Wichita State University is hosting a sneak preview screening of the documentary "Black & Gold: Remembering the WSU Plane Crash" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, in Miller Concert Hall, Duerksen Fine Arts Center.

This is a ticketed event. Tickets are free, but are required for a seat in the auditorium. Survivors, surviving family members and 1970 players have been invited to attend.

Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Box Office in Duerksen Fine Arts Center. Box office hours are noon-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. There is a limit of six tickets per person. Requests for more than six tickets should be directed to Carmen Hytche at (316) 978-3142 or carmen.hytche@wichita.edu.

The documentary is produced by KPTS Channel 8, the local public broadcasting station. For more information about the documentary and to see some of the content, photos and video clips, visit http://www.kpts.org/wsucrash.php.

In an annual ceremony of remembrance, a wreath will be placed at Wichita State's Memorial '70 at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 2. The brief ceremony will honor the 31 WSU football players, administrators and supporters who died in a plane crash Oct. 2, 1970. The plane crashed near Silver Plume, Colo., en route to a game with Utah State University in Logan, Utah.

The ceremony is open to the public. The Memorial '70 sculpture is located on Alumni Drive near 18th and Hillside.