WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Filename Event Description
MP_198001_F2650_3594_ref.mov Charles Shuman Charles Shuman, of the American Farm Bureau Federation, addresses Miss. Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Additional: Agriculture
MP_198001_F2650_3595_ref.mov Stennis, Miss. Farm Bureau Sen. John C. Stennis addresses Miss. Farm Bureau Federation Convention. Additional: Agriculture
MP_198001_F2650_3596_ref.mov Interstate 55 at Brookhaven Ribbon-cutting ceremony for opening of Interstate 55 at Brookhaven. Southern District Highway Commissioner John Smith and Brookhaven's Junior Miss, Debbie Adams, cut the ribbon. Additional: Highways, Highway Construction
MP_198001_F2650_3597_ref.mov Rep. John Junkin News conference with State Rep. John Junkin. Junkin says he will allow his name to be placed in nomination for House Speaker.
MP_198001_F2650_3598_ref.mov City Council, Nightclub City council meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioner Clark Horton talk about nightclub 'The Dump'.
MP_198001_F2650_3599_ref.mov Judge Claude Clayton Installation Federal Building. Installation of Judge Claude Clayton as a member of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
MP_198001_F2650_3600_ref.mov Judge Claude Clayton Installation Federal Building. Installation of Judge Claude Clayton as a member of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge John Godbold of Alabama, Judge James P. Coleman of Miss. and Judge John R. Brown of Texas are shown with Clayton.
MP_198001_F2650_3601_ref.mov Sen. Merle Palmer State Sen. Merle Palmer announces his candidacy for President Pro Tempore of the Miss. Senate.
MP_198001_F2650_3602_ref.mov City Council, Nightclub City Council meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson talks about nightclub 'The Dump'. Edgar Lee Anderson, III, a partner in the Club, talks about requiring age indentification from those coming to the nightclub.
MP_198001_F2650_3603_ref.mov Illinois Central at Paper Co. Illinois Central Railroad's new line at International Paper Co. in Vicksburg. Additional: Industry
MP_198001_F2664_3604_ref.mov Fire, Gus Primos' Home Fire at Gus Primos' home. Additional: Fires
MP_198001_F2664_3605_ref.mov Leslie Darden, MEC Meeting Leslie Darden, President of Miss. Economic Council, addresses meeting of the Council.
MP_198001_F2664_3606_ref.mov C.R. '"Red'" Bradley Retirement Country Club of Jackson. Retirement banquet for C.R. 'Red' Bradley, manager of Miss. Trucking Assoc. and former Commissioner of Public Safety. Gov. Paul B. Johnson is present.
MP_198001_F2664_3607_ref.mov Sen. Hayden Campbell State Sen. Hayden Campbell is interviewed at his office.
MP_198001_F2664_3608_ref.mov City Council, Bond Issue City Council meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson talks about bond issue for street improvements. Additional: Highway Construction
MP_198001_F2664_3609_ref.mov City Council, YMCA Land City Council meeting. Rowan Taylor, President-elect of the metropolitan Young Men's Christian Assoc. (YMCA) and J.B. Thompson, Jr., Secretary of YMCA, present check for property purchased for the Assoc. Mayor Allen C. Thompson is present.
MP_198001_F2664_3610_ref.mov Sheriff W.G. '"Bud'" Gray Forrest County Sheriff W.G. 'Bud' Gray talks about sheriffs' succession bill. Additional: Law Enforcement Officials
MP_198001_F2664_3611_ref.mov Vernon Jordan *Vernon Jordon, of the Southern Regional Council, talks about Institute for Negro Elected Officials. This Seminar is sponsored by the Southern Regional Council.
MP_198001_F2664_3612_ref.mov Street Improvement Program Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners Clark Horton and Derwood Boyles read statements thanking citizens after bond election for street improvement program. Additional: Highway Construction
MP_198001_F2664_3613_ref.mov Robert Clark *Robert Clark is interviewed by reporter concerning seat in Miss. House of Representatives.
MP_198001_F2664_3614_ref.mov Vietnam Vet Receives Bronze Star Veterans Administration Hospital. Former Sgt. Gerald White, a Vietnam War Veteran from Natchez, Miss., receives Bronze Star from Col. Frank P. Burk. Gov.-elect John Bell Williams is present.
MP_198001_F2664_3615_ref.mov City Council, Thompson City Council meeting. Mayor Allen C. Thompson talks about traffic safety.
MP_198001_F2664_3616_ref.mov Woodrow Wilson Bridge Debris is cleared away from under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
MP_198001_F2664_3617_ref.mov Woodrow Wilson Bridge Debris is cleared away from under the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
MP_198001_F2664_3618_ref.mov Weather Bureau, Radar Scope Weather Radar Scope at National Weather Bureau at Thompson Field.
MP_198001_F2664_3619_ref.mov Flooding Aerial footage of flooding at Pearl River, Big Black River and Leaf River. Additional: Floods
MP_198001_F2681_3620_ref.mov Stennis, News Conference Heidelberg Hotel. News conference with Sen. John C. Stennis. Discusses crime and the economy.
MP_198001_F2681_3621_ref.mov Stennis, News Conference Heidelberg Hotel. News conference with Sen. John C. Stennis. Discusses the deficit of the United States.
MP_198001_F2681_3622_ref.mov Rankin County Levees Rankin County Levees.
MP_198001_F2681_3623_ref.mov Sentencing in Neshoba Co. Murders *Men convicted of conspiracy in the 1964 death of 3 civil rights workers in Neshoba County are at Federal Building in Jackson for sentencing. Those convicted are Sam Bowers, Alton Wayne Roberts, Cecil Price, Billy Wayne Posey, Horace Doyle Barnett, Jimmy Arledge and Jimmy Snowden. Civil Rights workers killed were Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney. Additional: Murders