have any counsel that he wants in the world. A man has a right to his own choice of doctor, of lawyer, or priest. It's a sacred relationship. I understand that he's hired Percy Foreman of Houston, and, from Percy Foreman's reputation, he'll not want for adept counsel in the trial court or in the appellate court. I'm not going to answer anything in the letter that was sent to me by Jack Ruby and his family because Jack and I are not on an equal basis. This man has been condemned to the electric chair and I'm a free man and a free lawyer. I'd be a damned poor lawyer if I would debate with my client, and particularly after I've said that my client is sick, and I say it again today that he is sick."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: The Atlanta Constitution, Mar. 20, 1964:3. Web. 20 May 2020.
Local Identifier:
Clip number: wsbn35569
Metadata URL:
https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn35569
Digital Object URL:
https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn35569
IIIF manifest:
https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn35569/presentation/manifest.json
Language:
eng
Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
Cite as: wsbn35569, Series of WSB newsfilm clips of attorney Melvin M. Belli commenting on his dismissal by Jack Ruby and on the state of Ruby's mental health, San Francisco, California, 1964 March, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0788, 23:17/24:32, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
Extent:
1 clip (about 1 mins., 15 secs.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
Original Collection:
Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
Rights:
In Copyright