- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of silent WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a Maria Callas benefit concert in Kansas City, Missouri interrupted by a bomb threat on November 28, 1959
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1959-10-29
- Subject:
- Bomb threats
Concerts
Music
Performing arts--Audiences
Police - People:
- Callas, Maria, 1923-1977
- Location:
- United States, Missouri, Jackson County, Kansas City, 39.09973, -94.57857
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This series of silent WSB-TV newsfilm clips shows audience and performers at a Maria Callas benefit concert in Kansas City, Missouri on November 28, 1959, which was interrupted by a bomb threat. Callas left the stage after her first aria and police cleared the theatre; no bomb was found and the concert resumed afterward. Footage includes Kansas City police, Callas leaving the stage in a white dress, and the concert audience filing outside or standing outside the theater.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: New York Times, 29 Nov. 1959:38. Web. 6 April 2020. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn33522
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn33522
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn33522
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn33522/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn33522, Series of silent WSB-TV newsfilm clips of a Maria Callas benefit concert in Kansas City, Missouri interrupted by a bomb threat on November 28, 1959, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0747, 9:56/10:33, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 37 secs.): black-and-white, silent ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
