WLBT Newsfilm Collection

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Filename Event Description
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.
MP_198001_D21_0130_ref.mov Dr. Martin Luther King *Dr. Martin Luther King is interviewed at Municipal Airport. He comments on the riots in Harlem, N.Y., the Miss. Regular Democratic Party, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Council of Federated Organizations (COFO), Miss. Freedom Democratic Party and Voting Rights. Andrew Young, Dean Charles Jones, Rev. R.L.T. Smith and Charles Evers are shown.
MP_198001_D21_0131_ref.mov McComb Civil Rights *Mrs. Albert Hefner talks about civil rights violence in McComb.
MP_198001_D21_0132_ref.mov Bishop Richard Gerow Bishop Richard Gerow of the Natchez-Jackson Catholic Diocese discusses the Catholic Church in Miss. Additional: Clergy
MP_198001_D21_0133_ref.mov Jackson Chamber of Commerce Jackson Chamber of Commerce President is interviewed. He discusses cooperation among other municipalities in the state.
MP_198001_D211_0347_ref.mov Hurricane Camille Housing for Hurricane Camille victims is discussed.
MP_198001_D212_0348_ref.mov Pres. Richard M. Nixon Visit Pres. Richard M. Nixon visits Gulf Coast area after Hurricane Camille. Additional: Hurricanes
MP_198001_D213_0349_ref.mov Glendora Tank Car Derailment Report on tank car derailment at Glendora. Additional: Train Derailments
MP_198001_D214_0350_ref.mov Bruce McCaa News conference with Bruce McCaa, Director of Miss. Highway Dept., concerning conduct of certain Dept. employees.