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Title on Reel (transcribed from original)
Chief - Colonel Wright's ret. party at police Hdq., Dec. 29, 1967
Date Created
1967-12-29
Reel Format
Super 8mm
Reel Description
This reel contains footage of a retirement celebration for three individuals from the Richmond Police Department. The only named individual on the reel is Chief Col. John M. Wright Jr., who worked in the department from 1920 to 1967. The Wright Family Papers are available via the Library of Virginia. Two other individuals also appear to be receiving accolades and gifts in the reel. One is Mary P. Phillips, who worked as executive secretary to Chief Wright and his predecessor Chief O.D. Garton. An announcement of their retirements ran in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on October 3, 1967. The second is Detective Sgt. Clifford L. Brown, a homocide investigator. An announcement of this event ran in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on December 30, 1967. Their order of appearance in the footage is Wright, Phillips, Brown.
Runtime
00:03:54
Corporate Name Subject
Richmond (Va.). Police Department
Topical Subject
Police; Retirement; Parties
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
color films (visual works)
Local Genre
moving image
Type
Moving Image
Digital Format
video/mp4
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Richmond Police Department Surveillance Collection
Source
Chief Col. John M. Wright Jr., Mary P. Phillips, and O.D. Garton Retirement Celebration Film Reel, 1967 December 29
File Name
VCU_M571_047.mp4