WALB Newsfilm collection
Selected raw footage from Albany, Georgia's NBC affiliate, WALB during the Albany Movement, 1961.
More About This Collection
Creator
WALB-TV (Television station : Albany, Ga.)
Contributor to Resource
National Broadcasting Company, inc., Liberty Broadcasting Corporation
Date of Original
1961/1978
Subject
Civil rights movements--Georgia--Albany--History--20th century
United States--History
Georgia--History
Georgia--Politics and government --1951-
Location
United States, Georgia, Dougherty County, Albany, 31.57851, -84.15574
Medium
unedited footage
news
documentaries and factual works
Type
MovingImage
Description
Raw news footage from WALB-TV Channel 10 in Albany, Georgia. Footage includes Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Albany Movement in 1961-62, as well as demonstrations surrounding his appearances and arrest there. Politicians appearing include Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Herman Talmadge, Lester Maddox, Carl Sanders, George Wallace, Richard Russell, and Richard Nixon. Footage also contains Vietnam-era events in the region, local 1976 Bicentennial events coverage, coverage of the Georgia State Legislature, and many local topics such as agricultural issues, city commission meetings and human interest stories. No finished broadcast programs are included., The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata.
Language
eng
Contributing Institution
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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