- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB newsfilm clips of attorney James Venable commenting on his arrest in Louisiana and the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover on his behalf, Louisiana, 1961 April 6
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Venable, James
- Date of Original:
- 1961-04-06
- Subject:
- Arrest--Louisiana
- People:
- Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
Venable, James - Location:
- United States, Louisiana, 31.00047, -92.0004
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB newsfilm clips possibly from Louisiana, on April 6, 1961, attorney James Venable comments on his arrest in Louisiana and the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover on his behalf.
The clips begin with a shot of attorney James Venable. From off camera, an unidentified male reporter is heard speaking, apparently in mid sentence. The reporter says "... who apprehended you?" Venable replies, "I recognized him by previous description given me by one of my clients, who he and others had kidnapped and unmercifully beat some time during the month of July, nineteen hundred and sixty." The clips cut to a shot of the unidentified white male reporter, then to a shot of the reporter and Venable, who are seated across from each other. The reporter asks, "Was there anything wrong with their booking procedure, that of the police department?" Venable replies, "Nothing wrong with booking the driver of this vehicle, perhaps speeding, but there was certainly something in with booking me with suspicion of automobile theft. The vehicle in which we were riding in was registered in Mr. Wright's name, the nineteen sixty and sixty one tag was registered to his name, but he did not have his identification tag slip of nineteen sixty one. But he had other identification cards and paraphernalia, as well as myself." The clips cut to a shot of the unidentified white male reporter, and then back to a shot of Venable. From off camera, the reporter asks, "Mr. Venable, do you know whether or not Attorney General Kennedy interceded for you at all?" Venable says, "I was told that he did intercede in my behalf, as well as J. Edgar Hoover." The reporter asks, "Have you had any previous correspondence or talks with the Attorney General?" Venable says, "I had a personal letter from the Honorable Robert Kennedy some two weeks ago in reference to the Louisiana episode of this religious sect." The reporter asks, "Are you at liberty to tell us the meaning of the letter?" Venable says, "He ordered an investigation be made by the Civil Rights Commission."
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: The Atlanta Constitution, 7 Apr. 1961:4. Web. 12 May 2020. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn42140
- Metadata URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/id:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42140
- Digital Object URL:
- https://crdl.usg.edu/do:ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42140
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn42140/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn42140, Series of WSB newsfilm clips of attorney James Venable commenting on his arrest in Louisiana and the actions of Attorney General Robert Kennedy and F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover on his behalf, Louisiana, 1961 April 6, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0917, 26:07/27:45, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 38 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:
-
