- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB newsfilm clips of the Rodeway Inn where the abduction of Barbara Jane Mackle occurred and of police speaking to workers at the construction site of the Hollywood Gardens housing complex, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 December 19
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1968-12-19
- People:
- Mackle, Barbara Jane--Kidnapping
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB newsfilm clips from Atlanta, Georgia on December 19, 1968, the Rodeway Inn where the abduction of Barbara Jane Mackle occurred is shown, along with the police speaking to workers at the construction site of the Hollywood Gardens housing complex.
The clips open with a shot of a brick building with a sign reading "Rodeway Inn" on the side. This is the motel where Barbara Jane Mackle was staying when she was abducted. The camera turns to the left, and more of the exterior of the hotel is visible, with two stories of rooms and external walkways. Some of the doors to the rooms are open, and unidentified people are gathered around one of the doors. The clips cut to a white door with the number "137", and the door swings open. The clips then cut to an unidentified African American woman, who is wiping down a chair inside of a hotel room. The clips cut again to a different unidentified African American woman, who wipes down a counter in front of a mirror in a hotel room. The clips cut to a telephone that is placed on a bed. The phone is being wiped with a white cloth, and is then placed on a nightstand by an unidentified African American woman. Next, a hotel room key with a key fob reading "137" is shown resting on a white surface. The clips cut to an unidentified white male who walks from the closet of the hotel room to the open door where another unidentified white male is standing. Both males exit the room.
The clips cut to a shot of a two lane road. The shot appears to be taken out of the windshield of a moving car. Next, the clips cut to a police car that is being driven by an unidentified white male. The car turns into a dirt driveway. The clips cut to a shot of the back of a dumptruck that is parked on a dirt driveway. Parked trucks and cars are visible in the area as the camera pans out, and groups of unidentified people stand on the right side of the road. Construction equipment is also parked in the area. The clips cut to a sign that says "Hollywood Gardens. Turnkey public housing. Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta." A group of people is visible in the background behind the sign. Next, the clips cut to a street sign that reads "Hollywood" and Gun Club Dr. N.W."
The clips cut again to a shot of the construction site, where an unidentified white male in a police uniform is speaking to a group of unidentified white males. A bulldozer and dump truck are visible in the background. No audio of their conversation is heard. The group is approached by an unidentified white male in a suit, who speaks to the policeman. The two men then walk toward and past the camera, with the construction site visible in the background.
The clips cut to two police cars driving toward the camera at the construction site. An unidentified white male drives the first car, and another unidentified white male is visible bending his head down in the passenger seat of the car as it passes the camera. The two police cars pull out onto the street and turn left, driving away from the camera.
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn55279
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn55279
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn55279
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn55279/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn55279, Series of WSB newsfilm clips of the Rodeway Inn where the abduction of Barbara Jane Mackle occurred and of police speaking to workers at the construction site of the Hollywood Gardens housing complex, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968 December 19, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 1513, 21:27/23:31, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 2 mins., 4 secs.): color, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
-
