WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_D19_0890_ref.mov Capitol Street Boycott *Blacks, wearing NAACP sweatshirts, walk on Capitol Street carrying American flags. Back of demonstrator's shirt reads 'Jail Me But You Can't Make Me Shop!' Demonstrators are arrested by police and are put in police paddy wagon. (black policeman is present) Hamid Kisselbash, faculty member of Tougaloo College, is shown at the scene.
MP_198001_D19_0891_ref.mov Beittel,Britton, Moses *Civil Rights Advisory Board Meeting. Seated at the table is Dr. A.D. Beittel, Dr. A.B. Britton and Robert Moses. Scene changes to nighttime. (possibly Jackson State College). Police and police dogs are present. (Feb. 1964?) Scene changes to Charles Evers entering Hinds County Courthouse. (this is for the trial of Byron De La Beckwith) Hazel Brannon Smith is shown at the door.
MP_198001_D19_0892_ref.mov Fondren Presbyterian Church Fondren Presbyterian Church. Unidentified meeting. (attended mostly by women) Rev. Moody McDill, Father Bernard Law and Rabbi Perry Nussbaum are present.
MP_198001_D19_0893_ref.mov Voter Registration *Voter registration in Canton. Madison County Sheriff Billy Noble is shown on steps. George Raymond (wearing overalls) and Rev. B. Elton Cox, of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), are shown walking with a woman. Charles Evers shown. Scene changes to a group of men searching field. (possibly for dynamite) Man is shown holding dynamite.
MP_198001_D19_0894_ref.mov Presidential Aide Visit Presidential Aide, Allen Dulles, arrives at airport. News Conference concerning purpose of his visit.
MP_198001_D19_0895_ref.mov Neshoba County *Philadelphia, Neshoba County. James Farmer, of Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), John Lewis of Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and comedian Dick Gregory are seen leaving courthouse and getting into car. Driver is George Raymond of CORE. More footage of Farmer, Gregory and Nicholas Vonhoffman leaving courthouse. Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price is shown. Gov. Paul B. Johnson is shown. Radio Station WHOC is shown. Johnson news conference.(possibly at that radio station)
MP_198001_D19_0896_ref.mov NAACP *Capitol Building. NAACP Testing Committee members and others shown. Charles Evers, Alfred Baker Lewis, Kivie Kaplan and Glouster Curran. Curran is NAACP Dir. of Branches.
MP_198001_D19_0897_ref.mov J. Edgar Hoover *Municipal Airport. Arrival of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. Greeted by Mayor Allen C. Thompson. Clyde Tolson, aide to Hoover. Additional: Federal Bureau of Investigation
MP_198001_D19_0898_ref.mov Freedom Democratic Party *Freedom Democratic Party Convention. Speakers are Aaron Henry, Joseph Rauh, Bob Moses and Ella Baker. Rev. Ed King is shown seated. Location is the Masonic Temple.
MP_198001_D19_0899_ref.mov Northside Reporter *Northside Reporter Building. Investigator inspects the inside of this newspaper office after damaged by bomb blast. Scene changes to unidentified men being escorted to police cars. Additional: Bombings
MP_198001_D19_0900_ref.mov Federal Courthouse in Meridian *Meridian. Federal Courthouse. Neshoba County Sheriff Lawrence Rainey, Deputy Sheriff Cecil Price and others arrive at courthouse. (accused of Neshoba County murders of Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney) Scene changes to a collection of weapons. More footage of courthouse. Scene changes to marching band performing on football field. Scene changes to arraignment of those accused of the Neshoba County murders.
MP_198001_D191_0327_ref.mov Housing in Vicksburg Report on the housing situation in Vicksburg. Additional: Poverty
MP_198001_D192_0328_ref.mov Special Session of Legislature Gov. John Bell Williams addresses special session of legislature concerning highway construction program.
MP_198001_D193_0329_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Gov. John Bell Williams and others talk about Hurricane Camille. Scenes of destruction from Camille are shown. Additional: Weather Disasters, Hurricanes
MP_198001_D194_0330_ref.mov Hunger in Miss. Delta Report on hunger in Miss. Delta. Additional: Poverty
MP_198001_D195_0331_ref.mov Neshoba County Fair Scenes from Neshoba County Fair - political speeches, entertainment.
MP_198001_D196_0332_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Report on preparations for the coastal area as a result of Hurricane Camille. Additional: Civil Defense, Hurricanes
MP_198001_D197_0333_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Hurricane Camille. Aerial footage of coast. Reporter discusses civil defense operations. Additional: Miss. Civil Defense Council, Hurricanes
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