WSFA audiovisual item D126.0005

The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Debris at the home of Jessie Eugene Swanner on Goldthwaite Street in Montgomery, Alabama. The footage was shot on April 23, 1966, the day after the house was bombed with dynamite. The attack was connected to a federal case against moonshiners in Tennes...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1303
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Debris at the home of Jessie Eugene Swanner on Goldthwaite Street in Montgomery, Alabama. The footage was shot on April 23, 1966, the day after the house was bombed with dynamite. The attack was connected to a federal case against moonshiners in Tennessee, for which Swanner was to be a witness. 0:01:11: Republican convention in a courtroom at the Montgomery County courthouse on April 23, 1966. At the meeting, attendees selected their party's candidate for city public works commissioner. Among the speakers at the event was Tandy Little (visible at 0:01:18), secretary of the GOP convention. Wayne Collett (visible at 0:01:21) won the nomination. 0:01:51: Meeting of Alabama National Guard members in Montgomery on April 23, 1966. Among the speakers were a General Harrison and another officer with the last name of Tuckerman. 0:02:36: Interview with Royce Kershaw, president of the Kershaw Manufacturing Company in Montgomery on April 24, 1966. Kershaw discusses the history and current operations of the business, which built railroad construction and maintenance equipment. Also included is footage of employees in the various departments of the company, from fabrication to design.