WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D198_0334_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Reporter describes day after Hurricane Camille. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D199_0335_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille footage. Damages in Pass Christian. Eyewitness account. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D200_0336_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Gov. John Bell Williams talks about Hurricane Camille. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D20_0113_ref.mov Thompson and Clergy Meeting *Mayor Allen C. Thompson meets with black clergy and others concerning list of grievances. Rev. E.A. Mays, Dean Charles Jones and Rev. G.R. Haughton are shown.
MP_198001_D20_0114_ref.mov Black Policeman Sworn In *Mayor Allen C. Thompson at City Hall. Swearing in of first black policeman. Additional: Jackson Police Dept.
MP_198001_D20_0115_ref.mov Demonstrations *Anne Moody, Memphis Norman and Pearlina Lewis sit at lunch counter in F.W. Woolworth Drug Store. Scene changes to students demonstrating at Lanier Junior-Senior High School. Fairgrounds jail scenes. Medgar Evers' home shown. Footage of Rose Street March. Police wear riot helmets. John Salter (bleeding from his head) is arrested. Footage of Medgar Evers funeral march. (June) John Doar, U.S. Dept of Justice official, is shown. Additional: Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth Co., Segregated Facilities.
MP_198001_D20_0116_ref.mov Ministers March *Black students demonstrate at Lanier High School. Scene changes to steps of Federal Building. Rev. Ed King, Bill Hutchinson, Steve Rutledge, John Salter, Eddie O'Neil, Dean Charles Jones, George Raymond, Anne Moody and Joan Trumpaire are shown. King is shown praying. He is carried to paddy wagon. Sit-in demonstration on Capitol Street - demonstrators carried to paddy wagon. Scenes of fairgrounds jail. Scene changes to lunch counter where Anne Moody, Memphis Norman and Pearlina Lewis are seated. Scenes from Rose St. arrests. Lois Chaffee and John Salter arrested. Additional: Demonstrations.
MP_198001_D20_0117_ref.mov March after Medgar Evers' Funeral *March after Medgar Evers funeral. Police are shown wearing riot helmets. John Doar (U.S. Justice Dept.) is shown.
MP_198001_D20_0118_ref.mov Rev. Ed King, Aaron Henry *Rev. Ed King and Aaron Henry sit at table during press conference regarding Freedom Vote. Al Lowenstein and students are interviewed concerning their opinion of race relations in Miss. More footage of King and Henry. Bob Moses is shown.
MP_198001_D20_0119_ref.mov Capitol Street Boycott *Demonstrators on Capitol Street carry signs 'Don't Buy on Capitol Street' Demonstrators include Steve Rutledge and Doris Allison. Police arrest demonstrators. Additional: Demonstrations, Boycotts
MP_198001_D20_0120_ref.mov Thompson, Clergy Meeting *City Hall. Meeting with Mayor Allen C. Thompson, Commissioners D.L. Luckey and Tom Marshall and black clergy.
MP_198001_D20_0121_ref.mov Lunch Counter/Rose St./Salter *Ministers march after Medgar Evers' death. Rev. R.L.T. Smith, Rev. Allen Johnson and other clergy shown. Footage of Evers' home. Myrlie Evers shown. Scene changes to airport and arrival of Mayor and Mrs. Allen C. Thompson from Florida trip. Pearl Street A.M.E. church shown. More footage of ministers march. Rev. R.L.T. Smith, Rev. Alan Johnson, Rev. Whitney and others. More footage of Evers' home. More footage of march. Ministers are arrested by police and escorted to police paddy wagon.
MP_198001_D20_0122_ref.mov Byron De La Beckwith *Office of District Attorney William Waller. Byron De La Beckwith, Sheriff Bob Gilfoy and Attorney Hardy Lott are shown.
MP_198001_D20_0123_ref.mov Black Policeman Sworn In *Mayor Allen C. Thompson at City Hall. Riot control car 'Thompson's Tank' shown. Swearing in of first black policeman. Additional: Jackson Police Dept.
MP_198001_D20_0124_ref.mov Cleveland McDowell *Black law student, Cleveland McDowell, is interviewed concerning his enrollment as a student at Univ. of Miss. Law School.
MP_198001_D201_0337_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Scenes after Hurricane Camille at Gulfport. Dead cow shown. Damaged buildings and vehicles. Wounded taken to emergency vehicles. Reporter interviews victims. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D202_0338_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille destruction shown. Madison County Airport. Arrival of Vice Pres. Spiro T. Agnew, Gov. John Bell Williams and Ellis Bodron. Williams and Bodron comment on the hurricane. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D203_0339_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Brad Dye comments on Hurricane Camille. Victims of hurricane are given food at Jackson State College. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D204_0340_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Destruction shown at Bay St. Louis. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D205_0341_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Destruction at Pass Christian shown. Comments from Gulfport Mayor Philip Shaw and Biloxi Mayor Danny Guice. Picayune and Bay St. Louis shown. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D206_0342_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Convent Nursery School. Father Murphy is interviewed. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D207_0343_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Gov. John Bell Williams News Conference. Rep. Billy Joe Cross of Gulfport comments on the disaster. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D208_0344_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Victims of hurricane are shown at Jackson State College. Ray Butterfield comments on disaster at Biloxi. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D209_0345_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Pass Christian and Gulfport. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D210_0346_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Biloxi Mayor Danny Guice and others interviewed. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D21_0125_ref.mov Freedom Summer *Yale University students, including Al Lowenstein, are interviewed concerning their role in the civil rights program - Freedom Summer. Additional: Voter Registration
MP_198001_D21_0126_ref.mov Pres. John F. Kennedy Unidentified man (possibly Dr. Jacob Reddix) comments on the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy.
MP_198001_D21_0127_ref.mov White's Barber Shop White's Barber Shop Sign 'Regular Hair Cuts $1.00' Owner is interviewed concerning reopening shop after bombing. Additional: Bombings
MP_198001_D21_0128_ref.mov National Council of Churches *Municipal Airport. News Conference with representatives of National Council of Churches. Dr. Eugene Carson Blake and Robert Spike speak. Dr. A.D. Beittel, Rev. R.L.T. Smith and Rev. G.R. Haughton are shown.
MP_198001_D21_0129_ref.mov Allen Dulles *Allen Dulles is interviewed upon his arrival at the airport. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson has sent him to Jackson to meet with state officials concerning the law enforcement situation in Miss.. Comments on the missing Civil Rights workers in Neshoba County.