WLBT Newsfilm Collection

Items

  • MP_198001_F2892_3834_ref.mov

    Description: Gov. John Bell Williams signs sales tax bill and income tax bill. Additional: Education, Taxes

    Event: Williams, Sales & Income Tax Bills

  • MP_198001_F2892_3835_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Jack Hill interviews Dr. Edsel Thrash, Executive Secretary of State College Board, concerning tuition increase. Additional: Colleges and Universities

    Event: Dr. Edsel Thrash

  • MP_198001_F2892_3836_ref.mov

    Description: Construction crews patch holes in Stadium Drive. Additional: Highway Construction

    Event: Stadium Drive

  • MP_198001_F2892_3837_ref.mov

    Description: Nightclub entertainer Dave Gardner is interviewed by reporter upon his visit to the Capitol Building. Additional: Entertainers

    Event: Dave Gardner

  • MP_198001_F2910_3838_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with State Rep. Robert Clark and Rev. Jimmy Jones where they endorse McCarthy as presidential candidate. Additional: Election Campaigns, Presidential Election

    Event: Rep. Robert Clark, Rev. Jimmy Jones

  • MP_198001_F2910_3839_ref.mov

    Description: State Sen. Bill Burgin discusses payroll appropriations for state employees.

    Event: Sen. Bill Burgin

  • MP_198001_F2910_3840_ref.mov

    Description: Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson discusses legislative investigating committee.

    Event: Atty. Gen. Joe Patterson

  • MP_198001_F2910_3841_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams concerning highway construction program.

    Event: Williams, News Conference

  • MP_198001_F2910_3842_ref.mov

    Description: *Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Bill Simmons of the Citizens' Council. Simmons discusses Council schools and the purpose of the Council. Silent footage of headquarters of Citizens' Council. More footage of Simmons.

    Event: Bill Simmons

  • MP_198001_F2910_3843_ref.mov

    Description: *Masonic Temple. Silent footage of state convention of Loyalist Democratic Party. Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Frank Mankiewicz, former Press Secretary to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale and civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. (sound)

    Event: Loyalist Democratic Party

  • MP_198001_F2910_3844_ref.mov

    Description: *Masonic Temple. Silent footage of state convention of Loyalist Democratic Party. Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Frank Mankiewicz, former Press Secretary to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Minnesota Sen. Walter Mondale and civil rights leader Bayard Rustin. (sound)

    Event: Loyalist Democratic Party

  • MP_198001_F2910_3845_ref.mov

    Description: *Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews Greenville editor Hodding Carter,III at state convention of Loyalist Democratic Party.

    Event: Loyalist Democratic Party

  • MP_198001_F2910_3846_ref.mov

    Description: *Rev. R.L.T. Smith addresses Mayor Allen C. Thompson and Commissioners Derwood Boyles and Clark Horton at City Council meeting. Smith is protesting the failure of the council to appoint a black to the Jackson Redevelopment Authority.

    Event: Rev. R.L.T. Smith

  • MP_198001_F2910_3847_ref.mov

    Description: State Sen. Merle Palmer talks about National Democratic Convention. Additional: Democratic Party

    Event: Sen. Merle Palmer

  • MP_198001_F2910_3848_ref.mov

    Description: Congressman G.V. 'Sonny' Montgomery is interviewed concerning Loyalist Democratic Party.

    Event: Congressman G.V. Montgomery

  • MP_198001_F2910_3849_ref.mov

    Description: Charles Clark comments on National Democratic Convention. Additional: Democratic Party

    Event: Charles Clark

  • MP_198001_F2910_3850_ref.mov

    Description: Scenes from session of Miss. legislature.

    Event: Legislative Session

  • MP_198001_F2923_3851_ref.mov

    Description: Susan Holder, 1968 Maid of Cotton, is interviewed concerning cotton and the clothing styles of today. Additional: Cotton Industry

    Event: Susan Holder

  • MP_198001_F2923_3852_ref.mov

    Description: News conference with Gov. John Bell Williams.

    Event: Williams News Conference

  • MP_198001_F2923_3853_ref.mov

    Description: *News conference with Rep. Robert Clark. Clark endorses presidential candidate Hubert H. Humphrey and vice-presidential candidate Edmund Muskie. Additional: Presidential Election

    Event: Rep. Robert Clark

  • MP_198001_F2923_3854_ref.mov

    Description: Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson presents Public Service Award to Miss. Dept. of Public Welfare.

    Event: W. Marvin Watson

  • MP_198001_F2923_3855_ref.mov

    Description: Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson talks about the U.S. Postal Service.

    Event: W. Marvin Watson

  • MP_198001_F2923_3856_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham interviews State Rep. Joe Moss concerning Hinds County Democratic Caucus meeting. Additional: Democratic Party

    Event: Rep. Joe Moss

  • MP_198001_F2923_3857_ref.mov

    Description: Robert E. Lee Hotel where auction is taking place. The hotel was offered for sale at the auction. Additional: Hotels

    Event: Robert E. Lee Hotel Auction

  • MP_198001_F2923_3858_ref.mov

    Description: State Sen. Hayden Campbell discusses the state's bond debt and the highway construction program.

    Event: Sen. Hayden Campbell

  • MP_198001_F2923_3859_ref.mov

    Description: Reporter Cliff Bingham talks about parking lot signs at Jackson City Auditorium. Additional: Parking Facilities

    Event: Signs at City Auditorium

  • MP_198001_F2923_3860_ref.mov

    Description: *Leake County. Home of John and Christine Gates is shown after bombing. 'KKK' painted on road. Additional: Ku Klux Klan, Bombings

    Event: Bombing, Leake Co. Home

  • MP_198001_F2923_3861_ref.mov

    Description: Entertainer Anita Bryant is interviewed upon her arrival in Jackson. Bryant is in town for United Givers Fund kickoff drive. Additional: United Way, Entertainers

    Event: Anita Bryant

  • MP_198001_F2923_3862_ref.mov

    Description: *United Givers Fund kickoff campaign. Entertainer Anita Bryant performs. Scene changes to outside where demonstrators are picketing. Reporter interviews Alex Waites, Director of Miss. Emergency Relief Program from the national NAACP. Waites explains protest regarding certain organizations receiving money from United Givers Fund. Additional: United Way, Entertainers, Demonstrations

    Event: United Givers Fund

  • MP_198001_F2923_3863_ref.mov

    Description: Dr. W.L. Giles, President of Miss. State Univ., talks about college enrollment. Additional: Colleges and Universities, College Presidents

    Event: Dr. W.L. Giles