authorities escort Byron de la Beckwith, accused of the slaying of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, to the Mississippi State Hospital for a court-ordered mental evaluation. The clips begin with a shot of Byron de la Beckwith and two unidentified white men exiting the county jail in Jackson, Mississippi. De la Beckwith is handcuffed to one of the men. The film then cuts to a shot of a shoulder patch on a policeman's uniform. The patch reads "Hinds Co. Sherriff's Dept." above an insignia of an eagle and a shield emblazoned with stars and stripes. The two unidentified men and de la Beckwith are then shown getting into a car. De la Beckwith sits in the front passenger side seat and smiles at the camera through the driver's side window. A brief shot of a policeman driving a car is shown, and then the film cuts to the sign at the entrance of the Mississippi State Hospital in Whitfield, Mississippi. The sign reads: SLOW. Mississippi State Hospital. Established 1855. Visiting hours: Monday, Thursday, Saturday, [illegible] PM to 4 PM. Sundays and Holidays, 9 AM to 11 AM -- [illegible] PM to 4 PM." Two unidentified white men stand at the door of a guard station located behind the sign. Next, de la Beckwith, the two unidentified white men from the county jail, and two other unidentified white men dressed in white orderly uniforms enter the hospital. The film then cuts to a shot of de la Beckwith seated in an office and speaking, although his words are inaudible in this clip.
Byron De La Beckwith Jr. (November 9, 1920 – January 21, 2001) was an American murderer, white supremacist and a member of the Ku Klux Klan from Greenwood, Mississippi who murdered the civil rights leader Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963. Two trials in 1964 on that charge, with all-white male Mississippi juries, resulted in hung juries. In 1994, he was tried by the state in a new trial, which was based on new evidence. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.