The raid at Harpers Ferry

General

Description

Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins File 7 on November 9, 1958 from the studios of WJZ in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Edward Fryers, Marvin Lipman, directors; Walter Millis, Jr., writer; produced by WJZ television station in Baltimore, Md. for the ABC Television Network. Lynn Poole, C. Vann Woodward, presenters. Digitized in 2004.

Abstract

With the assistance of sketches, photos, and a reenactment of John Brown's trial and indictment, Dr. C. Vann Woodward, history professor at Johns Hopkins University, describes the details of John Brown's failed slave insurrection of 1859 and sketches in the historical and biographical background. A copy of Brown's "Provisional Constitution and Ordinances" is shown and Brown's famous trial speech is recited. Dr. Woodward concludes with comments on whether the end justified the means.
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Dates

Date Published

1958-11-09
Publisher
Language
Identifiers

OCLC Number

54858468

Collection Number

COLL-0008

Item Barcode

mq2418571mmmmm
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image

Extent

00:29:00hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): ABC Television Network
Director (drt): Fryers, Edwin
Director (drt): Lipman, Marvin
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Production personnel (prd): Woodward, C. Vann (Comer Vann), 1908-1999
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Screenwriter (aus): Millis, Walter, Jr., 1933-2014
Copyright and Use
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video

Unique ID

6b6c4e15-e594-4d36-902f-9c387916ccee